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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is due to meet with the French and German leaders in Berlin on August 24 to discuss the escalating violence in eastern Ukraine.

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Explosions Rock U.S. Army Storage Depot Near Tokyoby ANDREW SIDDONS and MAKIKO INOUE
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No injuries were reported and officials were working to find the cause of the blasts at an Army facility in Sagamihara, Japan, that also caused a fire.

Islamic State Blows Up Ancient Temple at Syria’s Palmyra Ruins by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Islamic State militants have destroyed the Baalshamin Temple at the ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria, realizing one of archaeologists’ worst fears.

9 Opposition Candidates Barred From Venezuela’s December Ballot by WILLIAM NEUMAN
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With Venezuela sinking in an economic crisis, raising the prospects of opposition candidates, the government has taken measures to rule several of them ineligible.

Europe Ponders Terror Threat to Soft Targetsby ADAM NOSSITER
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The sheer number of militant suspects combined with a widening field of potential targets have presented European officials with what they concede is a nearly insurmountable surveillance task.

News Analysis: In Pushing for the Iran Nuclear Deal, Obama’s Rationale Shows Flawsby DAVID E. SANGER and MICHAEL R. GORDON
Monday August 24th, 2015 at 10:54 AM

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Even some of its most enthusiastic backers say they fear the president has oversold some of the accord’s virtues in blocking paths to a nuclear weapon.

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WASHINGTON — As President Obama begins his three-week push to win approval of the Irannuclear deal, he is confronting this political reality: His strongest argument in favor of passage has also become his greatest vulnerability.
Mr. Obama has been pressing the case that the sharp limits on how much nuclear fuel Iran can hold, how many centrifuges it can spin and what kind of technology it can acquire would make it extraordinarily difficult for Iran to race for the bomb over the next 15 years.
His problem is that most of the significant constraints on Tehran’s program lapse after 15 years — and, after that, Iran is free to produce uranium on an industrial scale.
“The chief reservation I have about the agreement is the fact that in 15 years they have a highly modern and internationally legitimized enrichment capability,” said Representative Adam B. Schiff, a California Democrat who supports the accord. “And that is a bitter pill to swallow.”
Even some of the most enthusiastic backers of the agreement, reached by six world powers with Iran, say they fear Mr. Obama has oversold some of the accord’s virtues as he asserts that it would “block” all pathways to a nuclear weapon.
A short overview of important highlights from the Iran nuclear deal.
A more accurate description is that the agreement is likely to delay Iran’s program for a decade and a half — just as sanctions and sabotage have slowed Iran in recent years. The administration’s case essentially is that the benefits over the next 15 years overwhelmingly justify the longer-term risks of what comes after.
“Of course there are risks, and they have to be acknowledged,” said R. Nicholas Burns, who was undersecretary of state in the George W. Bush administration and has testified before Congress in favor of the deal. Mr. Obama’s “most convincing argument,” he added, “is that there is no better alternative out there.”
In making the administration’s case, Mr. Obama can underscore that economic sanctions on Iran begin to lift only as it reduces its current stockpile of low enriched uranium, to 300 kilograms, or 660 pounds. That is not enough to make a single nuclear weapon, and is a 98 percent reduction in its current stockpile of nearly 12 tons.
The accord also calls for regular inspections at Iran’s nuclear installations and includes arrangements to reimpose international sanctions if the Iranians are caught cheating.
But the flip side is that after 15 years, Iran would be allowed to produce reactor-grade fuel on an industrial scale using far more advanced centrifuges. That may mean that the warning time if Iran decided to race for a bomb would shrink to weeks, according to a recent Brookings Institution analysis by Robert J. Einhorn, a former member of the American negotiating team.
Critics say that by that time, Iran’s economy would be stronger, as would its ability to withstand economic sanctions, and its nuclear installations probably would be better protected by air defense systems, which Iran is expected to buy from Russia.
Some members of Congress and other experts are urging the administration to take fresh steps to deter Iran from edging dangerously close to a nuclear weapons capability after the main limits in the agreement expire.
“I believe it buys 15 years for real,” said Dennis B. Ross, who served as a White House adviser on Iran during Mr. Obama’s first term and has yet to decide if he will back the accord. “But I do see vulnerabilities that I feel must be addressed. The gap between threshold and weapons status after year 15 is small.”
A Loss of Leverage
The duration of the agreement is the most important and complex issue. Under restrictions imposed by the accord, Iran would need a full year to produce enough nuclear material for a bomb; currently that timeline is two or three months, according to American intelligence agencies. But starting at year 10, that “breakout time” would begin to shrink again, as Iran gets more centrifuges into operation.
Administration officials argue that it would be obvious if Iran made weapons-grade fuel, and negotiators secured a permanent ban on the metallurgy needed to turn the fuel into a bomb.
Supporters of the agreement are betting that improved intelligence would deter Iran from racing for a bomb. Under the agreement, inspectors will be able to monitor the production of rotors and other centrifuge components for up to 20 years and can monitor Iran’s stocks of uranium ore concentrate for 25 years.
Skeptics counter that, after 15 years, the United States would lose much of its leverage to stop a program. So Mr. Obama is trying to assure Congress that he and his successors will create that leverage.
In a letter last week to Representative Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat from New York, Mr. Obama detailed the expanded military support he has offered Israel and reaffirmed that the United States retains the option to use economic sanctions and even military force should Iran break out of its agreement.
But Mr. Obama’s letter was mostly a repackaging of previous assurances made to lawmakers, to Israel and to diplomats from Arab nations by the Persian Gulf.
Some backers of the agreement are urging the White House and Congress to do more. Mr. Schiff and Mr. Ross suggested in interviews that the United States should put Iran on notice that its production of highly enriched uranium after the main provisions of the accord expire would be taken by American officials as an indication that Iran has decided to pursue nuclear weapons — and could trigger an American military strike.
And both said the United States should also be prepared to provide bunker-busting bombs to Israel to deter Iran from trying to shield illicit nuclear work underground. Others have called for a long-term congressional “authorization to use military force” if Iran violated the accord.
Mr. Ross has also urged the White House to specify the penalties for smaller violations of the accord, an idea Mr. Obama rejected in his letter, saying he wanted to maintain “flexibility” to decide what responses might be needed.
Energy Secretary Ernest J. Moniz told a House committee last month that any attempt by Iran to produce highly enriched uranium “at any time must earn a sharp response by all necessary means.”
But some experts like Mr. Einhorn say that this warning should be conveyed directly, if privately, to Iran and that the United States should also increase intelligence sharing with the world’s nuclear inspector, the International Atomic Energy Agency, about possible Iranian cheating.
“The way to address challenges not covered by the agreement is to supplement it, not renegotiate it,” Mr. Einhorn said.
Accounting for the Past
One of the trickier issues for Mr. Obama, and for Congress, is how to assess whether Iran has truly come clean about its past nuclear activities, an enormously sensitive issue for the Iranians. And in the end, it is one that Secretary of State John Kerry decided not to press too hard during negotiations, for fear it would undermine the chances of getting stronger inspections for current and future activity.
The job of assessing past activities is up to the I.A.E.A. It must certify on Oct. 15 that Iran is complying with a “road map” for cooperation and report in December on the agency’s conclusions — especially about Iran’s alleged work developing nuclear triggers and designing warheads.
Critics of the accord note that Mr. Kerry and his chief negotiator, Wendy R. Sherman, said repeatedly that Iran must provide access to “people, places and documents” that would resolve those questions, something Iran has refused to do for years. But the I.A.E.A. has never publicly specified what it is asking, or whom it must meet.
Mr. Einhorn, in his analysis, concluded that “a full and honest disclosure by Iran of its past weaponization activities — which would contradict Tehran’s narrative of an exclusively peaceful program as well the supreme leader’s fatwa that Islam forbids nuclear weapons — was never in the cards.”
That said, he concludes, that may not be a “serious obstacle” to concluding Iran’s work has halted.
Accessing Nuclear Sites
While the accord calls for regular inspections at Iran’s nuclear sites, the enforcement is of limited duration. For example, while the I.A.E.A. can request access to all declared nuclear sites under the agreements it has with all member states, the far more intrusive monitoring at Iran’s main nuclear enrichment site at Natanz is not mandated after 15 years. At that point, Iran also would be free to carry out nuclear enrichment at other locations.
But the issue that has garnered the most attention is a “24-day” rule for resolving disputes if Iran refuses to give inspectors access to a suspicious site — another measure that expires after 15 years. (After that, inspectors can still demand to enter sites, but under the existing rules, which do not set a deadline for compliance.) Critics say that is far different from “anywhere, anytime” access — a phrase Mr. Moniz and others in the administration used a few months ago, and have come to regret.
If Iran balks at an inspection, then a commission — which includes Iran — can decide on punitive steps, including a reimposition of economic sanctions. A majority vote of the commission suffices, so even if Iran, China and Russia objected, the sanctions could go into effect.
That is the theory. In practice, reimposing sanctions could be politically challenging. Iran has warned that if sanctions are reimposed it will no longer be bound by the accord. The I.A.E.A., perhaps fearing its inspectors would be kicked out, might hesitate to start the 24-day clock.
Mr. Moniz argues that the 24-day time frame is sufficient because Iran will not be able to cover up evidence of nuclear work during that period, since traces of nuclear materials could be expected well after three weeks. But some experts say that Iran could cover up smaller-scale illicit activities, including work on the specialized high-explosives that might serve as a trigger in a nuclear bomb.
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Global Stocks Tumble Further Amid Doubts About China and Emerging Economies by NEIL GOUGH
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The selling accelerated in China’s stock markets, which have slumped in recent weeks despite extraordinary government intervention to prop up prices.

South Korea Vows Not to Back Down in Military Standoff With North by CHOE SANG-HUN
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President Park Geun-hye reaffirmed that South Korea would not turn off its loudspeakers at the border unless the North apologized for maiming two border guards.

Stocks Plunge, With Dow Losing 1,000 Pointsby DAVID JOLLY and NEIL GOUGH
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The global markets turmoil intensified in Asia, Europe and the United States, fueled by China’s economic slowdown and doubts about emerging economies.

50 North Korean submarines ‘vanish’ as the nation holds crisis talks with the South
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  • Talks to avert war between neighbours enter their third day
  • North threatened 'all-out war' over South's propaganda speakers
  • Neither side willing to back down, with the North moving troops to border
  • The submarines have been missing from the North's bases since Saturday 
Published: 02:56 EST, 24 August 2015 | Updated: 05:53 EST, 24 August 2015
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Fifty North Korean submarines which 'disappeared' from their bases as crisis talks continued with the South are still missing - with officials admitting they could not be sure what Kim Jong-un was planning.
The vessels, which account for about 70 per cent of the North Korean fleet, went missing on Saturday, and remain undetectable to the South as negotiations went into their third day.
The two countries are currently in discussions to try to prevent the outbreak of war, after the South accused the North of injuring two of its soldiers in a landmine attack.
In response, the South resumed anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts for the first time in 11 years, infuriating the North, which is extremely sensitive to any criticism of its authoritarian system. 
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Discussions: The North and South have been in discussions for 24 hours as they try to avert war
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Fury: The South has accused the North of maiming two of its soldiers in a landmine attack, while the North is outraged the South is playing anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the border through loudspeakers
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Fury: The South has accused the North of maiming two of its soldiers in a landmine attack, while the North is outraged the South is playing anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the border through loudspeakers
South Korean president Park Geun-hye said that without a clear North Korean apology, anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts being played through loudspeakers and across the border will continue.
But Pyongyang has denied involvement in the land mine explosions and rejected Seoul's report that they launched an artillery barrage last week.
The problem is made worse by the fact neither side wants to back down, and both are currently trying to find face-saving way to avoid an escalation that could lead to bloodshed, especially the North, which is outmatched militarily by Seoul and its ally, the United States.

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Despite this, Pyongyang has been moving more and more of its forces towards the border with its neighbour, while no one knows where the submarines have gone.
Speaking to the Independent, one South Korean military source revealed 'no one knows' if this is just a show of force from the North, or whether Jong-un has ordered them to attack. 
But South Korean military officials cast doubt on reports from other sources which said North Korea had moved about 10 hovercraft, which are used for landings by special operation forces in the event of a war, towards the border.
Weak: Neither side is willing to lose face to the other, and both appear to be preparing for war
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Weak: Neither side is willing to lose face to the other, and both appear to be preparing for war
Uneven: However, North Korea is outmatched by the South's forces (pictured), while Seoul cannot afford war
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Uneven: However, North Korea is outmatched by the South's forces (pictured), while Seoul cannot afford war
Protest: An Anti-North Korean protester holds up a banner at a checkpoint on the Unification Bridge leading to the Kaesong Industrial complex
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Defence Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said the truth is 'a bit different', but wouldn't provide further details.
The two sides have now been in the second round of talks for 24 hours, which is not unusual for the two countries.
President Park said during a meeting with top aides that Seoul would not 'stand down even if North Korea ratchets up provocation to its highest level and threatens our national security.' 
Despite the highly charged rhetoric around this latest crisis, which is not particularly unusual, activity in the North's capital remained calm on Sunday, with people going about their daily routines.
Truckloads of soldiers singing martial songs could occasionally be seen driving around the city, and a single minivan with camouflage netting was parked near the main train station.
Instead of anxiously awaiting the outcome of the talks, many Pyongyang residents were riveted to TVs in public places to watch the debut of the 'Boy General' cartoon show, which has been revamped for the first time in five years at the order of Jong-un. 

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Ukraine′s Poroshenko accuses Russia of arms supplies to rebel east | News | DW.COM
Monday August 24th, 2015 at 10:51 AM

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday accused Russia of sending three military convoys over the border into the separatist-controlled east. "Just this week three big convoys crossed our border towards Lugansk, Donetsk and Debaltseve," he said.
Poroshenko accused Russia of having sent a total of up to 500 tanks, 400 artillery systems and up to 950 military armored vehicles to pro-Russian rebels, although he did not specify the time period for these deliveries.
Ukraine's president was speaking at a military parade in Kyiv to celebrate 24 years since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. "The war for independence is still continuing and we can only claim victory by combining our defensive efforts, diplomatic talent, political responsibility and steely endurance," he said, adding that his country would continue to increase its troop numbers in order to fend off the attacks of separatist rebels.
Poroshenko is due to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande in Berlin later on Monday, where the leaders are expected to discuss ways of tackling the latest wave of refugees entering Europe and the conflict in Ukraine.
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Ukraine's Independence Day military parade in the center of Kyiv
Poroshenko, Mekel and Hollande are excpected to consider steps to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, now in its 16th month. A key focus of the talks is likely to be concerns that the fragile ceasefire deal hammered out in Minsk in February has collapsed following a recent upsurge in fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's east. Russian President Vladimir Putin is not attending the Berlin meeting.
The talks in Berlin come as European Union leaders prepare to review the economic sanctions that the bloc has imposed on Russia, after linking them to the full implementation of the ceasefire deal.
Poroshenko said Ukraine was facing a precarious year, warning that Russia had several strategies to undermine Kyiv's attempts to move towards Europe. "We have to get through the [coming] 25th year of independence as if on brittle ice. We must understand that the smallest misstep could be fatal. The war for Ukrainian independence is continuing," he said.
Russia, which annexed Ukraine's Crimea territory last year, has dismissed accusations by NATO and other powers that it has sent arms and troops to back the separatist fighters in the east.
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Russia’s Playing a Double Game With Islamic Terror - The Daily Beast
Monday August 24th, 2015 at 10:35 AM

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It is an article of faith among the many critics of the current Russian government that, however unpleasant Vladimir Putin may be, he is still a necessary partner in one crucial field of U.S. foreign policy: cooperation in the war on Islamic terrorism.
Proof, if it were needed, for how valued this cooperation is among U.S. policymakers came in the conspicuous absence of Alexander Bortnikov, the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, from sanctions levied by the Treasury Department against Russian officials. The sanctions targeted bureaucrats involved in both the invasion and occupation of Crimea and the unacknowledged maskirovka war that Moscow is still waging in eastern Ukraine—a war that has drawn amply on the resources of the FSB and has included several “former” FSB officers on the battlefield. Not only was Bortnikov not sanctioned, he was invited by the White House last February as a guest to President Obama’s three-day conference on “countering violent extremism,” whereas the current FBI director, James Comey, was not.
That conference was held principally because of the international threat posed by ISIS and the coalition war against it in Syria and Iraq, not to mention the Chechen identity of the Tsarnaev brothers, perpetrators of the 2013 Boston marathon bombings. Bortnikov’s presence was a mutual recognition by the U.S. and Russia that fighting jihadism is a shared challenge between two countries now embroiled in a pitched stand-off over the fate of Europe and much else.
Yet a recent investigation conducted by Novaya Gazeta, one of the few independent newspapers left in Russia, complicates this cozy tale of counterterrorist cooperation. Based on extensive fieldwork in one village in the North Caucasus, reporter Elena Milashina has concluded that the “Russian special services have controlled” the flow of jihadists into Syria, where they have lately joined up not only with ISIS but other radical Islamist factions. In other words, Russian officials are added to the ranks of terrorists which the Russian government has deemed a collective threat to the security and longevity of its dictatorial ally on the Mediterranean, Bashar al-Assad.
It may sound paradoxical—helping the enemy of your friend—but the logic is actually straightforward: Better the terrorists go abroad and fight in Syria than blow things up in Russia. Penetrating and co-opting terrorism also has a long, well-attested history in the annals of Chekist tradecraft.
Milashina makes her case study the village of Novosasitili in Dagestan’s Khasavyurt district. Since 2011, nearly 1 percent of the total population of Novosasitili has gone to Syria—22 out of 2,500 residents. Of that figure, five were killed and five have returned home. But they didn’t leave Russia, a country notoriously difficult to enter and exit, without outside help. The FSB established a “green corridor” to allow them to migrate first to Turkey, and then to Syria. (Russians, including those living in the North Caucasus, can catch any of the daily non-stop flights to Istanbul and visit Turkey without a visa.)
“It’s perfectly conceivable that the FSB would take their most violent types and say, ‘Yeah, you want your caliphate? Go set it up in Raqqa.’”
“I know someone who has been at war for 15 years,” Akhyad Abdullaev, head of the village, tells Milashina. “He fought in Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq, and now in Syria. He surely cannot live peacefully. If such people go off to war, it’s no loss. In our village there is a person, a negotiator. He, together with the FSB, brought several leaders out of the underground and sent them off abroad on jihad. The underground resistance has been weakened, we’re well off. They want to fight—let them fight, just not here.”
Milashina next interviews the “negotiator” Abdullaev mentions. He tells her of his role as an intermediary between the FSB and local militants in arranging the latter’s departure to the Levant. In 2012, for instance, he helped arrange for a man known as the “emir of the northern sector”—a “very dangerous man,” believed by the FSB to have been behind several terrorist bombings—to go to Turkey if he agreed to quit jihadism in Dagestan. The FSB gave the emir a passport and acted as his travel agent. The condition was that he’d deal exclusively with the FSB and not inform any of his confederates of his true sponsor. The emir has since been killed in Syria, but the “negotiator” tells the journalist that he’s subsequently brought another five militants to the FSB who benefited from the same quid pro quo arrangement. “This was in 2012,” he says. “Just before the Syrian path opened up. More precisely, [the FSB] opened it.”
So far the tactic of encouraging hijrah, or jihadist emigration, has appeared to help the Russian government pacify its decades-long insurgency in the North Caucasus. Akhmet Yarlya, a researcher at Moscow State Institute of International Relations’s Center of the Problems of the Caucasus and Regional Security, a group attached to Russia’s Foreign Ministry, has estimated that between two and three thousand Islamic militants have joined ISIS in the Middle East. By all accounts, the result has been great for counterterrorism officials, who are now able to claim direct credit for seeing terrorist violence in the region halve since the Syria crisis kicked off.
Tanya Lokshina, the Russia program director and a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch, told The Daily Beast that while she can neither confirm nor deny the allegations put forward in Novaya Gazeta, “It is also evident that [Russian] law enforcement and security agencies are proud of the fact that the number of casualties in armed clashes between insurgent forces and security has declined very significantly by some 50 percent. Officials attribute it to the success of the government in fighting the insurgency; in reality, it seems the drop derives from the fact that all the aggressive, competent fighters are no longer fighting in Dagestan but are in Syria as part of ISIS.”
Mike Rogers, a former U.S. representative and the chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, told The Daily Beast that the FSB might be turning a “blind eye” to jihadist outflow to Syria. “The only reason I say that is that they could alert Assad’s folks to get them once they’re in Syria,” Rogers said. “But for me, the idea of getting them out of town doesn’t make sense because they know they get combat training and come back home.”
However, a former CIA operative who has liaised with the FSB in Tajikistan told The Daily Beast that such concerns wouldn’t necessarily stop a clandestine conveyor belt of extremists out of Russia, which is hardly unique to Putin’s regime. “It’s perfectly conceivable that the FSB would take their most violent types and say, ‘Yeah, you want your caliphate? Go set it up in Raqqa.’ The Saudis did this in the ’80s with the Afghans. It’s sort of tried and true. We could do the same thing. Of course, we’re not.”
“What’s the most significant policy decision we made to bring down the Soviet Union?” asks Glen Howard, the president of the Jamestown Foundation and a specialist on the Caucasus and Central Asia. “Us sending foreign fighters into Afghanistan. This is the perfect form of payback. Create a quagmire in Syria, get us bogged down—all the while, offer your cooperation in helping to root out terrorism.”
There’s also the issue of how the Russian government, while it doesn’t kill or capture militants, encourages them to run away through a systematic campaign of harassment. Suspects are put on Salafist watch lists, interrogated, photographed, and fingerprinted repeatedly. Some have to submit DNA samples. “All the ones I spoke to,” Lokshina said, “say that once you’re on the watch-list, you no longer have a normal life. It’s as if law enforcement and the security officials are trying to push them out into the forest.” One man in his forties, Lokshina remembers, who didn’t support violence, was stopped in Dagestan and taken into custody by an official who asked him, “Hey, how come you’re not in the woods yet? Your cousin is already with the insurgents, all these people you know are with them and yet how come you’re not?”
If there is indeed a cynical FSB plot to push jihadists into ISIS, then Lokshina thinks it’s occurring at the local rather than national level, as a way for field agents in the North Caucasus to impress their higher-ups back in Moscow with improved security quotas. “This is something members of the police force told me off the record: If you have 10 people registered this month, then there is pressure for you to register 12 next month. It’s all about numbers.”
Andrei Soldatov, a journalist specializing in the Russian security services, agrees. “To me, it looks like a desperate attempt in Dagestan where the FSB tried everything to support radical Islamists to try and pacify the situation,” Soldatov said. “It doesn’t look like a well-thought-out campaign to steer trouble away from the North Caucasus into Syria.”
Nevertheless, trouble has been conveniently steered away from Russia and into the Middle East, leaving many analysts to wonder at how even well-known clerics under 24-hour surveillance managed to slip the watchful eye of the FSB.
Joanna Paraszczuk is a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty who covers the Russian contingent of ISIS fighters, which she believes is in the “hundreds” not thousands, based on documentary evidence she has examined including videos and social media usage. “Many are youngish boys who get recruited in Russia or Dagestan and then go to Istanbul. Then they get taken to ISIS territory, usually Raqqa. Are they on watch lists? How’d they get passports to leave the country? Here’s the weird thing: Some of the radical preachers from Dagestan are turning up in the ‘caliphate,’ too.”
One of these is Nadir Abu Khalid, who was under house arrest in Dagestan but has suddenly “popped up” in Iraq with another insurgent called Abu Jihad, a close friend of Abu Umar al-Shishani, the Chechen field commander for ISIS in Aleppo. “What we have right now is a growing number of Dagestani preachers who are forming the core group of recruiters in Iraq,” Paraszczuk said.
And for all Putin’s bellicose tough-on-terror rhetoric, this displacement actually suits his interests quite nicely. In June, the Caucasus Emirate, the leading radical insurgency in Russia, pledged allegiance to ISIS, giving Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s terror army a nominal affiliate in a major Eurasian country. That fact ought to be terrifying to Moscow. Except that it isn’t. “Russia is very happy about this because it means that it can now blame the local insurgency on ISIS—‘an international group created by the West’—rather than on local problems in the Caucasus,” Paraszczuk said.
In July, Chechnya’s warlord “president” Ramzan Kadyrov took to his favorite social media platform, Instagram, to claim that ISIS was an invention of “Western intelligence agencies… Everyone knows that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is also fed by the USA CIA, and was recruited by Gen. David Petraeus during al-Baghdadi’s time as a POW in Camp Bucca in Iraq.”
Jamestown’s Glen Howard agrees that Moscow is using the terror army to feed the monster of anti-American conspiracies in the Muslim world: “I was in Baghdad a year and a half ago. At the al-Rasheed Hotel I saw all sorts of Russians running around with the Iraqi government officials. Iraqis kept repeating to me conspiracy theories about how America created ISIS. Did anyone in Washington ever stop to ask if maybe the Russians are helping that conspiracy theory along in Iraq?”
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Oleg Kalugin, a former KGB general who once headed Moscow’s counterintelligence First Chief Directorate, told The Daily Beast that not only is the Novaya Gazeta story plausible, it’s likely. “I’m pretty sure that what has been reported did in fact happen,” he said. Kalugin noted that Russian intelligence has a long, ignominious history of “pushing forward the more extremist elements and use their facilities to do the most damage to a local population.”
This was the strategy, after all, during the First and Second Chechen Wars when jihadist-warlords such as Shamil Basayev were co-opted by Russia’s military intelligence (GRU) in order to vitiate the secular or democratic Chechen movement. Basayev was a useful tool for the Kremlin—at least until the FSB (probably) assassinated him in 2006—because he wasn’t really interested in secession from the Russian Federation; he wanted to establish an “emirate” in the Caucasus. His carnage accomplished two things at once: It cast a pall on the legitimate separatist struggle and offered a wag-the-dog national security justification for a scorched-earth Russian counterinsurgency, which did nothing short of level Grozny.
How did Tamerlan get from Makhachkala to Moscow, then board a plane back to New York, if he was wanted for questioning by the Russian security services?
Anatoly Kulikov, the former chairman of the Russian Interior Ministry and a former deputy prime minister under Boris Yeltsin, told the weekly newspaper Argumenty i Fakty in 2002 that he had a “great deal of evidence” to suggest that Boris Berezovsky, then the most powerful oligarch in Russia and a key political advisor to the Yeltsin administration, was using the Russian Security Council to finance Chechen extremists, Basayev included. Much of the money paid was to buy back hostages taken by Basyev’s forces, including journalists who worked for Berezovsky’s media empire. Many observers of this period say that there was an ulterior motive of trying to split the opposition and strengthen the extremist Chechen elements at the expense of moderates.
Even one of Berezovsky’s closest friends and allies, Alex Goldfarb, conceded that by 1999, the goal in Moscow had become even more subversive than that: to prompt a guerrilla incursion into Dagestan, which would then green-light a short but popular Russian invasion of the top third of Chechnya, down to the Terek River. A state of emergency would then be declared and national elections in Russia would be postponed in the wake of a cataclysmic financial crash.
In the Russian intelligence playbook, such a gambit is known as provokatsiya. As former NSA analyst John Schindler defines it, the technique “simply means taking control of your enemies in secret and encouraging them to do things that discredit them and help you.” The czar’s Okhrana used it against the Bolsheviks and other revolutionary socialist factions; Lenin and Stalin’s intelligence services used it against the West; and Putin has used it to remarkable effect in Ukraine.
Berezovsky would later be granted asylum in London and would turn into one the most prominent exiled critics of Putin, whose rise to power he was largely responsible for. Even before he left Russia, Berezovsky had used his ORT television network to report honestly on the horrors of the Second Chechen War. Putin retaliated by taking ORT away from the oligarch and turning it into a state-run channel. From London, Berezovsky later denounced Putin for working with Chechen extremists—an allegation thrown right back at him by the new master of the Kremlin.
Whatever the truth, there is no denying that Chechnya is indeed ruled in blood-brutal fashion by a former insurgent, Kadyrov, who excels beyond the standards of most post-Soviet dictators by personally torturing his victims. Kadyrov has his own intelligence service and his own guerrilla paramilitary, so-called Kadyrovtsky, battalions of which he has copped to dispatching to the Donbas to fight on behalf of the anti-Kiev (and Moscow-backed) rebellion in Ukraine. There is also widespread suspicion of how his regime both monitors and works with Islamic extremists. Some of Kadyrov’s musclebound henchmen, who have been accused of murder and rape in Moscow, have been arrested only to be let go—on the orders of the FSB brass, and much to the chagrin of subordinate investigating officers.
“Kadyrov is getting money from two sources: the Kremlin and Arab countries,” said Yuri Felshtinsky, a historian who writes about the Russian security services. “The Chechen Republic for all practical purposes is an Islamist republic. What we have there is what we had in Afghanistan; it started with a fight against Russian occupation and ended with extremists taking power.” The problem, according to Felshtinsky, is that it is near impossible to say just how localized any funny business is between jihadism and the intelligence organs; does it begin and end with Kadyrov, who runs his fief semi-autonomously, or does it extend all the way back to Moscow?
Soldatov believes that the FSB relies on Kadyrov for actionable intelligence as to the whereabouts and goings-on of Caucasian jihadists—including those who’ve run off to Syria. “All my contacts inside the FSB and Interior Ministry tell me that it’s extremely difficult to penetrate militant groups. In the mid-2000s, they set up big detention centers in Chechnya to process as many Chechens as possible, to recruit them in prison and release them as informants. We had only a few real examples of successful penetration.” The eventual killing of Basyev, he said, was done by using agents recruited by the FSB.
By 2005, after an attack on state security buildings in Nalchik, in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic in southern Russia, the FSB began cultivating diasporas to establish contact with Islamist militants abroad. “They had a diaspora of Circassians they used to try to make contact with Zarqawi,” Soldatov said, referring to the founder of al-Qaeda in Iraq, ISIS’s first incarnation. “Well, the first thing they needed to start with was a list of those who trained and studied Islam abroad. But the FSB didn’t have such a list. So this raised the profile of Kadyrov; he was able to use his connections inside Chechnya and among the diaspora to become indispensable to Moscow.”
For other analysts, however, it beggars belief that the central Russian government is unaware of this dirty nexus between the regional officialdom and the state’s most radical opponents. “The Russian government has several aims and they’re mixed together and it’s very difficult to say which one applies in any particular case,” Paul Goble, an expert on Russia’s ethnic minorities and a former advisor to both the U.S. State Department and the CIA, told The Daily Beast. “First, the Russians are not idiots. They’ve thoroughly penetrated militant groups in the North Caucasus. These aren’t ‘controlled’ by Moscow, but they’re wholly penetrated. The easiest way to garner intelligence is to get these militants to go to Syria posing as freedom fighters. Second, Moscow is running out of money to buy off the North Caucasus and needs a new way to oppress the opposition there. Well, the best way to oppress it is to exile it. Better that they should be fighting the U.S.-led coalition in Syria and Iraq than fighting Russian government in Dagestan or Ingushetia.
“It’s like Victor Serge’s Comrade Tulayev,” Goble said, referring to the famous 1948 novel based on the assassination of a Stalinist official Sergei Kirov and the consequent dragnet of paranoiac purges that swept the Soviet Union. “Moscow comes up with a broad prescription and you get all sorts of people coming up with ways to implement it.”
David Satter has written extensively on Russian security organs’ double-game with terrorism and, just before the Sochi Winter Olympics last year, became the first American journalist to be banned from Russia since the end of the Cold War. “No sooner did Chechnya emerge as a quasi-independent state than there appeared Islamists who demanded that the population only submit to the laws of Allah and not to the government,” he said. “This is something people in the West have a very hard time understanding. Russian authorities and particularly the FSB don’t react to acts of terror with the horror that people in the West do. They just see it as one more tactic that can be used by a regime to advance its aims. It can be used against foreigners and it can be used against its own people.”
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Satter’s Darkness at Dawn: The Rise of the Russian Criminal State deals at length with the September 1999 apartment bombings in Moscow, Buinaksk, in Dagestan, and Volgodonsk, in Rostov, which collectively killed 300 Russian civilians and wounded hundreds more. Today, a bevy of credible observers, both within and without Russia, believe that these operations were actually orchestrated by the FSB and blamed on Chechen jihadists as a pretext for launching the retaliatory invasion which, in the event, got underway three weeks later. “They also served to propel a little-known retired lieutenant colonel in the secret police, who had been appointed by President Yeltsin to the post of acting prime minister a month previously, into the Russian presidency,” in the words of John B. Dunlop, a senior fellow at the Stanford University-based Hoover Institution, who has published his own monograph on the mysterious apartment immolations. “Three-and-a-half months after the Moscow bombings took place,” Dunlop wrote, “Putin was elected president of the country in March of 2000.”
Putin had served as FSB director right up until the bombings when he was appointed prime minister in August 1999. This more or less coincided with an Islamist militant incursion into western Dagestan from Chechnya, led by Basayev—an incursion many believe was quietly planned and unwritten by the Kremlin as the ultimate form of provokatsiya. A week and a half after the second apartment bombing, of a building on the Kashirskoye Highway in Moscow, Putin used a locution that would be remembered both for its borrowing from the Russian criminal argot and for catapulting him, a once obscure Yeltsin silovik, into national prominence and power. “We will pursue the terrorists everywhere,” he declared. “If they are in an airport, then, in an airport, and, forgive me, if we catch them in the toilet, then we’ll rub them out in the crapper in the final analysis.”
The strongest evidence to date that the agency Putin had headed just weeks earlier was in fact behind the attacks he vowed ultimate vengeance for—attacks which would have required months of planning—is the bomb that failed to go off.
Not long after 9 p.m. on September 22, 1999, residents of an apartment building in Ryazan, a city southeast of Moscow, reported three suspicious people leaving their basement and driving off in the same car. They went into the basement and discovered several large sacks typically used to carry sugar rigged with wiring and an electrical device. Ryazan police were called; the head of the local bomb squad declared the sacks were in fact a “live bomb.” They also tested positive for hexogen, a highly combustible agent that is both extremely difficult to obtain in Russia given its status as regulated by Russia’s “power ministries” (i.e., the police, intelligence, and military). It was also the same substance used in the previous apartment bombings. The detonator for the Ryazan bomb was set to activate at 5:30 a.m. Had it gone off, all 250 residents of the building would have likely been killed.
On September 23, a day later, an operator connected a call to Moscow from a public telephone designed for inter-city communication and said that the voice on the receiving end told the caller: “Split up and each of you make your own way out.” The operator alerted the police who traced the number and found that it belonged to the FSB. “A short time later,” Satter wrote (PDF), “with the help of tips from the population, the police arrested two terrorists. They produced identification from the FSB and were released on orders from Moscow.”
On September 24, a day and a half after the abortive attack, Nikolai Patrushev, Putin’s successor as FSB director, claimed that the Ryazan bomb had been a fake and the entire plot nothing more than a “training exercise” designed to test the vigilance of local communities in detecting terrorist activity. The stuff tested positively as hexogen? It was just sugar, according to Patrushev, contradicting what every Ryazan first-responder had claimed, not to mention Putin and Interior Minister Vladimir Rushailo, both of whom were on record in deeming the explosive all too real.
If it was just a training exercise, then why were some 30,000 residents of the city made to stand out on the street all night when the nothing-to-see-here reality of the operation could have been disclosed immediately? The sapper who defused it months later told Pavel Voloshin, a reporter with with Novaya Gazeta, that the detonator had been military-grade and clearly designed by a professional.
Subsequent efforts for a parliamentary inquiry were blocked by Unity, the pro-Kremlin party under whose banner Putin would run for, and win, the presidency shortly before the party was dissolved in 2001. As journalist Maxim Glinkin observed in 2002, reflecting on the terrible spate of atrocities that led to Putin’s political ascendance, “The authorities are conducting themselves like criminals in an Agatha Christie novel who have been almost caught out by Hercule Poirot.” 
And Then There Were None certainly seemed a subplot for anyone in Russia trying to uncover the truth about these grim events.
Among those who at least share the theory that the FSB was behind the bombings were two former FSB agents, both of whom became targets after airing their allegations. One was Mikhail Trepashkin, like Putin a former lieutenant colonel, assigned to the Protection Administration of the FSB, which is tasked with keeping fellow officers and their families safe. Trepashkin had in the mid-’90s uncovered evidence that Russian law enforcement, including the FSB, had connived with Chechen extremists and criminal elements in Moscow. He would even be awarded a medal of valor for his efforts but was later marginalized in the Protection Administration after clashing with its then-commander—Nikolai Patrushev.
Trepashkin claimed to have uncovered the “Mohammed Atta” of the Moscow apartment bombings, a man called Vladimir Romanovich, who was both an FSB agent and a mob boss—hardly a redundancy after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He was arrested in 2003 on the charge of possession of illegal weapons he insists were planted in his car. Trepashkin was sentenced to four years of hard labor on a second count of disclosing a state secret. Amnesty International found the entire case against him had been politicized, using fabricated evidence. He was released from prison in November 2007 after suffering an extreme illness, for which he was never properly treated. (The Daily Beast tried unsuccessfully to reach him for comment on this story.)
The other FSB officer to accuse his employer of perpetrating state terrorism against the Russian people was Alexander Litvinenko, who had worked for the economic crimes division of the service and had exposed the collusion between law enforcement and organized crime. Litvinenko fled Russia for London in 2000 and became an informant and spy for the British security services, briefing EU countries on the infiltration of Russian gangsters (and Russian intelligence assets) on their soil. Along with Yuri Felshtinsky, he wrote Blowing Up Russia: Terror from Within, arguing that the apartment bombings were false flag operations intended to precipitate the Second Chechen War and therefore platform the grey blur that was Vladimir Putin as Yeltsin’s successor. Litvinenko was poisoned to death at a London hotel in 2006 after Polonium-210, a radioactive isotope, was poured into his tea. The perpetrators of that assassination, according to Scotland Yard, are almost certainly Dmitri Kovtun, a former Soviet army officer, and Andrei Lugovoi, a former FSB officer and now a much be-medalled Duma deputy. The Russian state, the British government has concluded, “is likely to have been the sponsor of this plot” because of its desire to see Litvinenko silenced for good.
In 2011, to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the apartment bombings, journalist Anton Orekh called them “a key moment in our most recent history. Because if those bombings were not accidental in the sequence of events which followed: if, to put it bluntly, they were the work of our authorities—then everything will once and forever take its proper place. Then there is not and cannot be an iota of illusion about the [nature of] those who rule us. Then those people are not minor or large-scale swindlers and thieves. Then they are among the most terrible criminals.”
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Following the Boston Marathon bombing, American counterterrorism officials queried the failure to follow up on a lead provided by the FSB about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the elder of the two terrorists responsible for the attack, which was sent first to the FBI and then to the CIA. In April 2014, an unclassified summary of a 168-page classified assessment prepared on the marathon bombings by the Inspectors General for the CIA, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security was released to the public. It found that in March 2011, the FSB sent a memo, in Russian, to the FBI Legal Attache in Moscow concerning Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva.
“According to the English translation used by the FBI,” the unclassified summary read, “the memorandum alleged that both were adherents of radical Islam, and that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was preparing to travel to Russia to join unspecified ‘bandit underground groups’ in Dagestan and Chechnya and had considered changing his last name to ‘Tsarni.’ The Russian authorities provided personal information about both Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, including their telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, and requested that the FBI provide the FSB with specific information about them, including possible travel by Tsarnaev to Russia.”
The FSB memorandum gave two incorrect birthdates for Tamerlan: October 21, 1987, and the same calendar date in 1988. Also, because of likely owing to the variability of transliteration from Cyrillic into English, the surnames were spelled differently—Tsarnayev and Tsarnayeva—from how Tamerlan and Zubeidat spelled them in America (minus the “y”). The FBI Legal Attache replied to the FSB acknowledging receipt of the memorandum and “requesting that it keep the bureau informed of any details it developed” on mother and son. Whether or not any additional details were ever dispatched to the FBI is not disclosed in the unclassified summary. All that is mentioned is that in September 2011, the FSB sent a near-identical memorandum to the CIA.
Most of the Inspector Generals’ assessment of the bombing focused on the FBI-led Boston Joint Terrorism Task Force’s failure to query Tamerlan about his travel plans to Russia when it interviewed him and his parents, and on its failure to respond to an alert it was sent once he flew from New York to Moscow in January 2012, a year after he’d been added to a terrorism watchlist. Tamerlan returned to New York from Moscow around six months later, in July 2012. Yet, the assessment found that all U.S. agencies under scrutiny had “followed procedures appropriately” given the information available to them at the time.
Nevertheless, Massachusetts Rep. Bill Keating, who sits on the House Homeland Security Committee, was scathing about the lack of forthrightness shown after the marathon attacks by American law enforcement. “I got more information from Russia than I did from our own FBI,” Keating told Boston Public Radio in August 2013.
Did the FSB really try to help the U.S. in surveilling or apprehending a dangerous jihadist? “On the Tsarnaev brothers, they did tell us once, and then they stopped,” said Mike Rogers, the former chair of the House Intelligence Committee. “When the FBI made further inquiries, they stopped cooperating. I thought that was really interesting because clearly they knew the Tsarnaevs were being radicalized.”
There is evidence that the FSB also sat on more than it had disclosed in its dual memoranda to the two U.S. agencies. It had intercepted telephone calls made by and between Tamerlan and Zubeidat. In one, the son discussed jihad and the possibility of going to Palestine. In another, the mother spoke to someone in the Caucasus who was under FBI investigation. But how did Tamerlan manage to arrive unmolested at Moscow’s Sheremetevo Airport in January 2012, then proceed to Dagestan, after the FSB was obviously aware of his purported plans to join “bandit underground groups”?
Still another Novaya Gazeta reporter, Irina Gordienko, found that Tamerlan had in fact tried to join the Caucasian underground and that officials from the Republic of Dagestan Center for Combating Extremism (RDCCE), a body run out of the Russian Interior Ministry, had put him on a surveillance list after he caught their attention in April 2012, four months after his trip to Russia. He’d been associating with Makhmud Mansur Nidal, an 18-year-old suspected of acting as a jihadist recruiter.
Gordienko found that Tamerlan had only stayed in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, where his father lived, save for a brief trip to Chechnya in March 2012. Yet in May, Russian special forces killed Nidal in a raid in Makhachkala, after which Tamerlan moved out of his father’s apartment and stayed with other relatives in the city.
In her investigation, Gordienko also disclosed that in 2011, the FSB requested information from the FBI on Tamerlan because his name had come up after the detention and interrogation (which likely involved torture) of William Plotnikov, a 21-year-old Russian-Canadian convert to Islam, who traveled to Dagestan. Plotnikov had reportedly been in touch with Tamerlan via Islamic social media outlets. Plotnikov was released due to a lack of criminal evidence; then in July 2012, he, too, was killed in another raid, this one near the village of Utamysh in Kayakent District.
After the death of his second jihadist contact, Tamerlan apparently disappeared from the Russian authorities’ sight. “The police came to visit his father, but the father claimed that everything was fine, that his son had returned to the USA,” Gordienko wrote. “They didn’t believe his father, and supposed that Tsarnaev had gone off to the forest. They were made cautious by the fact that Tamerlan left without waiting to pick up his passport, the documents for which he had submitted at the end of June 2012.” The FSB then sent a second inquiry, this one to the CIA, seeking more information on the elder Tsarnaev brother. That one never got answered either.
In 2013, Dagestan’s police chief denied that Tamerlan was recruited to the “bandit underground” or had any contact with members of it; although the same police chief also (erroneously) insisted that Tamerlan was in Makhachkala for only a few days, relying on testimony from the boy’s father. So assuming Gordienko’s reporting is accurate, the questions arise: How did Tamerlan get from Makhachkala to Moscow, then board a plane back to New York, if he was wanted for questioning by the Russian security services? And did the FSB, in seeking information from the CIA, ever alert it to the fact that Tamerlan had now vanished from its purview in a hotbed of fundamentalist insurgency?
It was not the first time a terrorist had gone into the wind in Dagestan. In 1996, Ayman al-Zawahiri, today the leader of al-Qaeda, was arrested in Dagestan where he’d gone to scout Chechnya as a possible safe haven for Egyptian Islamic Jihad, the terrorist organization he headed before joining bin Laden’s franchise and which was made world-famous for its role in assassinating Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1981. Zawahiri posed as a Sudanese businessman named Abdullah Imam Mohammed Amin who claimed to work for an Azeri trading firm and carried with him $6,400 in cash, in multiple foreign currencies, a laptop, and other communication devices. He traveled with two Islamic Jihad members, who also used phony names and passports. They were grabbed by Russian police within hours of reaching Dagestan, interrogated, then moved to a remote prison near Makhachkala.
The FSB sent Zawahiri’s laptop to Moscow for analysis. Even still, the Russians claimed that they never knew who they had in their midst and were dumbfounded by the outpouring of Muslim and Islamist support for the three “businessmen.” At their trial, Zawahiri told the judge, “We wanted to find out the price of leather, medicine and other goods.” (He’d later write that “God blinded them to our identities.”)
The three jihadists ended up doing six months in jail, at the end of which they got their laptop back. Had the FSB, which hardly lacks for expert Arabic speakers, not gone through the files it contained, or did “Mr. Amin” and company cover their tracks digitally, too? More than 20 years on, the history of this bizarre interlude in the curriculum vitae of one of the world’s most wanted terrorists has never been established.
Once released, Zawahiri spent another 10 days meeting Islamists in Dagestan before repairing to Afghanistan. “Every Ivan Ivanovich KGB and GRU officer who served in Egypt in the late ’70s and 1980s knew who Zawahiri was because of his involvement in the Sadat assassination,” said Jamestown’s Glen Howard. “They’d have seen his pictures on Egyptian TV in a massive cage broadcast live following his arrest and trial. So for Moscow to arrest him in Dagestan in 1996 and hold him for six months in a Dagestani jail cell and claim they never knew who he was—well, this is pure nonsense.”
Howard and Satter both believe that the FSB is likely sitting on more than it will ever share with the Americans about Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s half-year in Dagestan, too. Though both are keen to also note that the Kremlin has used every opportunity to exploit the Boston atrocity in two contradictory ways.
First, it has amplified the importance of counterterrorism cooperation between two post-Cold War rivals, now at odds again. Bortnikov’s RSVP to Obama’s summit on violent extremism was a major propaganda coup for the FSB, as was his sudden stature boost in the U.S. intelligence establishment following the marathon bombings. “Bortnikov has been playing up for three years his raised international profile,” said Soldatov. “For him, this is a huge success because it’s kept him off the U.S. sanctions list.”
Second, while proffering the hand of friendship in Washington, the siloviki have wasted no effort slandering their intelligence counterparts in the CIA for creating the very terrorism unleashed on American soil, chiefly by propagating all manner of conspiracy theories as to how Tamerlan became radicalized. And here, Howard’s own organization has been conscripted in a hysterical propaganda campaign.
In April 2013, two months after the Boston attacks, Russia’s state-owned newspaper Izvestiya ran an article alleging that while he lived in Dagestan, Tamerlan had attended “events and seminars” put on jointly by the Caucasian Fund, a Georgian NGO, and the Jamestown Foundation. “Izvestia has obtained some documents from the Georgian Interior Ministry’s Department of Counter-intelligence which confirms that the Georgian organization Caucasian Fund is collaborating with the American non-profit organization Jamestown Foundation (Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. foreign policy ideologue, was formerly on Jamestown’s board of directors),” the piece stated, laying it on with a trowel, “and has been recruiting residents of the North Caucasus to work in the interests of the United States in Georgia.” Russians are apparently “recruited at these seminars and trained for terrorist attacks.”
The Jamestown Foundation rejected the allegation as absurd. The Georgian Ministry of the Interior added that the Georgian Col. Grigor Chanturia, the lynchpin of Izvestia’s supposed reporting, wasn’t a real person. No matter. The Kremlin’s English-language propaganda mill RT picked up the story uncritically, as did <a href="http://InfoWars.com" rel="nofollow">InfoWars.com</a>, the feverish website run by Alex Jones, which has not yet encountered a conspiracy theory it didn’t like.
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In general, counterterrorism cooperation between Russia and the U.S. is more a comforting legend of the post-Cold War order, something mouthed perfunctorily by both sides while being given little credence by the intelligence professionals whose job it is to talk to foreign counterparts. Kalugin, the former KGB counterintelligence official, thinks there is “lots of talk but little action” when it comes to constructing a mutual bulwark against Islamic terrorism. The former CIA operative who liaised with the FSB in Tajikistan remembers the Russians sharing nothing of substance with him. “They never talked about the Tajik opposition or the pre-al-Qaeda types coming across. They never discussed the politics of Central Asia, the roots of terrorism. It was always generalities.”
Several analysts consulted for this story also pointed out that even if the FSB wanted to work in good faith with the U.S., systemic corruption and incompetence in the ranks, the sort of dysfunction bred of an authoritarian regime that promotes loyalists and cronies at the expense of adept professionals, would hamper any attempt at bilateral rehabilitation. “You want to stamp out bearded nut jobs together, OK—first Russia has to stamp out bribery which lets them slip in and out of the country or board planes to blow them up,” said one analyst.
There’s another problem in ushering in a new dawn of transnational police work. Despite the happy talk, America and Russia just don’t trust each other. “To say that Russia is our partner is a significant overstatement,” Mike Rogers, the former Congressman and House Intelligence Committee chair, said. “There are some relationships, but the FSB doesn’t like to cooperate with the FBI and the FBI has a natural suspicion of the FSB. Principally this is because the FBI is also busy trying to catch Russian spies in America. They’re not our friends and they’re not our partners.”
“At the political level, the White House will say we’re cooperating on terrorism, but that doesn’t mean anything,” the former CIA operative groused. “So if the FSB is now sending jihadists to Syria so that they can die at the hands of the Americans rather than the Russians, should we be surprised? We’re just so goddamn ignorant.”
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A Legislative Fix to Inspectors’ General Difficulties Accessing Information? by Andy Wright
Monday August 24th, 2015 at 10:32 AM

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This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks ahead to key developments on the horizon.
Inspectors General (IGs) occupy unique and important roles in the world of government oversight and accountability. Their unique role under the Inspector General Act (the IG Act) and within the structure of government creates intra- and interbranch tensions. They are executive branch entities with a mandate to maintain professional distance to fulfill an audit function. A year ago, I reported on a letter to Congress complaining about access to executive agency materials signed by 47 IGs. A month ago, the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued an opinion that has further raised the hackles in the IG community and on the Hill.
The OLC opinion answers the following question posed by the Deputy Attorney General: “whether the Department of Justice (the ‘Department’) may lawfully provide the Department’s Office of Inspector General (‘OIG’) with access to documents containing certain kinds of statutorily protected information” including information covered by the Federal Wiretap Act (Title III), the grand jury secrecy rules of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Rule 6(e)), and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (Section 626). Specifically, OLC opines that Section 6(a)(1) of the IG Act “does not supersede the limitations on disclosure contained in Title III, Rule 6(e), and section 626.” Section 6(a)(1) of the IG Act specifies that IGs are “authorized [] to have access to all records, reports, audits, reviews, documents, papers, recommendations, or other material” available to the agency that are related to issues subject to IG review.
As a practical matter, the opinion means that senior Department leadership will continue to review material requested by the IG and withhold information they determine to be precluded from release under these statutory provisions. 
Megan Graham wrote a helpful post in February detailing some of the Department IG’s complaints that led to this OLC opinion. Specifically, earlier this year, the Department IG objected to the FBI’s refusal to set a timeline for turning over documents related to an IG investigation of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s use of subpoenas to access certain bulk data collections. The FBI had resisted a firm production timeline because the Department was undertaking review for grand jury, wiretap, and credit information nondisclosure provisions. The IG had sent a letter to Congress complaining that Department management determinations as to IG access was contrary to the IG Act, appropriations provisions, and the principle of IG independence.
The OLC opinion prompted a letter to Congress from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). Sixty-eight IGs signed the letter sent by CIGIE, which happens to be chaired, at present, by the Department of Justice IG, Michael Horowitz. CIGIE argues that that the OLC opinion “sharply curtails” IG authority and “represents a serious threat to the independent authority of not only the DOJ-IG but to all Inspectors General.” Interestingly, CIGIE calls on Congress to “immediately pass legislation affirming” IG authority to obtain these materials rather than directly confronting OLC’s legal reasoning. Congress has started to react. For example, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statementin reaction to the OLC opinion. However, the legislative vehicle he references, H.R. 2395, does not address CIGIE’s requested changes in its present form.
Inspectors General should be able to obtain access to the information, held by their agency charges, necessary to do their jobs. However, lurking behind every intra-executive production of documents to an IG lurks the real possibility of an interbranch production of IG workpapers to Congress. While both congressional oversight and IG mandates often overlap, the intra- versus interbranch production transom could be constitutionally and functionally significant.
Congressional oversight interests often overlap with IG work product and Congress regularly highlight IG findings. In other instances, Congress has applied serious political, oversight, and budgetary pressure to IGs it deems too cozy with executive branch leadership. As I wrote last year: “Inspectors General are unique entities within the separation-of-powers structure. IG semi-independence within the executive branch, as well as closer allegiance to Congress, complicate an IG’s intrabranch relations with its charge when there is an interbranch information access dispute ongoing about the subject matter of the IG’s study.” A legislative fix for the IGs would be a good thing, but it ought to preserve executive branch institutional interests. It also ought to protect the privacy and reputational interests of the intended beneficiaries of laws designed to safeguard grand jury, wiretap, and credit information.
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News Roundup and Notes: August 24, 2015 by Nadia O'Mara
Monday August 24th, 2015 at 10:32 AM

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Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
IRAQ and SYRIA
Tests on rounds fired by ISIS against Kurdish forces in Iraq have tested positive for mustard gas, the Pentagonsaid on Friday. Further tests could also show how much of the chemical warfare agent was used and where it came from. [Stars and Stripes’ Tara Copp]  Further, opposition rebels and local civilians accused ISIS militants of using a chemical agent in an attack near the Syrian city of Aleppo late Friday which killed one and wounded at least 10. [Wall Street Journal’s Raja Abdulrahim]
The Islamic State’s second in command was killed by an August 18 drone strike close to Mosul, Iraq, the National Security Council said Friday. Haji Mutazz is said to have been in charge of the group’s operations in Iraq and a key military strategist. [CNN’s Barbara Starr and Jim Acosta]
ISIS has blown up the ancient temple of Baal Shamin in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the country’s antiquities chief said; the report was later confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Islamic State took control of the city on May 21, sparking concern over the safety of Palmyra’s UNESCO heritage sites. [AFP; BBC]
A Turkish military vehicle hit explosives buried under the road today, killing two soldiers and wounding others, the latest attack following the collapse of a ceasefire with Kurdish militants, security sources said. Turkey has conducted over 400 airstrikes on PKK positions in northern Iraq since late July. [Reuters]
“There’s a lot of blood between the lines.” The Daily Beast hosts an interview with the leader of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, an Iran-backed militia fighting in Iraq and regarded with much suspicion by the US. 
IRAN
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid endorsed President Obama’s nuclear accord with Iran yesterday, pledging to do everything in his power to ensure the deal stands, in an interview with the Washington Post, reports Paul Kane. In a statement later Sunday, Reid said the deal was the “best path forward” and that its critics “failed to articulate a viable alternative.”
Britain must “tread carefully” as relations with Iran improve in the wake of the Iran nuclear deal, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said. Speaking ahead of talks with President Hassan Rouhani, and as the UK reopened its embassy in Tehran, Hammond said Iran was “too important a player” to leave in isolation. [BBC]
It is too early to start discussions on reopening the US embassy in Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said yesterday, adding that the United States’ “illogical attitude” toward Iran prevented the possibility. [Reuters]
The only physicist in Congress, Rep Bill Foster remains undecided on the Iran nuclear accord, saying he feels a “special responsibility” to carefully review the technical aspects of the deal, in an interview with The Hill’s Julian Hattem.
President Obama’s “strongest argument in favor of passage has also become his greatest vulnerability;” David E. Sanger and Michael R. Gordon comment on concerns about the lapse of concrete restraints on Iran’s nuclear program after 15 years. [New York Times]
Former national security adviser, Brent Scowcroft urged Congress to support the Iran nuclear accord, saying that the deal represents an “epochal moment that should not be squandered,” in an op-ed at the Washington Post.
The Wall Street Journal editorial board comments on revelations regarding side agreement between the IAEA and Tehran, writing that the report that Iran will be allowed carry out its own inspections of the Parchin military site is a “new one in the history of arms control,” and displays a “secrecy” which “should be unacceptable in Congress.”
The AP story on a draft of a side deal between Iran and the IAEA found itself on the receiving end of Iran Deal “trutherism,” writes Tom Nichols, discussing the social media attack on the report and what it reveals about the “politicization of expertise.” [The Daily Beast]
YEMEN
Houthi rocket fire killed 14 civilians, mainly children, as fighting escalates for control of the city of Taiz, residents said. [Reuters]
A British citizen has been released after being held hostage by al-Qaeda in Yemen, the UK Foreign Office announced; Robert Semple was freed by UAE forces and is “safe and well.” [BBC]
AQAP fighters tried to seize control of a military base in Aden on Sunday before suddenly withdrawing, according to local fighters and a senior military official. [New York Times’ Saeed al-Batati and Kareem Fahim]
FRANCE TRAIN SHOOTING
An attempted terror attack on a French train was foiled on Friday; the suspect, a Moroccan national, is accused of launching a gun attack, armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle among other weapons. The attack raises questions about Europe’s railway security. [France 24]  The BBC has a breakdown of the events that took place.
The gunman is “dumbfounded” at claims that he is an Islamist militant, saying he only intended to rob passengers. [Reuters’ Marine Pennetier and Catherine MacDonald]
Three Americans and a Briton were awarded France’s highest honor – the Légion d’honneur – by the country’s president for their roles in preventing the attack. The men wrestled the attacker to the ground after he opened fire. [Reuters]
Europe faces a “deepening quandary” of how to tackle mounting attacks on “soft targets,” without “paralyzing” public spaces or resorting to more intrusive surveillance, reports Adam Nossiter. [New York Times]
THE KOREAS
South Korea’s president demanded North Korea apologize for recent landmine blasts today, as the rival states held “marathon talks” aimed at defusing tensions which are bringing the peninsula close to the brink of armed conflict, report Jack Kim and Ju-Min Park. [Reuters]
North Korea deployed twice the usual number of artillery pieces along its border with the South yesterday, and the majority of its submarines were out of their bases. [New York Times’ Choe Sang-Hun]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the parties to “redouble efforts” to find a diplomatic solution to the situation, welcoming high-level meetings taking place on Saturday. [UN News Centre]
The New York Times editorial board opines that confrontation between the Koreas “must be taken seriously and managed carefully,” and the US and China must take on key roles in encouraging restraint.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
A suicide attack outside a hospital in Kabul killed at least 12 people and wounded 60 others on Saturday, including three American contractors. [The Guardian’s Sune Engel Rasmussen]  The UN’s mission in Afghanistan condemned the attack “in the strongest terms.” [UN News Centre]
Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will resign as chairman of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, a “mainly symbolic” step, reports Jack Khoury. [Haaretz]
An al-Shabaab suicide attack at a military camp in the Somali city of Kismayo killed at least 10 soldiers on Saturday, security officials said. [AP]
The FBI is trying to fire an agent for intentionally shooting a suspect following revelations that the agent violated bureau policy by firing a “bad shoot,” reports Charlie Savage. The information was obtained by the Times using the FOIA, obtaining the FBI shooting reports in several batches. [New York Times]
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 16 others have been sentenced to life in prison in relation to a 2013 attack on a police station which killed five people, Egypt’s state-run news agency said. [AP]
“Russia’s playing a double game with Islamic Terror.” Michael Weiss discusses evidence which points to the Russian Federal Security Service “feeding Dagestanis to ISIS.” [The Daily Beast]
Hillary Clinton’s response to controversy over her email server has been “too lawyerly,” former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”  And former Rep Ellen Tauscher said that the scrutiny Clinton has faced is “unprecedented,” noting that “[e]veryone knows four former secretaries had personal email accounts,” on “Fox News Sunday.”
The US will keep sending new weapons and military equipment to the Asia-Pacific region to counter Chinese activities in the South China Sea, a new Pentagon strategy document says. [Defense One’s Marcus Weisgerber]
A US Army storage depot near Tokyo was affected by explosions of still-undetermined origin early today, the Pentagon said. No injuries were reported. [New York Times’ Andrew Siddons and Makiko Inoue]
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Is the game up for China's much emulated growth model? - The Guardian
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The recent travails of China's economy are well known by now: falling real estate prices put paid to the construction boom, and the subsequent bursting of the stock market bubble was hamfistedly controlled through official measures. But these current ...

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It's been almost two weeks since the People's Bank of China, China's central bank, devalued the renminbi, but even now we don't know why Beijing engineered the shock move. In fact, there is more confusion today than on Tuesday, the 11th, when China ...

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At defense forum, Reps. Smith and Heck give 'depressing' outlook on military budgets
Sunday August 23rd, 2015 at 4:35 PM

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U.S. Rep. Adam Smith wouldn’t call himself “depressed” when he spoke to a military lobbying group at Joint Base Lewis-McChord last week, but he acknowledged that he brought him with him a “depressing” message.
     

Explosion at US base in Japan lights up night sky
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An explosion at a U.S. Army depot outside of Tokyo has set off a large blaze that lit up the night sky, but there were no reports of injuries.
     

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Firefighters battle a blaze which broke out at a US military base after an explosion in the Japanese city of Sagamihara.

Pentagon confirms explosion at US military base in Japanby Martin Pengelly in New York
Sunday August 23rd, 2015 at 4:32 PM

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  • No injuries reported at Sagami depot, 25 miles southwest of Tokyo
  • Firefighters battling blaze to prevent it from spreading to nearby buildings
The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday that an explosion had occurred at a US military base in Japan. No injuries were reported.
Video posted to YouTube appeared to show the explosion, which a Department of Defense spokesman later said happened just after midnight local time “at a building on a US army post, the Sagami Depot in the city of Sagamihara … about 25 miles southwest of Tokyo”.
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Al Qaeda Fighters Try to Seize Yemeni Military Base in Adenby SAEED AL-BATATI and KAREEM FAHIM
Sunday August 23rd, 2015 at 4:32 PM

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Fighters with Al Qaeda’s Yemeni affiliate briefly tried to seize control of a military base and the presidential palace before suddenly withdrawing.

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Firefighters in Japan tackle a blaze triggered by an explosion at a US Army base in the city of Sagamihara, the Pentagon says.
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Shoreham victims' families and friends pay tributeby Alexandra Topping and Haroon Siddique
Sunday August 23rd, 2015 at 4:31 PM

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Worthing United mourns footballers Matthew Grimstone and Jacob Schilt, while relatives describe fellow victim Matt Jones as the ‘best son, brother and uncle’
As Matthew Grimstone and Jacob Schilt set off down the A27 in West Sussex on Saturday, the Worthing United footballers were likely thinking only of their match against Loxwood. But on Sunday, their friends and family were mourning the untimely death of the non-league players, who were killed when a vintage Hawker Hunter jet plummeted from the sky while attempting a loop manoeuvre at the Shoreham airshow and hit the road.
Crowds in the seaside town gathered to comfort each other at a special church service on Sunday as it emerged that Matt Jones, 24, from Littlehampton, was among the victims. In a message thanking those who sent messages of support, his sister called him the “best son, brother and uncle”.
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Explosion at US Base in Japan Lights up Night Sky
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Explosion at US Army base outside Tokyo lights up night sky; no injuries reported

People in North Korea express interest in joining army amid threat of all-out war by itnnews
Sunday August 23rd, 2015 at 3:48 PM

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Tension between North Korea and South Korea is rising. South Korea is broadcasting anti-North propaganda over the border in the latest dispute. Report by Anisa Kadri.

Train hero: Gunman ready to fight, but "so were we"
Sunday August 23rd, 2015 at 3:47 PM

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Sunday August 23rd, 2015 at 3:46 PM

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France train attack: Footage shows the moments after the gunman was subdued by passengers.

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A US passenger who tackled a gunman on a train from Amsterdam to Paris says survival instinct led him to react to tackle the gunman.

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» China's Jin Liqun Named President-Elect of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
24/08/15 10:26 from WSJ.com: World News
China took another step in its bid to create a rival to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank with the naming of its candidate as the likely president of the new institution.
» In style at Afropunk festival: come as you are – video
24/08/15 10:25 from World news: World news + Video | guardian.co.uk
This year’s Afropunk festival at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn attracted massive crowds. In its 11th year, the initially small black punk festival has grown into a conduit for black activism and community action Continue reading...
» Witness Confirms IS Destruction of Ancient Temple in Syria
24/08/15 10:25 from ABC News: ABCNews
Witness in IS-controlled Syrian city of Palmyra confirms ancient temple reduced to rubble
» Sex traffickers branding girls
24/08/15 10:25 from CNN.com
CNN's Sara Sidner goes on a police patrol in Los Angeles where she finds one girl after another that have been branded by their traffickers to show who "owns" them.
» Judge to decide whether Pennsylvania official will face perjury trial
24/08/15 10:24 from Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines
Prosecutors on Monday will lay out the details of their criminal case against Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who is accused of illegally leaking grand jury information to embarrass a political foe, and then lying about it. ...
» Greece: Newly Formed Party Receives Mandate to Form Gov't
24/08/15 10:24 from ABC News: ABCNews
Greece: New anti-austerity party receives mandate to form gov't, 1 step closer to election
» Louisiana State Police: Trooper Dies After Being Shot in Head While Helping Stranded Motorist
24/08/15 10:24 from ABC News: ABCNews
Louisiana State Police: Trooper dies after being shot in head while helping stranded motorist
» Japan Delivers Whiskey to Space station_ for Science
24/08/15 10:23 from ABC News: ABCNews
Japan delivers whiskey to space station _ just a bit for research purposes only
» Bangkok blast probe hindered by broken security cameras - The Indian Express
24/08/15 10:23 from World - Google News
The Indian Express Bangkok blast probe hindered by broken security cameras The Indian Express Investigators are trying to "put pieces of the puzzle together" but have had to use their imagination to fill holes left by cameras t...
» Islamic State Suicide Attacks Targeting Iraqi Outpost Kill 8
24/08/15 10:22 from ABC News: ABCNews
Officials say IS suicide attacks targeting Iraqi security forces kill 8 in Anbar province
» UN maritime tribunal rejects Italy's call for India to drop charges against marines
24/08/15 10:22 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Top Stories
Killing of two Indian fishermen in 2012 has soured relations between India and Italy. Marines had been on an anti-piracy mission in the Indian Ocean.
» As Stock Market Plunges, Donald Trump Takes a Worldview - New York Times
24/08/15 10:22 from Google News - Top Stories
New York Times As Stock Market Plunges, Donald Trump Takes a Worldview New York Times Donald J. Trump spoke at a campaign rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala., on Friday.Credit Jeff Haller for The New York Times. Plunging stocks...
» 'Suicides' over Ashley Madison hack
24/08/15 10:21 from BBC News - World
Two Ashley Madison clients are reported to have taken their lives after hackers published their details according to police in Canada.
» Louisiana State Trooper Dies After Traffic Stop Shooting - ABC News
24/08/15 10:20 from Google News - Top Stories
ABC News Louisiana State Trooper Dies After Traffic Stop Shooting ABC News Louisiana State Police Senior Trooper Steven J. Vincent has died, one day after he was critically injured in a shooting at a traffic stop Sunday, officials said. ...
» Raw: Americans, Briton Get France's Top Honor - San Jose Mercury News
24/08/15 10:20 from Top Stories - Google News
San Jose Mercury News Raw: Americans, Briton Get France's Top Honor San Jose Mercury News PARIS -- Three Americans and a Briton who tackled an attacker loaded with guns and ammunition prevented carnage on the high-speed train carryin...
» Three Answers, One Week: Scott Walker on Birthright Citizenship - NBCNews.com
24/08/15 10:20 from Google News - Top Stories
NBCNews.com Three Answers, One Week: Scott Walker on Birthright Citizenship NBCNews.com Republican presidential candidates spent much of last week responding to Donald Trump's call to end birthright citizenship - the United States ci...
» Air displays to face restrictions
24/08/15 10:18 from BBC News - World
UK's aviation regulator announces "significant restrictions" on vintage jets in air displays after the Shoreham Airshow crash, which killed at least 11 people.
» Pokemon World Championship Alleged Shooting Plot: How It Was Foiled - ABC News
24/08/15 10:18 from Google News - Top Stories
ABC News Pokemon World Championship Alleged Shooting Plot: How It Was Foiled ABC News An alleged plot to inflict violence at the Pokemon World Championship was foiled after security officers at the venue where the event was being held al...
» American train attack heroes awarded France's highest honor - Fox News
24/08/15 10:18 from Google News - Top Stories
Fox News American train attack heroes awarded France's highest honor Fox News The three Americans who helped thwart a massacre on board a high-speed European train were awarded the Legion d'honneur (Legion of Honor), France's...
» Soldiers killed in clashes near Azerbaijan's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region
24/08/15 10:17 from Reuters: International
BAKU (Reuters) - Clashes erupted between troops from Azerbaijan and the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region at the weekend, the two sides said on Monday, giving conflicting death tolls and disputing who was to blame.
» Frustrations Mount in Lebanon
24/08/15 10:17 from Voice of America
The so-called "You Stink" campaign announced on Facebook that a protest set for Monday evening in Beirut would not go on and that organizers needed to re-evaluate their demands.
» Poroshenko Vows to Boost Troop Numbers
24/08/15 10:17 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
At a military parade in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko marked Independence Day with a promises of more troops for eastern Ukraine.
» While women overseas face true oppression, Western feminists dream up petty hashtags
24/08/15 10:16 from AEI » Latest Content
Grievance feminists in the United States trivialize the genuine injustices faced by women across the globe.
» In Iran, a Women's Soccer Revolution
24/08/15 10:16 from WSJ.com: World News
In a country where women are barred from attending soccer games, the sport is taking off at the youth level—in part because of the efforts of an Iranian-American.
» China flexes military muscle
24/08/15 10:15 from CNN.com
» Islamic State destroys treasured temple in Palmyra, Syria - Washington Post
24/08/15 10:15 from Google News - Top Stories
NDTV Islamic State destroys treasured temple in Palmyra, Syria Washington Post The Islamic State has reportedly destroyed another significant landmark in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria. The temple of Baal Shamin stood for nearly two ...
» Americans become French knights - Washington Post
24/08/15 10:15 from Google News - World
NBCNews.com Americans become French knights Washington Post BRUSSELS — One of the Americans who prevented a bloodbath on a high-speed European train serves in the Air Force. Another is in the Oregon National Guard. On Monday, the enliste...
» Americans awarded France's highest honor after stopping European train attack - Washington Post
24/08/15 10:15 from World - Google News
New York Times Americans awarded France's highest honor after stopping European train attack Washington Post BRUSSELS — One of the Americans who prevented a bloodbath on a high-speed European train serves in the Air Force. Another is...
» Secular jihadists' war on Chick-fil-A, Jesus, marching bands
24/08/15 10:14 from Latest News
Todd's American Dispatch
» Russia's Lavrov says U.S. signals it wants to mend ties
24/08/15 10:14 from Reuters: Top News
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday the United States has been sending "signals" that it wants to start mending ties with Moscow, badly strained over the past year and a half by the conflict in Ukraine.
» Farewell to Saturn's moon Dione
24/08/15 10:14 from CNN.com
» Usain Bolt strikes again
24/08/15 10:14 from CNN.com
Usain Bolt overcame the doubters and the form book to defeat controversial rival Justin Gatlin and claim 100m gold at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing Sunday.
» Suspected Burundi protesters 'beaten with iron bars and forced to sit in acid'
24/08/15 10:13 from World news breaking world news latest world news from the US Europe Asia Australia Africa
Intelligence services and police rounded up suspected demonstrators against President Pierre Nkurunziza's third term and used torture to extract false confessions and names of regime opponents, according to Amnesty report
» Shoreham Air Show crash: Aviation regulator bans loop-the-loops at vintage jet ... - Telegraph.co.uk
24/08/15 10:12 from Google News - Top Stories
Telegraph.co.uk Shoreham Air Show crash: Aviation regulator bans loop-the-loops at vintage jet ... Telegraph.co.uk ... • Hunt for bodies at crash site as police reveal up to 20 killed • Organisers defend event's safety record as pilo...
» Arkansas rejects proposal for statute of Hindu deity Hanuman on grounds of state legislature
24/08/15 10:09 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
Officials in Arkansas have rejected a request to place a statue of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman on the grounds of the state legislature.
» Dow Wow! Stocks Plummet 1,000 Points at Opening Bell
24/08/15 10:08 from ABC News: ABCNews
American investors are worried about an economic slowdown and global events.
» U.S. Marine Admits Choking, Not Killing, Filipino Transgender
24/08/15 10:08 from World news
U.S. Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton on Monday admitted in court to choking, but not killing, a Filipino transgender in an Olongapo City hotel last year.
» Thousands flock to D.C.'s newest "beach"
24/08/15 10:07 from Home - CBSNews.com
There's no water or sand, but National Building Museum visitors young and old are embracing the hours-long lines for a one-of-a-kind experience
» Air Show Death Toll 'May Rise' as Wreckage Is Cleared
24/08/15 10:04 from World news
Sussex Police said they are still unsure how many people died after a 1950s Hawker Hunter jet crashed onto a busy road at the Shoreham Airshow.
» Islamic State evokes more shock with reported destruction of ancient temple - Los Angeles Times
24/08/15 10:04 from Google News - World
Los Angeles Times Islamic State evokes more shock with reported destruction of ancient temple Los Angeles Times The reported destruction of a 1st century temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra by the jihadists of Islamic State drew...
» Amy Klobuchar defends Hillary Clinton amid email scandal - CBS News
24/08/15 10:04 from Google News - Top Stories
ABC News Amy Klobuchar defends Hillary Clinton amid email scandal CBS News Democrats are increasingly vocal about their concern that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign is suffering because of questions about her email, b...
» Countries Slow to Pledge Emissions Cuts Before Talks
24/08/15 10:04 from WSJ.com: World News
Less than a third of governments seeking a global climate agreement have submitted plans for reducing emissions, raising concerns over developing countries’ commitment to a deal in Paris later this year.
» Venezuela Deports Some 800 Colombians in Border Row
24/08/15 10:04 from ABC News: ABCNews
Venezuela hands over almost 800 Colombians for deportation in border-region crackdown
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» New day of carnage for financial markets amid global sell-off - Washington Post
24/08/15 10:03 from Google News - Top Stories
U.S. News & World Report New day of carnage for financial markets amid global sell-off Washington Post Global markets entered a new day of carnage Monday amid a continuing worldwide sell-off, extending last week's meltdown and stokin...
» Ukraine Vows to Increase Troops to Fend Off Rebel Attacks - New York Times
24/08/15 10:03 from World - Google News
TODAYonline Ukraine Vows to Increase Troops to Fend Off Rebel Attacks New York Times KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's president vowed to increase troop numbers to fend off attacks by Russia-backed separatist rebels and warned his countrymen...
» US government says cannabis kills cancer cells
24/08/15 10:03 from World news breaking world news latest world news from the US Europe Asia Australia Africa
Researchers say drug kills cancer cells in rats but cautions against use by humans
» Ukraine vows to increase troops to fend off rebel attacks
24/08/15 10:03 from AP Top Headlines At 7:05 a.m. EDT
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine's president vowed to increase troop numbers to fend off attacks by Russia-backed separatist rebels and warned his countrymen that there is still the threat of a "large-scale invasion," in an impassioned spee...
» Stocks Plunge, With Dow Losing 1,000 Points
24/08/15 10:03 from NYT > International
The global markets turmoil intensified in Asia, Europe and the United States, fueled by China’s economic slowdown and doubts about emerging economies.
» US Stocks Plunge in Early Trading After Chinese Stock Rout
24/08/15 10:02 from ABC News: ABCNews
US stocks plunge in early trading as Chinese stocks slide further; S&P 500 in correction mode
» Dow takes major hit as US markets open with sharp selloff
24/08/15 10:02 from Latest News
Fox Business' Gerri Willis reacts
» Couple's hilarious newborn photos charm Internet
24/08/15 10:02 from CNN.com
Matt Kay and Abby Lee's parents asked them when they were going to have children. They responded with a newborn photo shoot- of their puppy Humphrey. Photos courtesy Elisha Minnette Photography
» Trooper Shot During Traffic Stop; Passersby Catch Suspect, Cops Say
24/08/15 10:02 from ABC News: ABCNews
La state police chief: Man who shot trooper said, 'You're lucky. You're going to die.'
» Colombia decries increase in deportations by Venezuelan government
24/08/15 10:01 from Reuters: International
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Venezuela has intensified deportations of Colombians since President Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of two border crossings last week, Colombia's migration office said on Monday, in some cases separating children f...
» Shoreham Air Show crash: Aviation regulator orders 'significant restrictions ... - Telegraph.co.uk
24/08/15 10:01 from Google News - World
Telegraph.co.uk Shoreham Air Show crash: Aviation regulator orders 'significant restrictions ... Telegraph.co.uk ... • Hunt for bodies at crash site as police reveal up to 20 killed • Organisers defend event's safety record as pi...
» 'Straight Outta Compton' Tops Box Office Again
24/08/15 09:59 from ABC News: ABCNews
See what other films cracked the top 10.
» Party Spokesman: Maldives Ex-President Taken Back to Prison
24/08/15 09:59 from ABC News: ABCNews
Ex-Maldives president taken back to prison despite commutation of sentence to house arrest
» Japan PM Abe to skip visit to China for war anniversary - Herald Scotland
24/08/15 09:59 from World - Google News
Fox News Japan PM Abe to skip visit to China for war anniversary Herald Scotland Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not attend events to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in China next month, amid concerns...
» World Athletics Championships: Beijing 2015 – as it happened - The Guardian
24/08/15 09:58 from world - Google News
The Guardian World Athletics Championships: Beijing 2015 – as it happened The Guardian Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce seems happy with herself, the world and all things. I think 10.60 is there. Hopefully in my next race I'll get it together...
» Philip Hammond: Closer ties with Iran won't provide instant solutions to Syria
24/08/15 09:57 from World news breaking world news latest world news from the US Europe Asia Australia Africa
The Foreign Secretary met with Hassan Rouhani for the first bilateral meeting between a Foreign Secretary and Iranian president for almost 14 years
» Work Underway on $500 Million NYC Ferris Wheel Project
24/08/15 09:56 from ABC News: ABCNews
Work underway on $500 million Ferris wheel project along the Staten Island waterfront
» Eurostar Train Delayed By 'Migrants In Tunnel'
24/08/15 09:54 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
A Eurostar train has been delayed after migrants apparently got into the Channel Tunnel, according to Sky News Europe Correspondent Mark Stone.
» Czech Airline Flight Attendants to Go on 3-Day Strike
24/08/15 09:54 from ABC News: ABCNews
Flight attendants at Czech airline CSA to go on 3-day strike over low pay
» 'Bachelor in Paradise' Recap: Who Got Dumped on His Birthday?
24/08/15 09:53 from ABC News: ABCNews
Someone quit, someone else returned and a sobbing Ashley I. called Kaitlyn.
» Isis in Palmyra: British Museum 'deeply distressed' by destruction of Baalshamin Temple
24/08/15 09:53 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
The British Museum has said it is "deeply disturbed" by reports the Isis militant group has started demolishing major structures in the ancient city of Palmyra.
» Candidates target 'birthright' debate - Arkansas Online
24/08/15 09:52 from Google News - Top Stories
Arkansas Online Candidates target 'birthright' debate Arkansas Online MIAMI -- The debate over a proposal to end the automatic granting of citizenship to children of people in the U.S. illegally is a distraction from what the nat...
» Americans and Briton Who Thwarted Train Attack Receive Top French Honor - New York Times
24/08/15 09:52 from Top Stories - Google News
New York Times Americans and Briton Who Thwarted Train Attack Receive Top French Honor New York Times PARIS — President François Hollande of France on Monday awarded the Legion of Honor, France's highest award, to three Americans and...
» Thai police struggle to track Bangkok bombing suspect - Toronto Sun
24/08/15 09:52 from Google News - World
The Express Tribune Thai police struggle to track Bangkok bombing suspect Toronto Sun BANGKOK - Thai police said on Monday the trail had gone cold in the hunt for a bomber a week after 20 people were killed in the country's worst bom...
» World Athletics Championships: Holzdeppe secures silver, treble for Fraser-Pryce
24/08/15 09:52 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Top Stories
Usain Bolt might have won the 100 meters, but the Jamaican success continued in Beijing on Monday. In the women's 100 meters dash, Jamaica celebrated another win. Germany also had reason to celebrate on Monday.
» Air show crash wreckage removed
24/08/15 09:51 from BBC News - World
A crane starts to remove debris where a jet is thought to have killed at least 11 people when it crashed on the A27 at Shoreham.
» Katrina Lessons Could Save lives
24/08/15 09:51 from Voice of America
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, killing 1800 people, displacing more than one million others and causing 110 billion dollars in damage. An economics professor says the lessons learned f...
» IS Wants World To See Palmyra Destruction
24/08/15 09:51 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
The Islamic State's destruction of ancient sites is carefully designed to draw global attention to the extremist group.
» Dow Jones: China Black Monday sparks market plunge of 1,000 points in opening trades
24/08/15 09:50 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
US stocks plunged at the opening bell - with the Dow dropping more than 1,000 points and the S&P 500 points in a major correction.
» Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Fatally Stabbed by Son in a Restaurant, Police Say - TIME
24/08/15 09:48 from Top Stories - Google News
TIME Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Fatally Stabbed by Son in a Restaurant, Police Say TIME Oklahoma's labor commissioner, Mark Costello, was killed Sunday night when his son stabbed him in a restaurant, police said. Costello was at a B...
» One Direction to split for year after new Album: report
24/08/15 09:47 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Top Stories
British pop phenomenon One Direction is to take an indefinite break from next year, according to a media report Monday, which has left fans devastated. The band did not comment on the tabloid's report.
» Venezuela expels Colombians on first day of state of emergency
24/08/15 09:45 from In English Section | EL PAÍS
Maduro government kicks out illegal immigrants and alleged paramilitary members as border row continues
» Chinese Stock Market Plunge Causes Global Rout
24/08/15 09:44 from ABC News: ABCNews
World stock markets plunged after China's main index sank 8.5 percent.
» Christie: Washington has messed up this country
24/08/15 09:44 from Latest News
2016 presidential hopeful sounds off
» US stocks plunge at open after Chinese stock rout
24/08/15 09:44 from AP Top Headlines At 7:05 a.m. EDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. markets plunged at the open Monday following a big drop in Chinese stocks....
» ISIS blows up ancient temple
24/08/15 09:43 from CNN.com
ISIS militants are reported to have blown up an ancient temple in the historic ruins of Palmyra, Syria.
» Rachmaninoff Granddaughter Says Moscow Effort Risks 'Disservice To His Legacy'
24/08/15 09:42 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
The great-great-granddaughter says one of the giants of 19th- and 20th-century classical music had turned the page on a Russia that "no longer existed," no matter what Moscow says.
» 'Fear the Walking Dead' Premiere Recap
24/08/15 09:42 from ABC News: ABCNews
Get the details of the "Walking Dead" prequel series.
» Dow Falls Whopping 1,000 Points at Opening Bell
24/08/15 09:42 from ABC News: ABCNews
American investors are worried about an economic slowdown and global events.
» Dow dives more than 1000 in heavy sell-off after stocks tumble worldwide - Los Angeles Times
24/08/15 09:42 from Top Stories - Google News
Los Angeles Times Dow dives more than 1000 in heavy sell-off after stocks tumble worldwide Los Angeles Times The U.S. stock market plummeted in its opening with the Dow Jones industrial average losing more than 1,000 points, or 6%, in th...
» Stock Market Turmoil: Dow Plummets More Than 1000 Points at Open - NBCNews.com
24/08/15 09:41 from Top Stories - Google News
NBCNews.com Stock Market Turmoil: Dow Plummets More Than 1000 Points at Open NBCNews.com Stocks nose-dived at the opening bell Monday on Wall Street. Within minutes of the first trades, the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 1,000 poin...
» Image of Asia: Lighting Incense at Erawan Shrine - ABC News
24/08/15 09:40 from World - Google News
The Express Tribune Image of Asia: Lighting Incense at Erawan Shrine ABC News In this photo by Charles Dharapak, a worshipper lights incense at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok a week after the bombing that killed 20 people and injured score...
» The Latest: Kemboi Wins 4th Straight Steeple Title at Worlds
24/08/15 09:40 from ABC News: ABCNews
The Latest: Ezekiel Kemboi continues his dominance in steeplechase, winning 4th world title
» 1000 point drop in Dow in early trading - wwlp.com
24/08/15 09:40 from Top Stories - Google News
wwlp.com 1000 point drop in Dow in early trading wwlp.com This July 6, 2015 photo shows a Wall Street sign near the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan). NEW YORK (WWLP) – The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than ...
» FTSE 100 Loses £107bn In World Share Slump
24/08/15 09:40 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
The slide in world stock market values accelerates as concerns over China's economy contribute to a major correction.
» Image of Asia: Lighting Incense at Erawan Shrine
24/08/15 09:40 from ABC News: ABCNews
Image of Asia: Lighting incense at Erawan Shrine
» Man Arrested in Pellet Gun Shooting of NYC Mayor's Guard - ABC News
24/08/15 09:39 from Top Stories - Google News
New York Daily News Man Arrested in Pellet Gun Shooting of NYC Mayor's Guard ABC News New York City police say a man has been arrested on charges of assault and reckless endangerment after an officer assigned to guard the mayor was s...
» Man Arrested in Pellet Gun Shooting of NYC Mayor's Guard
24/08/15 09:38 from ABC News: ABCNews
Man arrested after officer assigned to guard NYC mayor is shot with pellet gun outside mansion
» 'You Stink' protesters postpone garbage demonstration in Lebanon - CTV News
24/08/15 09:38 from World - Google News
CTV News 'You Stink' protesters postpone garbage demonstration in Lebanon CTV News BEIRUT -- Organizers of the "You stink" protests that have captivated the Lebanese capital postponed anti-government demonstrations set ...
» Guatemala President Won't Resign, Denies Scandal Involvement
24/08/15 09:37 from ABC News: ABCNews
Guatemala presidents says he won't resign, denies involvement in kickback scandal
» Bangladesh Charges 10 for Allegedly Beating Boy to Death
24/08/15 09:37 from ABC News: ABCNews
Bangladesh charges 10, seeks arrest of 3 others for allegedly beating 13-year-old boy to death
» Dow Jones Industrials Plunge 1,000 Points in Early Trading After Chinese Stock Market Rout
24/08/15 09:37 from ABC News: ABCNews
Dow Jones industrials plunge 1,000 points in early trading after Chinese stock market rout
» China's 'Black Monday' spreads stock market fears worldwide - Washington Post
24/08/15 09:35 from Google News - Top Stories
Financial Times China's 'Black Monday' spreads stock market fears worldwide Washington Post BEIJING — Stock market jitters spread throughout Asia and the rest of the world, and Wall Street braced for a major plunge, after Chi...
» Japan PM Abe to skip visit to China for WW2 anniversary - Times of Oman
24/08/15 09:35 from Top Stories - Google News
Times of Oman Japan PM Abe to skip visit to China for WW2 anniversary Times of Oman Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers a question by an opposition lawmaker at the Upper House's budget committee session at the National Diet in...
» NYPD Cop Shot by Pellet Gun Outside Mayor's Mansion; Suspect in Custody - People Magazine
24/08/15 09:35 from Top Stories - Google News
People Magazine NYPD Cop Shot by Pellet Gun Outside Mayor's Mansion; Suspect in Custody People Magazine A NYPD cop assigned to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's security detail was shot with a pellet gun outside the mayor'...
» Students from the Netherlands fear increasing graduate debt as study grants are axed, survey finds
24/08/15 09:33 from The Independent - World RSS Feed
Leaving university without debt is becoming increasingly difficult, not just for students from England and Wales, but for students overseas too.
» French hero's wife: 'He looked at me and said, 'I'm hit.' He thought he was going to die' - live
24/08/15 09:33 from World news breaking world news latest world news from the US Europe Asia Australia Africa
The first heroic passenger to wrestle a weapon from the train gunman was named last night as Frenchman Mark Moogalian. Follow latest developments here
» Global Markets Tumble on China Fears
24/08/15 09:32 from Voice of America
Stock markets in the United States and Europe tumbled Monday after Asia’s stock and financial markets fell sharply, extending losses amid growing concerns over China’s economic outlook and global growth. U.S. stock markets plunged at the...
» Asian, European Markets Tumble 
24/08/15 09:32 from Voice of America
Stock markets in Europe tumbled Monday after Asia’s stock and financial markets fell sharply, extending losses amid growing concerns over China’s economic outlook and global growth. London's FTSE 100 index was down 4% by early afternoon,...
» Wave of EU-bound migrants crosses into Serbia
24/08/15 09:31 from AP Top Headlines At 7:05 a.m. EDT
MIRATOVAC, Serbia (AP) -- In a new human wave surging through the Balkans, thousands of exhausted migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa crossed on foot Monday from Macedonia into Serbia on their way to Western Europe....
» National Zoo Panda Gives Birth to Twins
24/08/15 09:31 from Voice of America
Giant panda fans got two tiny pieces of good news Saturday as the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington announced the births of a pair of new panda cubs.
» Rock 'em, sock 'em week in politics
24/08/15 09:29 from CNN.com
Take a look at 18 photos of the week in politics from August 16 to August 22.
» Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond hails change in Iran's view of Britain
24/08/15 09:28 from World news breaking world news latest world news from the US Europe Asia Australia Africa
Mr Hammond met with Hassan Rouhani for the first bilateral meeting between a Foreign Secretary and Iranian president for almost 14 years
» Americans and Briton Who Thwarted Train Attack Receive Top French Honor
24/08/15 09:26 from NYT > International
President François Hollande awarded the Legion of Honor to four men for their role in stopping a gunman on a high-speed train.
» Abandoned Chicago Railway Reborn as Commuter Corridor
24/08/15 09:25 from ABC News: ABCNews
Skyward growth: Chicago transforms abandoned elevated railway into pedestrian, bike corridor
» Shoreham air crash: What we know - BBC News
24/08/15 09:24 from Google News - World
BBC News Shoreham air crash: What we know BBC News At least 11 people were killed when a Hawker Hunter jet crashed on to the A27 during a display at the Shoreham Airshow. Aviation regulator the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said it ...
» Rand Paul, fresh off caucus victory, will campaign in Alaska - Washington Post
24/08/15 09:24 from Google News - Top Stories
WKMS Rand Paul, fresh off caucus victory, will campaign in Alaska Washington Post An average of presidential polls in Iowa puts Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) at just 3.3 percent support. An average of polls in New Hampshire puts him at 6.3 perc...
» UK says Iran sanctions could be lifted next spring
24/08/15 09:24 from Reuters: Top News
TEHRAN (Reuters) - International sanctions on Iran could start to be lifted as early as spring next year, Britain's foreign minister said on Monday, as Tehran and the West rebuild their ties and potentially open up billions of dollars of...
» Sex traffickers are branding girls
24/08/15 09:24 from CNN.com
CNN's Sara Sidner goes on a police patrol in Los Angeles where she finds one girl after another that have been branded by their traffickers to show who "owns" them.
» UK says Iran sanctions could be lifted next spring - Reuters
24/08/15 09:24 from World - Google News
Reuters UK says Iran sanctions could be lifted next spring Reuters TEHRAN International sanctions on Iran could start to be lifted as early as spring next year, Britain's foreign minister said on Monday, as Tehran and the West rebuil...
» The Latest: Cheruiyot Wins 10,000 Ahead of Burka at Worlds
24/08/15 09:24 from ABC News: ABCNews
The Latest: Vivian Cheruiyot wins 10,000 meters ahead of Gelete Burka at world championships
» Trump Plans on Executing Immigration Plan With 'Management???
24/08/15 09:23 from ABC News: ABCNews
The GOP frontrunner spoke with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos.
» German Foreign Minister Steinmeier to travel to Iran in October
24/08/15 09:23 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Top Stories
German Foreign Minister will visit Iran in October, as relations between Tehran and the West continue to thaw following the nuclear deal. Steinmeier said the deal means not less, but more security for the Middle East.
» Greece: Newly Formed Party Receives Mandate to Form Gov't - New York Times
24/08/15 09:22 from Google News - World
CBC.ca Greece: Newly Formed Party Receives Mandate to Form Gov't New York Times ATHENS, Greece — A new anti-austerity party formed by rebel lawmakers who quit the governing left-wing Syriza was given its chance Monday to seek governm...
» Tiger's golf season ends abruptly
24/08/15 09:22 from CNN.com
Tiger Woods' season came to an abrupt end Sunday, but in a year of numerous lows, at the least the American golfer could console himself that he went out on a relative high.
» Iran deal opponents living a fantasy?
24/08/15 09:22 from CNN.com
It appears that many members of the Senate are fundamentally confused about their role in the international agreement that has been negotiated to block any possible pathway to an Iranian nuclear weapon.
» Castellanos: Unicorns, Donald Trump and 2016
24/08/15 09:22 from CNN.com
Has there ever been a more interesting presidential contest than this one? A few observations, as random as the race itself:
» Zelizer: How GOP can woo women
24/08/15 09:22 from CNN.com
There has been growing enthusiasm about former CEO Carly Fiorina. Although there are not many Republicans who are predicting that she might be the next presidential nominee, after the buzz from the first Republican debate there has been ...
» Ban topless women in Times Square?
24/08/15 09:22 from CNN.com
» Is Melissa McCarthy right on plus sizes?
24/08/15 09:22 from CNN.com
» Morning Plum: How Donald Trump has unmasked his GOP rivals - Washington Post (blog)
24/08/15 09:22 from Top Stories - Google News
Fox News Latino Morning Plum: How Donald Trump has unmasked his GOP rivals Washington Post (blog) On ABC News' “This Week” yesterday, George Stephanopoulos had to ask Scott Walker three times whether he favors changing the 14th amend...
» Student debt problem no one is talking about: grad students
24/08/15 09:20 from Latest News
Account for 40 percent of borrowing
» NY to Open Thruway Rest Area Next to Erie Canal Lock in Fall
24/08/15 09:20 from ABC News: ABCNews
New York state to open Thruway rest area next to Erie Canal in Mohawk Valley this fall
» Ukraine conflict: Poroshenko says future on 'brittle ice' - BBC News
24/08/15 09:20 from Google News - World
BBC News Ukraine conflict: Poroshenko says future on 'brittle ice' BBC News President Petro Poroshenko has marked Ukraine's independence day, warning of the need to act carefully in the next year in the face of "Russian ...
» Britain, reopening Tehran embassy, says to tread carefully with Iran
24/08/15 09:20 from Reuters: International
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain must remain cautious in its relations with Iran, foreign minister Philip Hammond said on Monday, after he reopened the British embassy in Tehran nearly four years after it was stormed by protesters.
» Palmyra Temple Destruction by Islamic State a 'War Crime': UNESCO - NDTV
24/08/15 09:19 from World - Google News
NDTV Palmyra Temple Destruction by Islamic State a 'War Crime': UNESCO NDTV A file picture taken on March 14, 2014 shows Syrian citizens riding their bicycles the ancient oasis city of Palmyra. (Agence France-Presse). Paris: The ...
» German government condemns neo-Nazi riots outside refugee shelter
24/08/15 09:19 from World news breaking world news latest world news from the US Europe Asia Australia Africa
Dozens of police injured by a neo-Nazi mob hurling bottles and fireworks at officers trying to ensure asylum seekers could move in
» Ukraine future on 'brittle ice'
24/08/15 09:18 from BBC News - World
President Petro Poroshenko marks Ukraine's independence day by warning of the need to act carefully in the face of "Russian aggression".
» Baby elephant falls into well, gets stuck
24/08/15 09:18 from CNN.com
A baby elephant was saved after falling into an uncovered well in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
» 200 Years of Clothing History on Display in State Museum
24/08/15 09:18 from ABC News: ABCNews
South Carolina State Museum: 200 years of residents' unique clothes from frockcoats to minis
» The Latest: Fire Near California Ski Resort Threatens Homes
24/08/15 09:17 from ABC News: ABCNews
The Latest: Fire burns through timber, threatens homes near Southern California ski resort
» Global shares nosedive on China woes
24/08/15 09:17 from BBC News - World
Stock markets in London, Paris and Frankfurt fall sharply as fears of a Chinese economic slowdown continue to haunt investors.
» FTSE 100 Loses £85bn In World Share Slump
24/08/15 09:17 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
The slide in world stock market values accelerates as concerns over China's economy contribute to a major correction.
» The Note: Joe Biden: Will He or Won't He? - ABC News
24/08/15 09:17 from Top Stories - Google News
ABC News The Note: Joe Biden: Will He or Won't He? ABC News NOTABLES. --WHAT WE'RE READING -- WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS BIDEN LEANING TOWARD 2016 RUN: From the Journal's Carol E. Lee and Reid J. Epstein: "Vice Presiden...
» Mali Separatists Refuse to Participate in Monitoring Meeting
24/08/15 09:15 from ABC News: ABCNews
Mali separatists won't help monitor peace accord until militias leave
» Japan's PM refuses to attend WWII-end anniversary in China - RT
24/08/15 09:13 from World - Google News
RT Japan's PM refuses to attend WWII-end anniversary in China RT Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won't attend the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in China next month. It comes on the backdrop of the Japanese taking...
» Gatlin Defends His Mom From the Podium Stand at Worlds
24/08/15 09:11 from ABC News: ABCNews
Don't mess with my mother: Heckler draws ire of Justin Gatlin from medal podium at worlds
» Challenge Course Regulations Scrutinized After 4 Deaths
24/08/15 09:11 from ABC News: ABCNews
Challenge course regulations scrutinized after 4 fatal incidents this summer
» French, German Leaders to Seek Coordinated EU Action on Migrants
24/08/15 09:10 from WSJ.com: World News
French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are expected to call for concerted European action to tackle the continent’s escalating migrant crisis at a meeting in Berlin.
» 20 memorable political moments at the Iowa State Fair - USA TODAY
24/08/15 09:10 from Google News - Top Stories
USA TODAY 20 memorable political moments at the Iowa State Fair USA TODAY A visitor casts a vote with a kernel of corn for presidential candidate Carly Fiorina at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 20, 2015, in Des Moines. (Paul Sancya, AP). Tw...
» The Latest: Northwest Fires Prompt Air Advisory for Colorado
24/08/15 09:09 from ABC News: ABCNews
The Latest: Wildfire haze prompts smoke advisory for northern Colorado
» IS 'Blows Up First-Century Baal Shamin Temple' in Palmyra
24/08/15 09:09 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Gunmen from the Islamic State (IS) militant group have blown up a first century A.D. temple in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syrian government officials and a monitoring group have said.
» IS Blows Up First-Century Baal Shamin Temple in Palmyra, Officials Say
24/08/15 09:09 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Gunmen from the Islamic State (IS) militant group have blown up a first century A.D. temple in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syrian government officials and a monitoring group have said.
» Birthright citizenship hits home
24/08/15 09:08 from CNN.com
A warm welcome and a special recipe for mangonada -- a mango ice cream cup topped with fresh mango slices and a tangy Mexican red sauce -- is the secret to their success, said Eladio and Judith Montoya, owners of Los Mangos, an ice cream...

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» Critiquing U.S. Spending in Afghanistan, to Dramatic Effect
25/08/15 00:00 from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces
A government watchdog has been praised as a model for identifying waste and corruption but criticized for having a taste for publicity.
» U.S. Marine Testifies in Killing of Transgender Woman in Philippines
25/08/15 00:00 from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces
In his first public account, Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton said that he choked a transgender woman but didn’t say he killed her, the prosecutor in the case said.
» A Life of Spies and Lies
24/08/15 10:55 from Intelligence Analysis and Reporting
Title:                      A Life of Spies and Lies Author:                Alan B. Trabue Trabue, Alan B. (2015). A Life of Spies and Lies: Tales of a CIA Ops Polygraph Interrogator, New York: Thomas Dunne Books LCCN:    2015012438 JK46...
» REAL ID to be Enforced at Federal Buildings
24/08/15 10:49 from InHomelandSecurity.com - News &#38; Analysis of Critical Issues in Terrorism &#38; Homeland Defense
While 10 states and the District of Columbia have been issuing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens as of the summer of 2015, according to a report by Pew Charitable Trusts, and advocates for illegals continue to protest voter ID laws and...
» ISIS razes Phoenician temple in Palmyra
24/08/15 10:49 from DEBKAFile
August 24, 2015, 5:49 PM (IDT) Syrian opposition sources report that the Islamic State which captured Palmyra in May had used a large amount of explosives to blow up the 2,000-year old Baalshamin Temple Sunday, a few days after beheading...
» Wall Street in free-fall; all three indexes in correction
24/08/15 10:39 from Search Results
Wall Street in free-fall; all three indexes in correction China stocks give up year's gains as 'national team' stays on bench Oil leads market rout as China sends investors fleeing UK says Iran sanctions could be lifted next spring Russi...
» The Billion Dollar Spy
24/08/15 10:38 from Intelligence Analysis and Reporting
Title:                      The Billion Dollar Spy Author:                 David E. Hoffman Hoffman, David E. (2015). The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal. New York: Doubleday LCCN:    2015003370 E840.8...
» Face of Defense: Pilot for a Day
24/08/15 10:27 from American Forces Press Service News Feed
Six-year-old Declan Alexander was recently honored as a Swamp Fox Pilot for a Day by the 169th Fighter Wing, receiving a hero's welcome from the moment he arrived.
» Rutgers to spend up to $3m on cybersecurity - The Hill
24/08/15 10:16 from cybersecurity - Google News
WABC-TV Rutgers to spend up to $3m on cybersecurity The Hill Rutgers University will spend between $2 million and $3 million dollars on cybersecurity this year, after being hacked at least four times during the last school year. NJ.com r...
» Why Defense Can't Buy Cyber Stuff Fast Enough - GovExec.com
24/08/15 10:14 from CyberWar - Google News
GovExec.com Why Defense Can't Buy Cyber Stuff Fast Enough GovExec.com Cyber warfare has arrived: the Defense Department is under attack, and national security is at stake. ... Not only is it the world's dominant military force, b...
» Key Swing State Voters Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal By More than 2-1 Margins
24/08/15 10:13 from Washington Free Beacon
Voters in the key swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania oppose the nuclear agreement with Iran by margins exceeding 2-1.
» Worst Person Ever: Man Scams Starbucks for Birthday Drink Every Day for a Year
24/08/15 10:12 from Washington Free Beacon
Receiving a perk on your birthday from your favorite retailer is a nice bonus, but one man took it too far. Kitchenette originally published a story from a Starbucks employee going by the name “Brad Halsey.”
» With a Major Cybersecurity Job Shortage, We Must Act Like We Are at War - Nextgov
24/08/15 10:07 from cybersecurity - Google News
With a Major Cybersecurity Job Shortage, We Must Act Like We Are at War Nextgov For evidence that the U.S. government is undermanned against hackers, we can look to the fact that the unemployment rate for cybersecurity professionals in W...
» 68469Search 68,469 Articles:
24/08/15 10:07 from United States Defense and Military Forces - News - Times Topics - The New York Times
68469 Search 68,469 Articles: U.S. Marine Testifies in Killing of Transgender Woman in Philippines By FLOYD WHALEY In his first public account, Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton said that he choked a transgender woman but didn’t say he k...
» Klobuchar: ‘I Don’t Really See’ Policy Differences Between Clinton and Sanders
24/08/15 10:01 from Washington Free Beacon
» How developing and disguising software bugs can help cybersecurity - Christian Science Monitor
24/08/15 09:59 from cybersecurity - Google News
Christian Science Monitor How developing and disguising software bugs can help cybersecurity Christian Science Monitor Get Monitor cybersecurity news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox. Follow Passcode. The contest is one part...
» Security interview: The rise of cyber warfare and the role of government - ITProPortal
24/08/15 09:52 from cyber warfare - Google News
ITProPortal Security interview: The rise of cyber warfare and the role of government ITProPortal For example, we've already seen the Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, National Security Agency and a number of other US agencie...
» A Legislative Fix to Inspectors’ General Difficulties Accessing Information?
24/08/15 09:49 from Just Security
Andy Wright This post is the latest installment of our “ Monday Reflections ” feature, in which a different  Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks ahead to key developments on the horizon . Inspect...
» CBS: Citing Email Scandal, Major Clinton Donor Would Flip Support to Biden If He Ran
24/08/15 09:40 from Washington Free Beacon
» One Year into the War That Congress Won't Declare
24/08/15 09:35 from Defense One - All Content
What if U.S. lawmakers don’t accept their duty to oversee the U.S. campaign in Iraq and Syria?
» Three Americans and a Briton who tackled an armed attacker prevented
24/08/15 09:31 from News - Stripes
Three Americans and a Briton who tackled an armed attacker prevented carnage on a high-speed train carrying 500 passengers to Paris, France's president said Monday, presenting the men with the Legion of Honor. Suicide attacks against Ira...
» NATO Multimedia Corner opens in Tashkent - NATO HQ (press release)
24/08/15 09:22 from nato - Google News
NATO Multimedia Corner opens in Tashkent NATO HQ (press release) Students at Uzbekistan's Academy of the Armed Forces now have access to the latest literature on regional and international security, thanks to the opening of a NATO Mu...
» Crafty Man Registers 365 Different Birthdays With Starbucks to Get Free Coffee Every Day
24/08/15 09:16 from Washington Free Beacon
» FBi kept files on Ray Bradbury: "Definitely slanted against the United States" - Boing Boing
24/08/15 09:16 from fbi - Google News
Boing Boing FBi kept files on Ray Bradbury: "Definitely slanted against the United States" Boing Boing Michael from Muckrock writes, "The FBI followed Ray Bradbury's career very closely, in part because an informant wa...
» Former FBI agent recounts decades-old shootout near Ohio - SFGate
24/08/15 09:13 from fbi - Google News
Former FBI agent recounts decades-old shootout near Ohio SFGate CINCINNATI (AP) — A former FBI agent used his investigative experience to research a new book recounting the story of how an agent was killed by a car-theft ring suspect 80 ...
» Railway heroes knighted; Pacific pivot still on; Korean tensions rise; ISIS used chemical weapons; And a bit more.
24/08/15 09:06 from Defense One - All Content
» Highway to hack: Why we're just at the beginning of the auto-hacking era - Ars Technica
24/08/15 08:59 from Cyberwar - Google News
Ars Technica Highway to hack: Why we're just at the beginning of the auto- hacking era Ars Technica A display by the cybersecurity firm Grimm used in a tutorial at DEF CON 23's Car Hacking Village at Bally's Hotel in Las Vega...
» “The Torture Report”: Who Was the CIA Official Who Found Torture Revolting? - Center for Research on Globalization
24/08/15 08:56 from cia - Google News
Center for Research on Globalization “The Torture Report”: Who Was the CIA Official Who Found Torture Revolting? Center for Research on Globalization In a 2004 email, the then- CIA chief of interrogations expressed disgust with the progr...
» The US and NATO are gaining valuable insights into Russia's military in Ukraine - Business Insider
24/08/15 08:50 from Nato Russia - Google News
Business Insider The US and NATO are gaining valuable insights into Russia's military in Ukraine Business Insider ukraine REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoAn officer of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) stands next to a monitor showing a...
» Rutgers University hires 3 cyber security firms - Philly.com
24/08/15 08:26 from Cyberwarfare - Google News
Rutgers University hires 3 cyber security firms Philly.com NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - Rutgers University has hired three cyber security firms after having its computer networks hacked at least four times during the past school year. NJ.c...
» News Roundup and Notes: August 24, 2015
24/08/15 08:00 from Just Security
Nadia O'Mara Before the start of business,  Just Security  provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAQ and SYRIA Tests on rounds fired by ISIS against Kurdish forces in Iraq h...
» NATO expecting Turkey's decision on Patriot - Trend News Agency
24/08/15 07:52 from nato - Google News
www.worldbulletin.net NATO expecting Turkey's decision on Patriot Trend News Agency NATO continues to stand in strong solidarity with Turkey and to protect the Alliance's south-eastern border, NATO official told Azernews on Augus...
» FBI: Woman robs third North Side bank in a month - Chicago Sun-Times - Breaking News (blog)
24/08/15 07:48 from fbi - Google News
Chicago Sun-Times - Breaking News (blog) FBI : Woman robs third North Side bank in a month Chicago Sun-Times - Breaking News (blog) The suspect is described as a 5-foot-3 to 5-foot-5 black woman between 30 and 40 years old, the FBI said....
» Facebook's Cybersecurity Platform Hits Critical Mass - PYMNTS.com
24/08/15 07:45 from cybersecurity - Google News
PYMNTS.com Facebook's Cybersecurity Platform Hits Critical Mass PYMNTS.com More than 90 companies are now using Facebook's cybersecurity platform, ThreatExchange, to share security and threat information. As The Wall Street Journ...
» Kratos Announces Cash Tender Offer for Up to $175 Million Aggregate Principal ... - CNNMoney
24/08/15 07:40 from CyberWar - Google News
Kratos Announces Cash Tender Offer for Up to $175 Million Aggregate Principal ... CNNMoney Kratos' areas of expertise include Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Combat and Intelligence , Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5I...
» Saudis Foot the Bill for Zionist TV Campaign Against Iran
24/08/15 07:38 from ThereAreNoSunglasses
Wave of TV Ads Opposing Iran Deal Organized By Saudi Arabian Lobbyist Lee Fang Photo: Kaster Pool/Reuters /Landov Television stations across the country are being flooded with $6 million of advertisements from a group called the “America...
» Global cyber security market size, share, development, growth and demand ... - WhaTech
24/08/15 07:36 from Cyberwarfare - Google News
Global cyber security market size, share, development, growth and demand ... WhaTech The cyber security market is growing at a considerable rate, due to stringent government regulations, pervasiveness of online and digital data, increasi...
» Scarborough: ‘Shameful,’ ‘Pathetic’ State Department Not Telling the Truth About Clinton
24/08/15 07:32 from Washington Free Beacon
» Local FBI Supervisor Rarely Surprised in Child Porn Charges - CBS Local
24/08/15 07:30 from fbi - Google News
CBS Local Local FBI Supervisor Rarely Surprised in Child Porn Charges CBS Local ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – When former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle's plea deal was announced, federal prosecutors say the case was about Fogle using wealth, stat...
» Teen nabbed after attacks on UK government and FBI sites - Naked Security
24/08/15 07:26 from fbi - Google News
Naked Security Teen nabbed after attacks on UK government and FBI sites Naked Security The gang managed to knock out the UK's Home Office site - a heavily used site that provides information on passports and immigration among other t...
» Rutgers hires cybersecurity firms in response to computer hacking - WABC-TV
24/08/15 07:25 from cybersecurity - Google News
WABC-TV Rutgers hires cybersecurity firms in response to computer hacking WABC-TV Rutgers University has hired three cyber security firms after having its computer networks hacked at least four times during the past school year. NJ.com r...
» Kratos Announces Yonah Adelman Will Lead Microwave Electronics Division - CNNMoney
24/08/15 07:20 from CyberWar - Google News
Kratos Announces Yonah Adelman Will Lead Microwave Electronics Division CNNMoney Kratos' areas of expertise include Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Combat and Intelligence , Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) system...
» Security firm uncovers cyber attack campaign against India and neighbouring ... - Daily News & Analysis
24/08/15 07:18 from Cyberwarfare - Google News
Daily News & Analysis Security firm uncovers cyber attack campaign against India and neighbouring ... Daily News & Analysis “Organizations should redouble their cyber security efforts and ensure they can prevent, detect and respond to at...
» Mika: Clinton’s Email Defense Strategy ‘Dependent on People Not Being Smart’
24/08/15 07:06 from Washington Free Beacon
» Kratos Completes Sale of the US and UK Operations of Its Electronic Products ... - MarketWatch
24/08/15 07:03 from CyberWar - Google News
Kratos Completes Sale of the US and UK Operations of Its Electronic Products ... MarketWatch Kratos' areas of expertise include Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Combat and Intelligence , Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C...
» Georgia seeks to join NATO despite Russian reservations - www.worldbulletin.net
24/08/15 06:39 from nato - Google News
www.worldbulletin.net Georgia seeks to join NATO despite Russian reservations www.worldbulletin.net " NATO membership remains a top priority of Georgia's foreign and security policy agenda. We are optimistic that the Warsaw NATO...
» Terrorist attack in Nile Delta kills two Egyptian policemen
24/08/15 06:34 from DEBKAFile
August 24, 2015, 1:34 PM (IDT) A bus carrying Egyptian policemen to work in the Nile Delta province of Baheira, 260 km north of Cairo, was struck by a bomb Monday. Two officers were killed and 24 injured, two seriously. Most terrorist at...
» Great fall of China sinks world stocks, dollar tumbles
24/08/15 06:26 from Search Results
Great fall of China sinks world stocks, dollar tumbles China stocks suffer biggest one-day fall since global financial crisis South Korea talks tough amid heightened tensions with North Britain, reopening Tehran embassy, says to tread ca...
» US military can teach CEOs about cybersecurity and building a high-reliability - Times of India
24/08/15 06:24 from cybersecurity - Google News
Times of India US military can teach CEOs about cybersecurity and building a high-reliability Times of India An article published in the Harvard Business Review, Cybersecurity's Human Factor: Lessons from the Pentagon, by James A Win...
» Mukasey: FBI probe is about Hillary Clinton, not her private emails - Fox News
24/08/15 06:23 from fbi - Google News
Fox News Mukasey: FBI probe is about Hillary Clinton, not her private emails Fox News Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Sunday that Hillary Clinton is indeed the focus of a Justice Department probe, calling the argument that t...
» Rutgers University Hires 3 Cyber Security Firms - NBC 10 Philadelphia
24/08/15 06:23 from Cyberwarfare - Google News
NBC 10 Philadelphia Rutgers University Hires 3 Cyber Security Firms NBC 10 Philadelphia Rutgers University has hired three cyber security firms after having its computer networks hacked at least four times during the past school year. NJ...
» MarketResearch.com: Cyber Security Market to Reach $170.21 Billion by 2020 - PR Newswire (press release)
24/08/15 06:11 from Cyberwarfare - Google News
MarketResearch.com: Cyber Security Market to Reach $170.21 Billion by 2020 PR Newswire (press release) WASHINGTON and NEW YORK and LONDON, Aug. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MarketResearch.com is pleased to offer users access to a report that...
» Kurdish oil is another Netanyahu-Obama head-to-head front 
24/08/15 06:08 from DEBKAFile
August 24, 2015, 1:08 PM (IDT) Israel began importing Iraqi Kurdish oil exactly a year ago, at odds with the Obama administration, as debka file reported at the time. Binyamin Netanyahu and the Barack Obama don’t see to eye to...
» IDF Raid In Syria Intended To Rally Jewish Lobby In US
24/08/15 06:07 from ThereAreNoSunglasses
‘Israeli bombing of Syria aimed at rallying US Jews against Iran nuclear deal’ Photographs showing the vehicle which was bombed by IDF forces in the Syrian province of Quneitra were published on Friday, Arab media reported. T...
» 68468Search 68,468 Articles:
24/08/15 06:02 from United States Defense and Military Forces - News - Times Topics - The New York Times
68468 Search 68,468 Articles: Critiquing U.S. Spending in Afghanistan, to Dramatic Effect By RON NIXON A government watchdog has been praised as a model for identifying waste and corruption but criticized for having a taste for publicity...
» FBI officials to hold seminar in Greenville about church violence - WYFF Greenville
24/08/15 05:55 from fbi - Google News
WBTW - Myrtle Beach and Florence SC FBI officials to hold seminar in Greenville about church violence WYFF Greenville Church members and leaders will gain insight into what steps should be taken when facing violence, such as an active sh...
» Georgia seeks to join NATO despite Russian reservations - Anadolu Agency
24/08/15 05:29 from nato - Google News
Anadolu Agency Georgia seeks to join NATO despite Russian reservations Anadolu Agency NATO membership remains a top priority of Georgia's foreign and security policy agenda. We are optimistic that the Warsaw NATO Summit [in 2016] wil...
» Smart grid: Jamaica smart grid | Cybersecurity growth - Metering International (subscription)
24/08/15 05:19 from cybersecurity - Google News
Metering International (subscription) Smart grid: Jamaica smart grid | Cybersecurity growth Metering International (subscription) In other smart grid news, the industrial cybersecurity market globally will grow at a CAGR of 14.17% over t...
» Americans, Briton who thwarted attack get France's top honor
24/08/15 05:19 from News - Stripes
Americans, Briton who thwarted attack get France's top honor Three Americans and a Briton who tackled an attacker bristling with guns and ammunition prevented carnage on the high-speed train carrying 500 passengers to Paris, France's pre...
» Minister pushes cyber security - Jakarta Post
24/08/15 05:04 from Cyberwarfare - Google News
Daily Mail Minister pushes cyber security Jakarta Post Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara called on Monday for the strengthening of cyber security in Indonesia following a rapid escalation of illegal online activity. “We ...
» Government Employee Paid to Golf, Play Pool
24/08/15 05:00 from Washington Free Beacon
Taxpayers paid a government worker at the U.S. Patent Office to play golf and pool, according to an investigation by the Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) that found nearly half of the employee’s billed hours were f...
» Child Of Islamic State Fighter Beheads Stuffed Animals in Training
24/08/15 05:00 from Washington Free Beacon
Islamic State (IS) supporters online have been exchanging a new video that depicts the small child of an alleged jihadi fighter beheading a stuffed animal, according to information published by SITE Intelligence group.
» Israel to Iranian Proxy: ‘We’ll Get You’
24/08/15 05:00 from Washington Free Beacon
JERUSALEM—In a succession of swift steps after being hit by two rockets fired onto its territory from Syria Thursday, Israel has signaled to the Iranian-backed organization allegedly behind the incident that it knows who is responsible a...
» Cruz Calls on President to Release Pentagon Report on Russian Missile Violation
24/08/15 05:00 from Washington Free Beacon
The White House should immediately provide Congress with a Pentagon report assessing the risks to U.S. security posed by Russia’s violation of an intermediate-range missile treaty, according to Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas).
» How Tom Steyer, the White House, and a Scandal-Plagued Operative Paved the Way for EPA Regulations
24/08/15 05:00 from Washington Free Beacon
The White House, statehouses, and nonprofits backed by the billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer worked behind the scenes to create a state-level advocacy network to support controversial new Environmental Protection Agency regulations, newly ...
» NATO's Swift Response Training to Feature Night Airborne Landings in Bulgaria - Novinite.com
24/08/15 04:39 from nato - Google News
NATO's Swift Response Training to Feature Night Airborne Landings in Bulgaria Novinite.com Bulgaria: NATO's Swift Response Training to Feature Night Airborne Landings in Bulgaria U.S. and Polish paratroopers drop in to the Hohenb...
» Editorial: Cybersecurity program an exciting opportunity for job seekers - Carroll County Times
24/08/15 04:14 from cybersecurity - Google News
Editorial: Cybersecurity program an exciting opportunity for job seekers Carroll County Times That's why we're pleased to learn Carroll Community College in Westminster is launching a cybersecurity program this upcoming fall seme...
» National scene: No role for CIA in cyberbody - Jakarta Post
24/08/15 04:06 from cia - Google News
National scene: No role for CIA in cyberbody Jakarta Post Speculation was rife that the development of the cyber agency would involve the US Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ), which has the ability to tap into any conversation through ...
» Rutgers University hires 3 cyber security firms - Washington Times
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Hilton Head Island Packet Rutgers University hires 3 cyber security firms Washington Times NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - Rutgers University has hired three cyber security firms after having its computer networks hacked at least four times d...
» Hacker slaps Dolphin, Mercury browsers, squirts zero day - The Register
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The Register Hacker slaps Dolphin, Mercury browsers, squirts zero day The Register Mobile security guy Rotologix has popped two popular not-Chrome not-Firefox Android browsers, gaining the power to commit remote code execution using zero...
» Rutgers University hires 3 cyber security firms - San Francisco Chronicle (subscription)
24/08/15 03:21 from Cyberwarfare - Google News
Hilton Head Island Packet Rutgers University hires 3 cyber security firms San Francisco Chronicle (subscription) University officials say the firms will also be responsible for other work that they cannot discuss for security reasons. Ne...
» Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Wins Missile Defense Architectures Integration Task ... - GovConWire
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Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Wins Missile Defense Architectures Integration Task ... GovConWire TYSONS CORNER, VA August 24, 2015 — Parsons will carry out systems engineering work for the Missile Defense Agency under the MiDAESS contract op...
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» Asia stocks slump as China falls gather pace, yen rallies
24/08/15 02:16 from Search Results
Asia stocks slump as China falls gather pace, yen rallies China stocks give up year's gains after central bank fails to act China's yuan dips as stocks slump, loss capped by c.bank midpoint Japan's Abe: Acceptable for BOJ to miss price g...
» RUSSIA: Dangerous, Absurd And Very Real
24/08/15 02:03 from StrategyPage.com
» MORALE: An Arab Cure For Mercenary Addiction
24/08/15 02:02 from StrategyPage.com
» Attack of the drones - ITProPortal
24/08/15 02:02 from CyberWar - Google News
ITProPortal Attack of the drones ITProPortal It records information about vulnerabilities while capturing the precise GPS coordinates of the target. The drone is capable of ... is evolving very quickly. It has been reported that the West...
» Security wars: Attack of the drones - ITProPortal
24/08/15 02:02 from CyberWar - Google News
ITProPortal Security wars: Attack of the drones ITProPortal It records information about vulnerabilities while capturing the precise GPS coordinates of the target. The drone is capable of ... is evolving very quickly. It has been reporte...
» COUNTER-TERRORISM: Keeping Jordan Safe The Old Fashioned Way
24/08/15 02:02 from StrategyPage.com
» High-heeled hacker builds pen-test kit into skyscraper shoes - The Register
24/08/15 02:00 from Cyberwar - Google News
The Register High-heeled hacker builds pen-test kit into skyscraper shoes The Register Mildly nsfw A Chinese hardware hacker has built a penetration testing toolkit built into high-heeled shoes. The WiFi-popping platforms were forged in ...
» British government releases MI5 file on little-known Cold War spy
24/08/15 01:43 from intelNews.org
The British government has released a nine-volume file on an influential film critic who some believe was “one of the most important spies the Soviet Union ever had”.
» Explosion rocks US Army facility in Japan; no injuries reported
24/08/15 01:19 from News - Stripes
Explosion rocks US Army facility in Japan; no injuries reported A blast at a U.S. Army depot outside Tokyo sparked a fire that burned for hours early Monday and set off secondary explosions. Officials said there were no apparent injuries...
» Experts on Ashley Madison hacking: Deleted online info never really goes away - The Indian Express
24/08/15 00:57 from Cyberwar - Google News
The Indian Express Experts on Ashley Madison hacking : Deleted online info never really goes away The Indian Express Before you hit “submit,” stop and think before giving up your personal information to any kind of website, said Michael ...
» Ashley Madison hacking: Why you can never really delete anything online - The Indian Express
24/08/15 00:57 from Cyberwar - Google News
The Indian Express Ashley Madison hacking : Why you can never really delete anything online The Indian Express Before you hit “submit,” stop and think before giving up your personal information to any kind of website, said Michael Kaiser...
» Security Watch: Bell returns to McGrathNicol as Forensic and Cyber Director - CSO Australia
24/08/15 00:56 from Cyberwarfare - Google News
CSO Australia Security Watch: Bell returns to McGrathNicol as Forensic and Cyber Director CSO Australia McGrathNicol has announced that Shane Bell will re-join the firm as a Forensic and Cyber Director. Shane has extensive leadership exp...
» ESET Report: Huge Gap in Cyber Security Knowledge Leaves Asia Vulnerable - Social Media Portal (SMP) (blog)
24/08/15 00:25 from Cyberwarfare - Google News
ESET Report: Huge Gap in Cyber Security Knowledge Leaves Asia Vulnerable Social Media Portal (SMP) (blog) ESET®, a global pioneer in proactive protection for more than two decades, today released the ESET Asia Cyber Savviness Report 2015...
» Federal cyber failure - Washington Examiner
24/08/15 00:16 from CyberWar - Google News
Federal cyber failure Washington Examiner A hack of the Internal Revenue service first reported in May was nearly three times as large as previously stated, with hackers stealing information from as many as 334,000 taxpayer accounts. Thi...
» Automakers form alliance to bolster cybersecurity - Automotive News
24/08/15 00:06 from cybersecurity - Google News
Automotive News Automakers form alliance to bolster cybersecurity Automotive News Cybersecurity is a new issue for the industry, one handled by automakers in different ways. That varied and still-developing approach has fueled industry c...
» Islamic State Blows Up Ancient Temple at Syria’s Palmyra Ruins
24/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Islamic State militants have destroyed the Baalshamin Temple at the ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria, realizing one of archaeologists’ worst fears.
» ISIS Blows Up Ancient Temple at Syria’s Palmyra Ruins
24/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Islamic State militants have destroyed the Baalshamin Temple at the ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria, realizing one of archaeologists’ worst fears.
» An Opening for Diplomacy in Syria
24/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
There are signs that Syria and its backers are finally realizing that only a political solution can stave off further collapse and stop ISIS.
» Afghan car bombing kills at least 12, including 3 Americans - seattlepi.com
23/08/15 23:51 from nato - Google News
seattlepi.com Afghan car bombing kills at least 12, including 3 Americans seattlepi.com Afghan security forces and British soldiers inspect the site of a suicide attack in the heart of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. The sui...
» Sweden and Finland's awkward NATO tango - Politico
23/08/15 23:31 from nato - Google News
Politico Sweden and Finland's awkward NATO tango Politico HELSINKI — Finland and Sweden have spent decades toying with NATO membership, but now the renewed threat from Russia is forcing the pace in the two neutral countries as they w...

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