Asia Spirals Toward Military Conflict As China, Russia And North Korea Ally Against THAAD

Official news sources in China have claimed that plans to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile system in South Korea are pushing China, Russia, and North Korea into closer relations, what I would call a de facto authoritarian alliance.

US to Use B-2 Bombers for Preemptive Nuclear Strike on North Korea

The United States will use its nuclear-capable bombers, sent earlier to the US Pacific island territory of Guam for the upcoming military drills with South Korea, under its scenario to launch a preemptive nuclear attack on North Korea, the Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency reported.

Russian-Turkish Thaw: Ankara Ready to Close Its Border With Syria

Turkey is already mulling the possibility of closing its border with Syria, amid the ongoing diplomatic fence-mending between Moscow and Ankara, according to the Russian newspaper Izvestia.

Swedish Church Wants to Drop Bibles in Daesh Territory by Drone

In a questionable strategy for missionary work, a Swedish evangelical church plans to use military UAVs to airdrop thousands of electronic copies of the Christian Bible over Syria.

The Wealth Gap Between Black and White Families Is Getting Worse

The U.S. Constitution was ratified a full 228 years ago.  The cutting edge technology that year was the steamboat, and the country had not yet even had a presidential election.

Black Lives Matter Coalition Demands US Divestment From Israel

Jewish Voice For Peace, an NGO that supports Palestinian liberation, announced that it ‘endorses the Movement for Black Lives platform in its entirety, without reservation’ amid pushback from Zionist organizations against a Black Lives Matter coalition.

Red Scare 2016: As Green Party Power Grows, Jill Stein Accused Of Ties To Putin

During his speech to the Green Party National Convention, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange warned that attacks against Jill Stein ‘are going to go through the roof.’

Dirty War Files Show How Clinton Ally Kissinger Backed Regime of Terror

Files released as Hillary Clinton reportedly courts Kissinger's endorsement

Grounded 17,000-Ton Oil Rig Leaking Diesel Near Rare North Sea Habitat

"Lessons from this incident will need to be learnt, and quickly," warns environmentalist, "with further decommissioning of North Sea rigs expected and climate change expected to create more powerful storms and difficult seas."

Pentagon releases report detailing Gitmo detainees' backgrounds

After months of wrangling, the Pentagon has given Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) a 33-page report on more than 100 Guantánamo Bay detainees.