Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg : Ignoring the Lessons of Chernobyl The presidents of Ukraine and Belarus, the two countries most affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, used the meltdown's 30-y…
Washington Post : South Sudan peace hopes rise as rebel leader returns to join government JUBA, South Sudan — Rebel leader Riek Machar returned to this struggling five-year-old nation Tuesday under a…
US Special Operations Forces (file photo) Military.com: DoD: Russians Likely to Be Told Where US Special Ops Will Be in Syria To avoid an airstrike, the Russians could be told where the additional 2…
RT: No boots on ground in Syria, but US troops wearing boots & on ground are there ‒ State Dept Despite repeated promises to the contrary, US troops are in Syria, and the Pentagon has sent 250 m…
WNU Editor: I was about to prepare a post on all the times that President Obama was vowing not to send troops to Syria. No need .... NBC has beaten me to the punch.
Politico : Criticism mounts as another 250 U.S. troops head to Syria NOW FOR THE HARD PART — WHAT DOES 250 TROOPS GET YOU? The president announced another 250 U.S. troops were headed to Syria, but th…
Photo: Rear Admiral Marcus Hitchcock. Photographer: Rosalind Mathieson/Bloomberg Bloomberg: Chinese Navy in South China Sea Draws U.S. Admiral's Praise * `Completely professional' interactio…