The
US Navy is planning to conduct wargame exercises in Alaska for the
next five years which will involve “heavy bombing”, causing huge
disruption to wildlife.
Residents
fears that the land will become polluted with 350,000 pounds of spent
munitions and fish will die off due to contamination of the sea.
None, that is, except their own
US won't accept idea of global ‘spheres of influence’ – Biden
The
US rejects the idea of any nation claiming a sphere of influence,
Vice President Joe Biden told a Washington think tank, arguing that
the crisis in Ukraine was about the principles and values of the West
and international order.
"We
will not recognize any nation having a sphere of influence,” the
vice president said during a speech at the Brookings Institution on
Wednesday. It remained unclear whether the remark applied to US
influence around the globe, or referred only to Russia, China and
other countries.
Raise
would bring annual military funding to $4.5 billion; US, Israeli
officials in talks for 10-year deal
President
Barack Obama on Tuesday urged the Senate to renew National Security
Agency surveillance powers before they expire at midnight Sunday, as
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul vowed to keep working to block the Patriot
Act and the bulk collection of Americans’ phone records.
“This
needs to get done,” Obama told reporters in the Oval Office on
Tuesday.
Ancient
ruins are not statues and so will be spared, Isis commander
reportedly tells radio station amid new humanitarian crisis in the
area
Following
the official opening of parliament by Queen Elizabeth, thousands of
protesters are gathering in Westminster to oppose further austerity
and plans to repeal the Human Rights Act. There may be strong
language in this video
As Julian Assange Faces Swedish Legal Setback, New Details Come to Light on U.S. Case Against Him
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spent nearly three years inside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he has political asylum. Assange faces investigations in both Sweden and the United States. A secret grand jury in Virginia is investigating WikiLeaks for its role in publishing a trove of leaked documents about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as well as State Department cables. In Sweden, he’s wanted for questioning on allegations of sexual misconduct, though no charges have been filed. Earlier this month, Sweden’s Supreme Court rejected his appeal to lift his arrest warrant. Swedish prosecutors are reportedly preparing to travel to London to interview Assange, after refusing to do so for years.
Calling
it a global existential threat, Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader, Hassan
Nasrallah, has urged supporters to join the fight against the Islamic
State, confirming that his Shiite militant group has been fighting
the Sunni extremists all across Syria.
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