U.S. Special Ops Troops Aim To Round Up ISIS Leaders In Iraq
American troops in Iraq are interrogating a leader of the Islamic State after capturing him in a special operations raid, according to national security officials in Washington. The Pentagon will not say much about the ISIS leader, including his name, where in Iraq he was captured or what role he played in the terrorist group. Revealing too much about the raid would imperil a new push to target and capture ISIS leaders, officials warned. One thing national security officials will say is that th..>> view originalAdam Johnson guilty of child sex charge
Image copyright PA/Durham Police Image caption The former Sunderland footballer was arrested in March last year Ex-England footballer Adam Johnson has been found guilty of one count of sexual activity with a girl aged 15.The jury at Bradford Crown Court found Johnson guilty of a charge of sexual touching, but not guilty on a charge relating to another sexual act.The former Sunderland player had previously admitted grooming the girl and one charge of s..>> view originalSlippery Tuesday: Donald Trump Pushes Hillary Closer to Victory
Photo credit: Max Goldberg In what might be called a victory speech, Donald Trump addressed the media at 9pm on Tuesday March 1, 2016, breathing out rebuke for China, his one-note campaign song for the last six months. Repeating himself with redundant phrases and catch words, it was an adolescent who simply does not know what to say. Clearly, intelligence and articulation were among the great losers of the day. Minnesota, Texas, Oklahoma and Alaska sent Trump packing while the South gave him the..>> view originalUN imposes harsh new sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program
UNITED NATIONS North Korea faces harsh new U.N. sanctions to starve it of money for its nuclear weapons program following a unanimous Security Council vote on Wednesday on a resolution drafted by the United States and Pyongyang's ally China.The resolution, which dramatically expands existing sanctions, follows North Korea's latest nuclear test on Jan. 6 and a Feb. 7 rocket launch that Washington and its allies said used banned ballistic missile technology. Pyongyang said it was a peaceful sate..>> view originalChaos, riots as France dismantles Calais migrant camp called the 'Jungle'
A migrant makes a phone call by a makeshift shelter set on fire inside the migrant camp dubbed the "Jungle" during its demolition on the outskirts of Calais, France, on March 2, 2016. A court in Lille, France, upheld an expulsion order to clear part of the migrant camps.(Photo: Yoan Valat, European Pressphoto Agency)CALAIS, France — Rahmanjan Safy scrambled to salvage anything valuable from the demolished tents and makeshift shelters at this Calais migrant camp Wednesday, even as riot police and..>> view originalNATO's Gen. Breedlove: Syrian refugees are weapons against Europe
WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) -- Russia is using Syrian refugees as a war weapon to weaken Europe, Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO's top commander, told a U.S. Senate committee. "These indiscriminate weapons used by both [Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad, and the non-precision use of weapons by the Russian forces -- I can't find any other reason for them other than to cause refugees to be on the move and make them someone else's problem ...Together, Russia and the Assad regime are deliberately weaponi..>> view originalStrong quake hits off Indonesia, people rush to high ground
Rivo Andries Indonesia lifts tsunami warning issued after powerful quake A man pushes a relative who lies on a hospital bed as they were told to leave the building following an earthquake, at a hospital in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Indonesia lifted a tsunami warning issued Wednesday after a powerful earthquake off Sumatra sent islanders rushing to high ground. The U.S. Geological Service said the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8. (AP Photo/Rivo Andries..>> view originalAfter Super Tuesday, Google searches for one phrase hit an all-time high
Canadian penny for your thoughts, America? Google Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were the biggest winners in the Super Tuesday primary races on the road to the White House, but the results seem to have left some people feeling like the entire United States of America is a lost cause, if Google's search data is any indication. According to the Google Trends team, searches for the phrase "Move to Canada" reached..>> view originalNew US General Takes Command of Coalition Forces in Afghanistan
Continue reading the main story Video U.S. Commander Change in Afghanistan Gen. John F. Campbell, in handing off to the new commander of the NATO-led coalition, Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., said the goals included continuity and the building of an Afghan security force that can stand on its own. By REUTERS on Publish Date March 2, 2016. ..>> view originalMissing MH370: Possible Boeing 777 Part Found Off Mozambique, Sources Say
An object that could be debris from a Boeing 777 has been found off Mozambique and is being examined by investigators searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, sources told NBC News. Early photographic analysis of the object suggests it could have come from the doomed jet, which vanished almost exactly 2 years ago. It was found on a sandbank in the Mozambique Channel — the body of water between Mozambique in eastern Africa and Madagascar — and in the same corner of the southern..>> view original
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