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After increased tensions, China returns U.S. drone

China on Tuesday handed back to the United States an underwater drone it had seized last week in an incident that raised tensions in a relationship that has been tested by President-elect Donald Trump’s signals of a tougher policy toward Beijing. Trump has riled the Chinese leadership by saying he… Read More

Russian ambassador in Turkey murdered

An Islamic terrorist opened fire on Russia’s ambassador to Turkey at a photo exhibition on Monday, killing him. The asssassin is reported to have said the attack was revenge for Aleppo. Turkish police shot and killed the gunman, Turkish station NTV reported. The ambassador, Andrei Karlov, was several minutes into… Read More

Trump to China: Keep the drone

China says its military seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater glider in the South China Sea, but that it will give it back. President-elect Donald Trump, however, says the Chinese government should be told “we don’t want the drone they stole back” and “let them keep it!” This comes after… Read More

Madness! Obama pushes U.S. toward war

President Barack Obama isn’t going out quietly. With just over a month remaining in his second-term, the president has deemed now an appropriate time to retaliate over wild accusations that Russia was responsible for hacking the United States presidential election. He’s announced his intention to launch a cyber attack on… Read More

High-ranking Taliban official applied for asylum

German weekly Der Spiegel reports that a high-ranking Taliban member recently tried to enter Germany and apply for asylum. The magazine reported Friday that Abdul Rauf Mohammad, who was the Taliban’s health minister in Afghanistan during the late 1990s, arrived in Frankfurt from Saudi Arabia several weeks ago. Spiegel reported… Read More

Obama to blame for Russian-backed Aleppo slaughter

The Battle of Aleppo came to a close Tuesday as the final rebel-held areas in the city fell to pro-government, Russian and Iranian-backed forces. But the human rights horrors and tragedies that occurred in the bloodiest battle of Syria’s civil war are just starting to come out – and the… Read More

Build that wall! Wall built in France to stop migrants

Funded by Britain, a wall has been built to stop migrants from jumping onto trucks in the northern French city of Calais heading across the English Channel. The threat, however, appears to have already receded. Regional spokesman Steve Barbet says no migrants have been reported trying to hop a truck… Read More

Uh, oh! Top intel officers say Russia hacks “fake news”

The mainstream media is very angry voters chose President-elect Donald Trump over their favored candidate — and they seem willing to push “fake news” to help spin things back under their control. Turns out the Russian election hacking story that corporate media has worked itself into a frenzy over may… Read More

Putin on meeting Trump: “We are ready”

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is prepared to meet President-elect Donald Trump at any time. When asked by journalists about the possibility of arranging a meeting with Trump, Put said “we are ready at any moment. There are no problems from our side,” according to an interview transcript released… Read More

[Terror Alert] Flight diverted due to bomb threat

Authorities say a Lufthansa flight has been diverted to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport due to a bomb threat. Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman says Lufthansa Flight 441 was heading from Houston, Texas, to Frankfurt, Germany, Monday night when a threat was called in to the airline’s corporate… Read More