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Europe’s Migration Crisis a Boon for Organized Crime

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European police units responsible for monitoring social media sites for terrorist activity are expanding their focus to find people traffickers.  They are looking for traffickers advertising their services online while law enforcement officials warn that drug smuggling rings have switched to smuggling refugees and migrants. European officials admit they are just starting to piece together a complete picture of the far-flung organized crime networks that are profiting from the misery...

Turkey Detains Dutch Journalist

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Turkey detained on Sunday a Dutch journalist covering the escalating war between the state and Kurdish insurgents, signaling an expansion of the government’s clampdown on reports from the country’s restive southeast.

Rights Experts Challenge Mexico's Probe of Student Killings

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Critical parts of Mexico’s investigation into the abduction and probable killing of 43 teaching students a year ago are being challenged by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights as seriously flawed.

Airstrikes Pound Yemen's Capital

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Airstrikes by a Saudi-led military coalition pounded targets in Yemen’s capital, intensifying a retaliatory campaign against the country’s Houthi rebels following the death of 60 coalition soldiers in a rocket attack on Friday.

Cameron a Hostage in Migrant Crisis

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EUROPE FILE: The migration crisis is a challenge for the European Union like no other, says Simon Nixon

Germany Feels Backlash for Welcoming Migrants

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Praise for Germany’s handling of the thousands of refugees still pouring into the country Sunday is giving way to domestic and international criticism of Berlin’s open-arms policy.

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Pope Calls On Catholics to Shelter Refugees

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Pope Francis responded to Europe’s burgeoning immigration crisis Sunday, asking every Catholic church on the continent to set an example of Christian mercy by taking in a family of refugees.

France's Hollande Says Country to Accept 24,000 Refugees

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France will accept 24,000 refugees from other nations under a plan to deal with the Continent’s biggest refugee crisis in a generation, French President François Hollande said.

China's Forex Reserves Fall by Record $93.9 Billion

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China’s foreign-exchange reserves fell by a record $93.9 billion in August, a result of aggressive intervention in the currency market by the country’s central bank to prevent the yuan from free-falling and limit money leaving Chinese shores.

World's Forests Slashed by Area the Size of South Africa Since 1990

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129 million hectares slashed in 25 years, with Africa and South America bearing the brunt.

Angry Farmers Block Brussels Streets Over Falling Produce Prices

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Thousands of farmers blocked roads into central Brussels on Monday with tractors to protest plummeting milk and meat prices, ahead of a meeting by European Union agricultural ministers.

Turkey Launches Airstrikes Against Kurdish Insurgents

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Turkey launched airstrikes against Kurdish insurgents in the country’s southeast as the deadliest terrorist attack on Turkish troops in recent months triggered nationwide protests.

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Pakistan's Burraq Drone Kills Three Militants, Officials Say

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An indigenously-developed drone killed three militants in Pakistan on Monday, marking the first use of the missile-firing aircraft in combat, the military said.

U.S. Airstrike Kills At Least 11 Afghan Police

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At least 11 Afghan police were killed by a U.S. airstrike in southern Afghanistan, its Ministry of Interior said, in one of the deadliest friendly-fire incidents in the country in recent years.

NATO Chief to Visit Ukraine

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will make his first visit to Ukraine later this month, as that country enters a critical period which is supposed to see Russia and Ukraine fully implement February’s cease-fire agreement.

Ukraine Urged to Stick to Terms of Bailout

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U.S. and IMF officials are stepping up pressure on the pro-Western government here to stick with the terms of its $40 billion bailout, amid signs of mounting friction in the ruling coalition.

Photos of the Day: Sept. 7

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In photographs selected on Monday by editors of The Wall Street Journal, a tiger cub takes a walk in Australia, farmers demonstrate in Brussels, a sandstorm obscures the streets of Homs, Syria, and more.

Colombia Seizes 1 Ton of Cocaine

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The drug was disguised as printer ink and loaded on a flight bound for Mexico.

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Migrant Wave Inspires Others to Try to Reach Europe

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Images of migrants pouring into Europe are inspiring thousands more, from Iraq to Nigeria, to rush out on their own risky journeys, posing a burgeoning problem for policy makers focused mainly on Syrian refugees.

U.K. Prime Minister Suffers Setback on EU Referendum

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David Cameron’s overall bill on the European Union membership referendum moved forward, but an effort to loosen some of the rules surrounding the nationwide vote failed.

Drone Strike Kills Two British Members of ISIS in Syria

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A British drone strike killed two U.K. nationals who had joined Islamic State, striking a vehicle near the Syrian city of Raqqa on Aug. 21, Prime Minister David Cameron said.

Kurdish Insurgents Kill at Least 14 Police in Eastern Turkey

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The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, killed at least 14 policemen by Turkey’s eastern border with Iran and Armenia, as a war between Kurdish insurgents and the Turkish state escalates.

Nationalism Gives Xi a Boost, but Comes With Risk

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If President Xi Jinping needed a boost, a military extravaganza on Tiananmen Square gave him one. But rising nationalism and sinking growth could prove an unstable mix.

France Tries to Attract Talent Back from Israel

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Israel has become the nesting ground of precisely the kind of talent that France’s economy desperately needs: budding tech entrepreneurs.

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Elizabeth II to Become U.K.'s Longest-Serving Monarch

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When Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-serving monarch in British history on Wednesday, she doesn’t want any fuss, royal aides say.

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» Europe’s Migration Crisis a Boon for Organized Crime
08/09/15 14:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. European police units responsible for monitoring social media sites for terrorist activity are expanding their focus to find people traffickers.  They are looking for traffickers advertis...
» Turkey Detains Dutch Journalist
08/09/15 14:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Turkey detained on Sunday a Dutch journalist covering the escalating war between the state and Kurdish insurgents, signaling an expansion of the government’s clampdown on reports from ...
» Rights Experts Challenge Mexico's Probe of Student Killings
08/09/15 14:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Critical parts of Mexico’s investigation into the abduction and probable killing of 43 teaching students a year ago are being challenged by the Inter-American Commission on Human Right...
» Airstrikes Pound Yemen's Capital
08/09/15 14:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Airstrikes by a Saudi-led military coalition pounded targets in Yemen’s capital, intensifying a retaliatory campaign against the country’s Houthi rebels following the death of 60 coali...
» Cameron a Hostage in Migrant Crisis
08/09/15 14:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. EUROPE FILE: The migration crisis is a challenge for the European Union like no other, says Simon Nixon
» Germany Feels Backlash for Welcoming Migrants
08/09/15 14:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Praise for Germany’s handling of the thousands of refugees still pouring into the country Sunday is giving way to domestic and international criticism of Berlin’s open-arms policy.
» Pope Calls On Catholics to Shelter Refugees
08/09/15 14:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Pope Francis responded to Europe’s burgeoning immigration crisis Sunday, asking every Catholic church on the continent to set an example of Christian mercy by taking in a family of ref...
» France's Hollande Says Country to Accept 24,000 Refugees
08/09/15 14:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. France will accept 24,000 refugees from other nations under a plan to deal with the Continent’s biggest refugee crisis in a generation, French President François Hollande said.
» China's Forex Reserves Fall by Record $93.9 Billion
08/09/15 14:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. China’s foreign-exchange reserves fell by a record $93.9 billion in August, a result of aggressive intervention in the currency market by the country’s central bank to prevent the yuan...
» World's Forests Slashed by Area the Size of South Africa Since 1990
08/09/15 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. 129 million hectares slashed in 25 years, with Africa and South America bearing the brunt.
» Angry Farmers Block Brussels Streets Over Falling Produce Prices
08/09/15 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Thousands of farmers blocked roads into central Brussels on Monday with tractors to protest plummeting milk and meat prices, ahead of a meeting by European Union agricultural ministers.
» Turkey Launches Airstrikes Against Kurdish Insurgents
08/09/15 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Turkey launched airstrikes against Kurdish insurgents in the country’s southeast as the deadliest terrorist attack on Turkish troops in recent months triggered nationwide protests.
» Pakistan's Burraq Drone Kills Three Militants, Officials Say
08/09/15 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. An indigenously-developed drone killed three militants in Pakistan on Monday, marking the first use of the missile-firing aircraft in combat, the military said.
» U.S. Airstrike Kills At Least 11 Afghan Police
08/09/15 14:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. At least 11 Afghan police were killed by a U.S. airstrike in southern Afghanistan, its Ministry of Interior said, in one of the deadliest friendly-fire incidents in the country in rece...
» NATO Chief to Visit Ukraine
08/09/15 14:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will make his first visit to Ukraine later this month, as that country enters a critical period which is supposed to see Russia and Ukraine full...
» Ukraine Urged to Stick to Terms of Bailout
08/09/15 14:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. U.S. and IMF officials are stepping up pressure on the pro-Western government here to stick with the terms of its $40 billion bailout, amid signs of mounting friction in the ruling coa...
» Photos of the Day: Sept. 7
08/09/15 14:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. In photographs selected on Monday by editors of The Wall Street Journal, a tiger cub takes a walk in Australia, farmers demonstrate in Brussels, a sandstorm obscures the streets of Hom...
» Colombia Seizes 1 Ton of Cocaine
08/09/15 14:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The drug was disguised as printer ink and loaded on a flight bound for Mexico.
» Migrant Wave Inspires Others to Try to Reach Europe
08/09/15 14:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Images of migrants pouring into Europe are inspiring thousands more, from Iraq to Nigeria, to rush out on their own risky journeys, posing a burgeoning problem for policy makers focuse...
» U.K. Prime Minister Suffers Setback on EU Referendum
08/09/15 14:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. David Cameron’s overall bill on the European Union membership referendum moved forward, but an effort to loosen some of the rules surrounding the nationwide vote failed.
» Drone Strike Kills Two British Members of ISIS in Syria
08/09/15 14:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A British drone strike killed two U.K. nationals who had joined Islamic State, striking a vehicle near the Syrian city of Raqqa on Aug. 21, Prime Minister David Cameron said.
» Kurdish Insurgents Kill at Least 14 Police in Eastern Turkey
08/09/15 14:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, killed at least 14 policemen by Turkey’s eastern border with Iran and Armenia, as a war between Kurdish insurgents and the Turkish state ...
» Nationalism Gives Xi a Boost, but Comes With Risk
08/09/15 14:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. If President Xi Jinping needed a boost, a military extravaganza on Tiananmen Square gave him one. But rising nationalism and sinking growth could prove an unstable mix.
» France Tries to Attract Talent Back from Israel
08/09/15 14:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Israel has become the nesting ground of precisely the kind of talent that France’s economy desperately needs: budding tech entrepreneurs.
» Elizabeth II to Become U.K.'s Longest-Serving Monarch
08/09/15 14:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. When Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-serving monarch in British history on Wednesday, she doesn’t want any fuss, royal aides say.
» Panel Rejects Mexican Government's Probe of Missing Students
08/09/15 13:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. International experts reviewing the Mexican government's probe of the 2014 abduction and disappearance of 43 students have rejected the government's official narrative, accusing investiga...
» Kurds Say Attack on Turkish Military Convoy Kills 15
08/09/15 13:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Kurdish militants attacked a convoy of Turkish troops Sunday near the borders with Iran and Iraq, putting hopes for peace even further out of reach. Guerrillas from the outlawed Kurdistan...
» Europe Braces for New Wave of Refugees
08/09/15 13:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Europe is preparing for a new wave of refugees as word filters back to others that the passage through Hungary is now easier. Hundreds arrived Sunday at Vienna’s Westbahnhof station aboar...
» Rights Group Report Discredits Mexico Case Over 43 Missing Students
08/09/15 13:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. An independent report released Sunday dismantles the Mexican government's investigation into last year's disappearance of 43 teachers' college students, starting with the assertion that t...
» Tajik Leader Blames Attacks on IS Sympathizers
08/09/15 13:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Tajikistan's leader said on Sunday attacks on police had been staged by militants sharing the views of the Islamic State group and aimed to undermine his rule of the Muslim nation, local ...
» ON THE SCENE: Syrians Refugees Struggle to Get Back Home, Too
08/09/15 13:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. For Syrian refugees in Turkey, it is often as difficult to get back into Syria as it was to get out. This morning I took a taxi to a village with a main road along the barbed-wire border ...
» Turkey-PKK Violence Continues With Airstrikes, Bus Bombing
08/09/15 13:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Turkish fighter jets carried out more airstrikes Tuesday morning targeting Kurdish militants, while a bomb attack on a minibus in eastern Turkey killed at least 10 police officers. Turkis...
» Pentagon Reportedly Preparing to Overhaul Syrian Rebel Force
08/09/15 13:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The New York Times says U.S. defense officials are drawing up plans to revise the training of moderate Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State in Syria following “significant shortcoming...
» US-Israel Spat Over Iran Deal May Sideline Palestinians
08/09/15 13:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. In recent months, many in the Middle East had assumed — some in hope, others with concern — that once the Iranian nuclear issue was resolved, the United States would make another push for...
» Thousands of Migrants Remain in Greece, Macedonia
08/09/15 13:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. As refugees from Syria and other war-torn nations make their way from Hungary to Germany and other western European destinations, thousands more are stuck in Greece and Macedonia, with no...
» Europe Migrant Crisis - Sept. 8, 2015
08/09/15 13:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. In pictures: A look at Europe migrant crisis.
» Expectations of Saudi Oil Shake-up Stir Uncertainty
08/09/15 13:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A shake-up of Saudi Arabia's oil leadership by King Salman has introduced a new element of unpredictability to its energy policymaking at a moment when Riyadh is grappling with slumping c...
» Israel Wary of Russian Military Build-up in Syria
08/09/15 13:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Indications of increased Russian involvement in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad are prompting a reassessment in Israel about how to handle fall-out from the conflict without...
» UN: Killings, Violations on Increase in Ukraine Conflict
08/09/15 13:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A new U.N. report finds an increase in civilian casualties and widespread human rights violations in conflict-ridden eastern Ukraine. The U.N. Human Rights Office reports nearly 8,000 peo...
» U.S., allies conduct 19 air strikes in Syria and Iraq: military
08/09/15 13:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition led by the United States bombarded the Islamic State militant group on Monday with 14 air strikes in Iraq and five in Syria, according to a statement...
» Karzai Addresses Pakistan Border Issue
08/09/15 13:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. At a conference in Kabul on September 8, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that Afghanistan will not give in to what he described as Pakistani pressure to recogni...
» Afghans Demand Jobs
08/09/15 13:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. With an estimated 3.6 million people in Afghanistan out of work, protesters demonstrated to demand more jobs.
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08/09/15 13:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond. For more photo galleries, see our "Picture This" archive by clicking on the banner above.
» Hunt For Renegade Tajik Leader Continues For Third Day In Gorge Area
08/09/15 13:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Tajikistan’s security forces were continuing to search for a renegade former deputy minister and his followers early on September 7, three days after clashes in and aroun...
» France Proposes Leaders' Summit On Ukraine
08/09/15 13:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. French President Francois Hollande has proposed a meeting of the leaders of Germany, Russia, and Ukraine later this month as a cease-fire appeared to be largely holding i...
» Merkel: Migrant Influx Will 'Change' Germany
08/09/15 13:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the flow of migrants into Germany will "occupy and change" the country in the coming years.
» Commentary: The Syrian Refugee Crisis -- Where Is Everybody?
08/09/15 13:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Where have the rich Arab countries been over the last few years, as the Syrian civil war has raged and millions of refugees have fled to neighboring countries?
» Kyiv Seen As Using A Bit Of Street Smarts To Rankle Russia
08/09/15 13:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Officials in Kyiv have renamed the street hosting the Russian consulate in honor of volunteer battalions fighting pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. The move is ...
» Russian Journalist Names Alleged Attackers In 2010 Beating
08/09/15 13:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian journalist Oleg Kashin has released the names of three men who have been charged with severely beating him in a 2010 attack in which he nearly died.
» Russia Dismisses U.S. Concern About Military Buildup In Syria
08/09/15 13:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Moscow has dismissed U.S. concerns Moscow dismissed U.S. concern about a Russian military buildup in Syria, saying its military aid to President Bashar al-Assad was nothi...
» Russia Criticizes EU Over Refugee Crisis
08/09/15 13:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia has criticized the European Union's handling of the refugee crisis and hinted that the bloc was guilty for fomenting conflicts that have triggered the mass migration.
» European Farmers Demand Aid as Produce Prices Sag
08/09/15 13:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Farmers pushing a trailer toward a police line as they are sprayed with a water cannon during a demonstration in Brussels on Monday.
» Russia Answers U.S. Criticism Over Military Aid to Syria
08/09/15 13:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Sharp exchanges between the U.S. and Russia over Russian military aid to the Syrian government appeared to have dampened a brief spirit of cooperation.
» Op-Ed Columnist: Germany Opens Its Doors to Refugees
08/09/15 13:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. And the rest of Europe looks on.
» A New Wave of Migrants Flees Iraq, Yearning for Europe
08/09/15 13:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Emboldened by media coverage showing their countrymen and fellow Arabs fleeing the war in Syria, many who had resisted leaving during past crises now see a chance to go.
» IMF chief urges Ukraine's creditors to accept debt restructuring program
08/09/15 13:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KIEV (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday voiced support for Ukraine's economic progress and urged its creditors to take full advantage of a deal t...
» International experts reject Mexico's account of apparent student massacre
08/09/15 13:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government's account of the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 students last year does not add up, a team of international experts said on Sunday...
» PKK claims to have killed 15 Turkish soldiers in ambush
08/09/15 13:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ANKARA (Reuters) - The Kurdish militant group PKK said on Sunday it had killed 15 Turkish soldiers in an attack on a convoy of armored vehicles in southeast Turkey, in what could be th...
» Austria to revoke measures that let migrants cross from Hungary
08/09/15 13:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. VIENNA/MUNICH (Reuters) - Austria said on Sunday it planned to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees stranded in Hungary into Austria and Germany since Saturda...
» Turkish military says jets strike PKK targets after deadly militant attack
08/09/15 13:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's armed forces said on Monday its F-16 and F-14 jets had struck 13 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets, a day after the militants detonated explosives on ...
» Failure of Syria diplomacy exposes enduring divisions over Assad
08/09/15 13:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) - While the desperate flight of Syrians from their country's war was dominating news bulletins this summer, yet another diplomatic push to end the four-year-old...
» Pakistan deploys first homemade drone, kills three militants
08/09/15 12:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A missile-firing Pakistani drone has killed at least three suspected militants in the first ever reported use of the indigenously developed aircraft in combat, th...
» Russia says its arms deliveries to Syria aimed at fighting terrorism: RIA Novosti
08/09/15 12:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has never concealed the fact that it has been supplying military equipment to Syria aimed at fighting terrorism, RIA Novosti news agency cited a foreign minis...
» Russian experts in Syria inspect, expand air bases: report
08/09/15 12:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russian military experts who arrived in Syria weeks ago have been inspecting air bases and working to enlarge some runways, particularly in the north, though Moscow ...
» BBC plans new services for North Korea and Russia
08/09/15 12:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC plans to launch short-wave radio broadcasts to North Korea for the first time and start new TV or digital services in Russia to address "democratic deficits"...
» NATO chief to make first visit to Ukraine amid strains with Moscow
08/09/15 12:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's secretary general will make his first visit to Ukraine this month, Ukraine's foreign minister said on Monday, dismissing the idea that this would provoke Mo...
» Iraqi defense minister unharmed after convoy hit by sniper: spokesman
08/09/15 12:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi was unharmed after his convoy came under sniper fire near the town of Baiji, 190 kilometers (120 miles) north of Baghdad, du...
» Seven Libyan soldiers killed fighting off Islamists near Benghazi: source
08/09/15 12:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - At least seven Libyan soldiers were killed repelling an attack on their post by Islamist militants eight km (five miles) southwest of the eastern city of Be...
» Tajikistan hunts renegade minister after clashes stir instability
08/09/15 12:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW/ALMATY (Reuters) - Tajikistan said it had arrested 14 members of a criminal group loyal to the country's sacked deputy defense minister in a special operation on Monday, followi...
» U.S. rethinks strategy for battling Islamic State in Syria: NYT
08/09/15 12:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is rethinking its strategy for battling the Islamic State in Syria, the New York Times reported on Monday, with the Pentagon looking into movin...
» 'Glaring errors' led court to annul Knox murder conviction
08/09/15 12:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ROME (Reuters) - Italy's top court threw out a conviction of American Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British flatmate due to "glaring errors" in the case against her, a documen...
» EU to give 500 mln euros to farmers hit by Russia sanctions
08/09/15 12:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission announced a 500 million euro ($557 million) package of measures on Monday to provide relief for farmers stung by slumping prices, triggered...
» U.S., allies conduct 15 air strikes in Syria and Iraq against: military
08/09/15 12:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S.-led coalition conducted 11 air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq on Sunday, as well as four strikes targeting the militant group in Syria, accordi...
» UK PM Cameron loses parliamentary vote over EU referendum rules
08/09/15 12:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron suffered an embarrassing defeat in parliament on Monday after Euroskeptic members of his Conservatives joined forces with opposi...
» Hit by new wave of refugees, Germany warns EU partners
08/09/15 12:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) - Struggling to cope with record numbers of asylum seekers, Germany told its European partners on Monday they too must take in more refugees, as police in Hunga...
» Turkish warplanes hit PKK targets in northern Iraq: security source
08/09/15 12:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Dozens of Turkish warplanes struck militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq overnight, killing tens of the group's fighters, a security sour...
» Officials deny Syria oil field captured by Islamic State
08/09/15 12:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government officials have denied that Islamic State fighters captured an oil field which a monitoring group reported had been seized from government forces.
» Bomb attack in eastern Turkey kills 10 police officers- official
08/09/15 12:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ANKARA (Reuters) - Ten Turkish police officers were killed in a bomb attack on a minibus in the eastern Turkish province of Igdir on Tuesday, a government official told Reuters.
» Austrian president expects growing trade with Iran
08/09/15 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Austria's bilateral trade with Iran will grow to 300 million euros this year, and continue to increase in the coming years, President Heinz Fischer said on Tuesday d...
» UN says close to 8,000 killed in east Ukraine
08/09/15 12:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 7,962 people have been killed and 17,811 wounded in violence in eastern Ukraine since mid-April 2014, the U.N. Human Rights Office said on Tuesday, as it pu...
» Ukraine still faces threat of Russian military offensive: Poroshenko
08/09/15 12:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine still faces the threat of a full-scale Russian military attack despite several days of relative calm on the front-lines of the east where government forces con...
» Tajikistan charges renegade general with high treason: agencies
08/09/15 12:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Authorities in Tajikistan on Tuesday charged the country's renegade ex-deputy defense minister with high treason following bloody gun battles that killed 22 and stok...
» In EU and US, virulent immigration debate strains solidarity
08/09/15 12:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:28 p.m. EDT. NEW YORK (AP) -- The United States and the European Union project themselves as models for the world when it comes to democracy and human rights. Yet a common issue - mi...
» Independent group rejects Mexican gov't case on 43 missing
08/09/15 12:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:28 p.m. EDT. MEXICO CITY (AP) -- An independent report released Sunday dismantles the Mexican government's investigation into last year's disappearance of 43 teachers' college studen...
» Migrants in the Balkans: Everyone wants to be Syrian
08/09/15 12:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:28 p.m. EDT. HAJDUKOVO, Serbia (AP) -- A Pakistani identity card in the bushes, a Bangladeshi one in a cornfield. A torn Iraqi driver's license bearing the photo of a man with a Sadd...
» Contradictions in Mexican government probe into missing 43
08/09/15 12:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:28 p.m. EDT. MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The main points of a comprehensive report about the disappearance in Mexico of 43 college students released Sunday by an independent group of experts...
» A guide to Congress' upside-down vote on Iran
08/09/15 12:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:28 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional proceedings are routinely convoluted, often inscrutable and sometimes bizarre. Even by those standards, the upcoming vote on the Iran nu...
» Across much of US, a serious shortage of psychiatrists
08/09/15 12:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:28 p.m. EDT. NEW YORK (AP) -- It is an irony that troubles health care providers and policymakers nationwide: Even as public awareness of mental illness increases, a shortage of psyc...
» Italy top court: Amanda Knox conviction based on poor case
08/09/15 12:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:28 p.m. EDT. ROME (AP) -- Italy's top criminal court has scathingly faulted prosecutors for presenting a flawed and hastily constructed case against Amanda Knox and her former Italia...
» National security cited in crackdown on journalism worldwide
08/09/15 12:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:28 p.m. EDT. BERLIN (AP) -- The detention of three Vice News journalists in Turkey last month came with all-too-familiar charges of terror-related crimes. Similar allegations were le...
» Ted Cruz cozies up to Donald Trump, aims for his supporters
08/09/15 12:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:28 p.m. EDT. ATLANTA (AP) -- As other Republican presidential candidates go after Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is getting cozy with him. The two men are in a so-far cordial comp...
» National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, September 8–11
08/09/15 12:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Just Security. Just Security Below is a calendar of congressional hearings on national security matters for this week. Tuesday, September 8, 2015 9:00am – House Homeland Security – Field Hearing: Beyond Bi...
» Iran Readies Construction of New Nuke Plant
08/09/15 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Iran is gearing up to begin construction this year on a second nuclear reactor that will be built with the help of the Russians, according to regional media reports. The nuclear pla...
» Syria’s Near-Neighbors Paying Price for European Inaction
08/09/15 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Europeans are struggling to cope with refugees and migrants landing on their shores or having to be rescued from overcrowded unseaworthy craft amid the swells and troughs of the Mediter...
» Arab Media Report: Syria, Russia Reviving 1980 'Friendship' Treaty
08/09/15 12:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Arab media are reporting that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reactivated a 1980 “friendship” treaty between Damascus and Mosco
» French President Urges Four-way Talks on Ukraine Peace Deal
08/09/15 12:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. French President Francois Hollande has called for a meeting with his German, Russian and Ukrainian counterparts to ensure the peace agreement for eastern Ukraine is carried out.
» U.S. Denies NATO Air Strike Killed Afghan Police
08/09/15 12:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. A U.S. military spokesman says neither NATO nor U.S. forces were involved in an air strike that reportedly killed 11 Afghan police and counternarcotics officials in southern Afghanistan.
» More Detained In Tajikistan As Manhunt Continues For Ousted Defense Official
08/09/15 12:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Authorities in Tajikistan say they have detained 14 more followers of an ousted deputy defense minister who has been on the run since an eruption of deadly violence on September 4.
» Ukraine, US stage live-fire joint war games
08/09/15 12:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. US troopers have held joint live-fire military exercises with Ukrainian soldiers in western Ukraine.
» Officials: Iraqi defense minister unharmed in sniper attack
08/09/15 12:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. BAGHDAD (AP) - Officials say Iraq's defense minister has escaped a sniper attack unharmed while traveling in a convoy north of the capital, Baghdad. A statement M...
» Iraq mounts air operation with F-16s
08/09/15 12:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon says Iraq's air force has gone after the Islamic State group for the first time using F-16 fighter planes bought from the U.S. Pent...
» Islamic State mounts bombs on U.S. military vehicles; Kurdish peshmerga plead for arms
08/09/15 12:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. IRBIL, Iraq — Gen. Dedawa Khurshid, a commander of the Kurdish peshmerga forces battling the Islamic State militants, faces a unique terrorist-style of warf...
» Gulf states stiffen determination in wake of troop deaths in Yemen
08/09/15 12:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — - A deadly attack late last week on soldiers from oil-rich Gulf states deployed in Yemen as part of a Saudi-led coalition fight...
» Putin jockeying for deal with US on Syria
08/09/15 12:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. MOSCOW (AP) - Signs of an ongoing Russian military buildup in Syria have drawn U.S. concerns and raised questions of whether Moscow plans to enter the conflict. P...
» Iran wants in on Syria peace talks
08/09/15 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. The president of Iran — the top international backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad — said Tuesday that if asked, his nation would willingly join in...
» Russian drone submarine would threaten U.S. coast; nuclear vessel in development
08/09/15 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. Russia is building a drone submarine designed to launch nuclear weapons against U.S. harbors and coastal cities, according to Pentagon officials. The developmenta...
» Harry Reid declares victory in Iran, says Obama deal will be upheld
08/09/15 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. The deal President Obama and other world leaders struck with Iran is the "best chance" to stop the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, Senate Minority Leader Harr...
» Russia Building Nuclear-Armed Drone Submarine
08/09/15 12:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Russia is building a drone submarine to deliver large-scale nuclear weapons against U.S. harbors and coastal cities, according to Pentagon officials. The developmental unmanned unde...
» Iranian Warships Confront U.S. Navy On ‘Daily Basis’
08/09/15 12:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. U.S. naval forces operating in and around the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping lane, are “routinely approached by Iranian warships and aircraft” on a “nearly daily basis,” acco...
» Cheney Says Obama Won’t Stand Up to Iran’s Violence
08/09/15 12:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Cheney delivered a speech against the president’s nuclear deal at the American Enterprise Institute on Monday, calling it “madness” that will empower an anti-American and anti-Semit...
» Russia Constructing Military Base in Syria, US Intelligence Officials Say
08/09/15 12:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Russia is constructing a military base in the Syrian port city of Latakia, U.S. intelligence officials said last week, raising alarm about the country’s increasing support of Syrian...
» SPACE: The Russian Aerospace Force
08/09/15 12:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from StrategyPage.com. None
» WINNING: Islam And The Forever War
08/09/15 12:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from StrategyPage.com. None
» SYRIA: Russia Provides Hope For The Hopeless
08/09/15 12:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Which countries are taking in Syrian refugees?
08/09/15 12:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes News. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, there are nearly 4.1 million registered refugees from Syria. Some countries have opened their gates, hearts and pocke...
» Democrats clinch critical 41 votes for Iran nuclear deal
08/09/15 12:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes News. Democrats clinched the crucial Senate votes Tuesday to block passage of a disapproval resolution against the Iran nuclear accord, an outcome that would be a major victory for Presid...
» Women in combat hampered by band-of-brother myth, author says
08/09/15 12:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. U.S. military branches have four months to meet the Pentagon’s deadline for opening all front-line combat positions to women, unless a service seeks exception to the policy before Oct. 1...
» France wants top-level Ukraine talks, hopes to end sanctions
08/09/15 12:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. France wants to hold a meeting among the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Germany in the coming weeks to resolve tensions around eastern Ukraine, in hopes of eventually lifting EU sanctions.
» Obama sold inaction as a policy on Syria - Opinion
08/09/15 12:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes Opinion. This may be the most surprising of President Barack Obama’s foreign-policy legacies: not just that he presided over a humanitarian and cultural disaster of epochal proporti...
» Obama sold inaction as a policy on Syria
08/09/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. This may be the most surprising of President Barack Obama’s foreign-policy legacies: not just that he presided over a humanitarian and cultural disaster of epochal proportions, but that ...
» Germany’s love-hate relationship with the US
08/09/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. There are few people in the world Europeans feel more similar to than North Americans. At the same time, quite a lot of them have grown skeptical of the “big brother” overseas.
» Turkey's military: 16 troops killed, 6 wounded in PKK attack
08/09/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The attack was the deadliest assault on Turkish troops since renewed fighting between the rebels and Turkey's security forces erupted in July, shattering an already fragile peace process.
» McChrystal 'floored' by his first tour of National Infantry Museum
08/09/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The McChrystal among visiting generals who are helping the National Infantry Foundation in its goal to raise $20 million. That campaign has been underway for a about a year and has produ...
» Putin orders Russian military drills amid Ukraine tensions
08/09/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Russian military units have been scrambled from their bases as part of snap drills ordered by President Vladimir Putin, the latest in a series of Russian war games amid tensions with the...
» In Syria, Assad's killers are more prolific than Islamic State's
08/09/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. President Bashar al-Assad's government has killed far more people in Syria this year than the Islamic State, monitoring organizations and analysts say, even as the extremist group grabs ...
» US builds up Arctic spy network as Russia, China increase presence
08/09/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. As China and Russia boost their military presence in the resource-rich far north, U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to study potential threats in the Arctic for the first time si...
» Poll shows most believe suicide can be prevented
08/09/15 11:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. When asked in a recent nationwide poll if suicide can be prevented, most Americans answered "yes" and 92 percent believe services for mental health should be included in every health car...
» Turkish forces cross into Iraq for short-term PKK operation
08/09/15 11:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Turkish ground forces crossed into northern Iraq on Tuesday for the first time since 2011 in a "short-term" operation to hunt down Kurdish rebels, a Turkish government official said, as ...
» Battle rages, but Putin won in Ukraine
08/09/15 11:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Whether we like it or not, Russia is the dominant power in Eastern Europe, and no solution to the current crisis can realistically emerge unless and until Russia and Ukraine work out an ...
» Gunmen kidnap senior Iraqi official in Baghdad
08/09/15 11:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Brig. Gen. Saad Maan says the gunmen intercepted the convoy of acting Deputy Minister Abdul-Karim al-Saadi in the mainly Shiite eastern part of the city on Tuesday, kidnapping him and tw...
» Gay Veterans Push for Honorable Discharges They Were Denied
08/09/15 11:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. Emboldened by recent advances for homosexuals in and out of the military, more gay veterans look to have their ousters reclassified.
» U.S. Denies an Airstrike Killed 11 Afghan Narcotics Officers
08/09/15 11:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. An Afghan official said that the strike came during an operation to arrest drug smugglers in Helmand Province on Sunday, and that four officers were also...
» U.S. to Revamp Training Program to Fight ISIS
08/09/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The proposed changes come after a Syrian affiliate of Al Qaeda attacked the rebel group of the first 54 Syrian graduates of the military’s training program.
» France Is Weighing Airstrikes on ISIS in Syria, François Hollande Says
08/09/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The French president linked the move to the threat from attackers radicalized by Syrian militants and to the Islamic State’s role in the migrant crisis.
» Britain Says It Killed 3 ISIS Suspects in First Drone Strike in Syria
08/09/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Crossing a threshold in its battle with jihadist groups, Britain said it had killed two of its own citizens, suspected members of the Islamic State.
» Britain ‘Wouldn’t Hesitate’ to Carry Out More Drone Strikes in Syria, Minister Says
08/09/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The defense minister said the terrorist threat against his country justified actions like the Aug. 21 strike strike on Aug. 21 that killed three people susp...
» Reconceptualizing the Link between Energy and Security
08/09/15 11:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Lawfare - Hard National Security Choices. Editor’s Note: Energy markets are at the core of many national security debates. Whether it’s a discussion about Iran’s nuclear program, the importance of Libya, o...
» Pakistani ex-troops speak about secret infiltration of Indian Kashmir
08/09/15 11:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from intelNews.org. Fifty years after the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War, Pakistani former soldiers have spoken for the first time about their role in a secret effort by Pakistan to infiltrate India and incite a Musli...
» Secret program gave CIA ‘unfiltered access’ to German communications
08/09/15 11:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from intelNews.org. The United States Central Intelligence Agency had direct and unfiltered access to telecommunications data exchanged between German citizens, according to a new document that has surfaced in ...
» Iraq Puts New F-16s Into Action Against Islamic State
08/09/15 11:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Iraq has put F-16 warplanes acquired from the United States into action against the Islamic State group for the first time, the commander of the air force said Sunday.     &#...
» Pressure for Mistral Repayment May Affect French Defense Budget
08/09/15 11:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. France paid Moscow a total €949.7 million ($1.1 billion) for canceling the controversial sale of two Mistrals             
» Pending Elections Cast Uncertainty Over Top Turkish Programs
08/09/15 11:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Most of Turkey’s top priority, indigenous programs are being dragged into further delays as the country faces elections.             
» General Jean-Paul Paloméros, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
08/09/15 11:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. French Air Force General Jean-Paul Paloméros, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation discusses NATO's rapid response capability, innovations and strategic communication.    ...
» Sweden, Finland Sharpen Amphibious Readiness in Baltic
08/09/15 11:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The importance placed by Finland and Sweden on land and amphibious readiness was underlined by the BALTOPS exercises.             
» Is the Russian-Arab Partnership Sustainable?
08/09/15 11:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Russian-Arab relationships have grown since the Iran nuclear deal; questions are raised about its sustainability             
» Analysts Link Syria to Latest US Sanctions on Russia
08/09/15 11:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Amid reports that Russian forces are taking part in Syria’s civil war, the US has sanctioned 5 Russian defense entities             
» Russia & NATO
08/09/15 11:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Gen. Jean-Paul Palomeros, NATO supreme allied commander transformation, on the challenge Russia's agression poses to the alliance.             
» Defense News TV: Russia & NATO
08/09/15 11:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Defense News TV: Russia & NATO             
» E. Europe Developing Amphibious Vehicle Capabilities
08/09/15 11:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. E. European allies are benefiting from Western European know-how and tech to upgrade amphibious vehicle capabilities.             
» US Concern Over Russian Military Buildup In Syria
08/09/15 11:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The United States expressed concern to Moscow on Saturday about what it called reports of an imminent and enhanced Russian military buildup in war-torn Syria.       ...
» Reports: Gulf States Send More Troops To Yemen
08/09/15 10:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Gulf Arab monarchies sent thousands of heavily armed troops to reinforce loyalists in Yemen in the battle against Iran-backed rebels, media reported Monday.        ...
» Greece Examining US Request To Deny Russian Flights To Syria
08/09/15 10:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. ATHENS — Greece is "examining" a request by the United States to deny passage to Russian supply flights to Syria, a Greek foreign ministry source said Monday.       ...
» Iraq Defense Minister Unharmed In Sniper Attack
08/09/15 10:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obaidi escaped unharmed as a sniper fired on his convoy Monday near a town where security forces have been battling jihadists, the ministry said.  ...
» Turk Missile-Maker To Sell Rockets, Anti-Tank Missiles To Poland
08/09/15 10:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Turkey's state-controlled missile producer Roketsan has signed a deal with the Polish company WZL1 to make its debut in Poland.             
» Turkish Bases Becoming Hubs in Anti-ISIS Campaign
08/09/15 10:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Turkey's critical air bases in the country's south and southeast are becoming a hub in the allied campaign against radical Islamists in Syria and Iraq.         ...
» Resurgent Russia Drawing Northern Nations Closer
08/09/15 10:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Russian aircraft and ships are on the move again, flying and sailing provocative missions that challenge the security and territorial boundaries of many nations -- none more so than in...
» At least 14 Turkish police killed in PKK attack
08/09/15 10:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. September 8, 2015, 11:20 AM (IDT) An IED laid by the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) blew up a police bus in the eastern Turksih province of Igdir Tuesday, killing at least fourteen po...
» At least 10 Turkish police killed in PKK attack
08/09/15 10:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. September 8, 2015, 11:20 AM (IDT) An IED laid by the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) blew up a police bus in the eastern Turksih province of Igdir Tuesday, killing at least ten police offic...
» Fifty Turkish planes strike PKK bases in North Iraq
08/09/15 10:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. September 8, 2015, 12:09 PM (IDT) In retaliation for the PKK attack Monday which killed 16 Turkish soldiers, fifty Turkish warplanes Tuesday struck outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) headquart...
» New Israeli ambassador to Jordan presents credentials to king
08/09/15 10:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. September 8, 2015, 1:16 PM (IDT) Einat Shahin is the first female Israeli ambassador appointed to an Arab capital. Tuesday, she presented her credentials to Jordan’s King Abdullah, along w...
» Former CIA Officer Just EXPOSED OBAMA…What She Says Might ...
08/09/15 10:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google Blog Search. Clare Lopez is a former CIA officer, and she is risking her professional career to call out President Barack Obama in the biggest way possible. Lopez is well respected in the inte...
» News Roundup and Notes: September 8, 2015
08/09/15 10:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Just Security. Megan Graham 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 Two British mem...
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07/09/15 21:49 from Mike Nova - Google+
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» Melting Ice Isn’t Opening Arctic to Oil Bonanza
07/09/15 19:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . TERIBERKA, Russia — The warming Arctic should already have transformed this impoverished fishing village on the coast of the Barents Sea. The Kremlin spent billions in the last decade in hopes of turnin...
» Apple and Other Tech Companies Tangle With U.S. Over Access to Data
07/09/15 19:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — In an investigation involving guns and drugs, the Justice Department obtained a court order this summer demanding that Apple turn over, in real time, text messages between suspects using iP...
» Sexual Attraction and Fluidity - The New York Times
07/09/15 19:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Recently, Miley Cyrus told Elle UK , “I’m very open about it — I’m pansexual.” In June, she’d told Paper Magazine : “I am literally open to every single thing that is...
» No Reason for Russia to Deploy Troops to Syria, Experts Say | News
07/09/15 17:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (SNC) Khaled Khoja (L) talks to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before a meeting in Moscow. Med...
» 2015-09-07» Putin Jockeying for Deal With US on Syria 07/09/15 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared
07/09/15 17:40 from Mike Nova - Google+
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07/09/15 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» 2015-09-07​ISIS captures last oil field under Syrian government control 
07/09/15 13:34 from Mike Nova - Google+
2015-09-07 ​ISIS captures last oil field under Syrian government control - CBS News 9.7.15 M - Labor Day 1 pm - World ​ISIS captures last oil field under Syrian government control - CBS News Islamic State seizes last Syrian oilfield unde...
» Putin Plays The Syria Card
07/09/15 13:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U .S. Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed "concern" to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Moscow was moving toward a major military buildup in Syria. ...
» An End to NATO and Restoration of Russian Might
07/09/15 11:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Newsweek. This article first appeared on the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University site . In 1985, a Soviet leader came to powe...
» Putin Orders Snap Combat Drills In Central Military District
07/09/15 11:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . President Vladimir Putin has ordered snap combat-readiness drills in Russia's central military district. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on September 7 that the exercises involve paratroopers and military...
» France proposes leaders' summit on Ukraine to push peace process
07/09/15 11:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande on Monday proposed a meeting of the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine in Paris later this month to push ahead with peace talks after recent ce...
» Russia’s opposition faces an uphill struggle against Kremlin and Vladimir Putin
07/09/15 11:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. In late 2011, he was one of several leaders of a surge of anti-Kremlin protests - and endured the subsequent crackdown, which saw arrests, apartment s...
» Turkish jets strike PKK targets after deadly militant attack
07/09/15 11:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish insurgent targets overnight after the militants staged what appeared to be their deadliest attack since the collapse of a two-year-old ceasefire...
» Turkey, Responding to Attack, Launches Airstrikes on Kurdish Rebels
07/09/15 11:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . ISTANBUL — The Turkish military carried out airstrikes on Monday against Kurdish insurgents, a day after what appeared to be the deadliest assault since the breakdown in July of a fragile peace process ...
» Palestinian Toddler Killed in Suspected Jewish Extremist Attack: Police
07/09/15 11:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Israeli PM Netanyahu Reacts to Arson Attack on Palestinian Homes 0:59 autoplay autoplay DUMA, West Bank — Israel's prime minister made a rare call to the Palestinian Authority's chairman on Friday follo...
» Police: American woman - CNN.com
07/09/15 11:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Story highlights A man confessed to killing an American woman, police in Nepal say Her body has not been found (CNN) An American woman who went to Nepal to help in the aftermath of April's devastating earthqu...
» Greece considers U.S. request to close airspace to Russian aid flights
07/09/15 11:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece received a request from the United States to deny Russia the use of Greek airspace for aid flights to Syria, a spokesman for the foreign ministry in Athens said on Monday. The spokes...
» Islamic State takes Syrian state's last oilfield: monitor
07/09/15 11:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . AMMAN (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters have seized the last major oilfield under Syrian government control during battles over a vast central desert zone, a group monitoring the conflict said on Monday. The...
» Ousted as Gay, Aging Veterans Are Battling Again for Honorable Discharges
07/09/15 11:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . COLUMBUS, Ohio — When the Army discharged Pvt. Donald Hallman in 1955 for being what it called a “Class II homosexual,” the 21-year-old was so scared of being an outcast that he burned all h...
» 2015-09-06Jim Hall - Concierto (Full Album)
07/09/15 09:29 from Mike Nova - Google+
2015-09-06 Jim Hall - Concierto (Full Album) Jim Hall - Concierto (Full Album)  |  jim hall  ·  Translate Jim Hall - Concierto (Full Album) mn-3.blogspot.com Jim Hall - Concierto (Full Album) | jim hall Have him in circles 11 people 1 c...
» 2015-09-06» Is Iraq too broke to fight ISIS? 06/09/15 10:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
06/09/15 12:45 from Mike Nova - Google+
2015-09-06 » Is Iraq too broke to fight ISIS? 06/09/15 10:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks Review   From The Major News Sources »   Migrants decide to walk to Austria from Budapest chanting "We want buses...
» Migrants Continue to Pour Into Austria, Germany
06/09/15 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Thousands of migrants were still streaming across Hungary’s border with Austria on Sunday morning, more than 24 hours after German and Austrian authorities accepted one of the largest ...
» Some 8,000 Migrants Reach Germany After Ordeal
06/09/15 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Thousands of refugees are given food, drink and accommodation after completing exhausting journeys from Syria.
» Refugees escorted to Hungarian transit camp by police – video
06/09/15 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Men, women and children who have recently crossed the border into Hungary from Serbia are escorted to a new transit camp near the town of Röszke on Sunday. Groups of riot...
» Migration crisis tears at EU's cohesion and tarnishes its image - Economic Times
06/09/15 11:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Guardian Migration crisis tears at EU's cohesion and tarnishes its image Economic Times BRUSSELS: Deep divisions over how to cope with a flood of migrants from the Middle East, Afr...
» Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey calls for Britain to 'crush' Isis ... - Daily Mail
06/09/15 11:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Daily Mail Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey calls for Britain to 'crush' Isis ... Daily Mail Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has called on Britain to 'crush' ISIS ...
» Thousands of Migrants Streaming Into Germany, Austria
06/09/15 11:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Germany and Austria are welcoming thousands of migrants within their borders Sunday. Most of the migrants have opted to seek refuge in Germany -- Europe's wealthiest country -- where an e...
» Refugees Flee Across Turkish Border
06/09/15 11:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 00:24 As Syrian refugees travel by the masses into Europe, they continue to stream out of the technically closed land border with Turkey. VOA’s Heath...
» U.S. voices concern to Russia over latest military moves in Syria
06/09/15 11:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry told his Russian counterpart on Saturday the United States was deeply concerned about reports that Moscow was moving toward a major...
» Two Turkish policemen killed by PKK in Diyarbakir
06/09/15 11:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) - Two policeman were killed and three others injured in predominantly Kurdish eastern Turkey's largest city when Kurdish militants clashed with security forces ear...
» Poland may buy submarines with other NATO members: minister
06/09/15 11:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland may join forces with other NATO members such as Norway or the Netherlands to buy submarines in a bid to cut costs, instead of buying them alone, deputy defens...
» Kerry Tells Lavrov U.S. Concerned Over Reports Of Russian Military Move In Syria
06/09/15 11:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed concern over reports of "an “an imminent Russian military buildup" buildup” in Syria in a September 5 telephone conversat...
» Pope Francis Is Coming to America After Avoiding It for 78 Years
06/09/15 11:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Unlike predecessors who traveled to the United States before rising to the papacy, Pope Francis has waited until age 78 to visit the country that thinks of itself as the center of everything.
» Migrants decide to walk to Austria from Budapest chanting "We want buses"
06/09/15 11:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from itnnews's YouTube Videos. From: itnnews Duration: 01:43 Migrants chant "We want bus!" as they walk along a road towards Austria, while another thousand cross into Hungary from Serbia. Report by Jennife...
» Is Iraq too broke to fight ISIS?
06/09/15 10:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Iraq’s ability to fight Islamic State extremists who control roughly a third of the country is hampered by a financial crisis that’s left the Baghdad government operating “hand to mouth,R...
» ISIS or Kurdish rebels: Who is Turkey really fighting?
06/09/15 10:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Lina Khatib is director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Previously, she was the co-founding head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Develop...
» Former military officials fear surge of cash, weaponry to Iran
06/09/15 10:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A group of retired military officials warn the United States will have a difficult time maintaining stability in the Middle East once the Iran nuclear deal goes into effect. While the administration has sough...
» Obama Iran Deal: Kill It
06/09/15 10:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The review process under the Corker law never began — by the law’s own terms. T o undermine President Obama’s atrocious Iran deal despite the Republican-controlled Congress’s irrespons...
» Iran Has Controlled Iraq For Years. Now It May Be Pushed Out.
06/09/15 10:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Credit: Haidar Hamdani/Getty Images Iraqi men take part in a demonstration to show their support for the call to arms by Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in the central Shiite Muslim shrine city ...
» Press Digest: How realistic are Putin’s aims to forge close ties with Egypt?
06/09/15 10:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia Beyond The Headlines. Will Egypt become new Ukraine for Russia? During his meeting with Egyptian leader Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, in Moscow on Aug. 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin sai...
» Vladimir Putin’s Soviet Dream by Shlomo Ben-Ami
06/09/15 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Project Syndicate RSS-Feed. MADRID – The recent nuclear deal concluded by six major world powers and Iran represented a triumph of multilateralism. If those same powers – the five permanent UN ...
» The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
06/09/15 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Lawfare. On Tuesday, we celebrated Lawfare’s 5th birthday, and in traditional fashion , we observed the day with a cake for the handmaidens of power. In all seriousness, we’d like to extend a v...
» Russia’s turn to China: A gap between rhetoric and reality
06/09/15 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Julia Smirnova September 6 at 7:00 AM Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping share a love of military parades. Both Russian and Chinese presidents appreciate the symbolic meaning of tanks and missiles rol...
» 5 Growing Cyber-Security Epicenters Around the World
06/09/15 10:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The recent hack of Ashley Madison reminds us just how vulnerable society is to cyber attacks. Big companies such as  Target , Home Depot , Michaels , P.F. Chang’s  and JP Morgan fell victim to...
» China and Russia Sharing Stolen Data to Identify U.S. Assets
06/09/15 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart News. According to U.S. officials cited by the  L.A. Times ,  China and Russia are cross-indexing the mountain of data stolen in the Office of Personnel Management hack earlie...
» Iran Deal Is Bad. Pass It and Prepare for War
06/09/15 10:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart News. In an op-ed in the  Los Angeles Times  on Friday, Panetta, a Californian who also served as head of the CIA, says that “the Iran deal provides the United States with an...
» Is this evidence Obama is building his own military unit?
06/09/15 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Accuracy In Media. Home » Guest Columns » Disturbing: Is this evidence Obama is building his own military unit? Disturbing: Is this evidence Obama is building his own military unit? Lt. Col. (Ret...
» Obama has destroyed the Democrats
06/09/15 10:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . LeRoy Goldman, GUEST COLUMNIST 12:41 p.m. EDT September 4, 2015 Leroy Goldman (Photo: Courtesy photo) By the time a president reaches the last couple of years in office, his attention inevitably turns to his ...
» The real reason Donald Trump is so rich
06/09/15 10:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in next year's presidential primary, has been pitching voters on his experience in business. "I'm running for office in a country that's essentially bankrupt, and...
» russians in syria - Google Search
06/09/15 10:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . US voices concern to Russia over latest military moves in Syria Reuters - 20 hours ago The State Department pointed to media accounts suggesting an "imminent enhanced Russian military build-up" in Syria . "Th...
» Exposing Russia’s Secret Army in Syria - The Daily Beast
06/09/15 09:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast Russian military officers are now in Damascus and meeting regularly with Iranian and Syrian counterparts, according to a source with close contacts in the Bashar al-Assad...
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» Barney Frank: Email issue lingers, but it will fade - Press Herald
06/09/15 07:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from house judiciary committee - Google News. GovExec.com Barney Frank: Email issue lingers, but it will fade Press Herald As a member of the House Judiciary Committee in 1998, I had the chance to question Kenn...
» The World’s Iran Problem
06/09/15 07:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Ilan Berman’s new book refutes the claim that Iran is entertaining an enlightened rapprochement with the rest of the world. His central argument is simple: Iran’s nature—a revolutio...
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» Russian town besieged by hungry bears
05/09/15 20:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Shortages of nuts and berries have driven animals into towns to search for food, roaming the streets and scaring residents Dozens of hungry bears have besieged a small town in Russia...
» Snowden: Russia 'wrong' to limit rights - The Hill (blog)
05/09/15 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Daily Star Snowden: Russia 'wrong' to limit rights The Hill (blog) "It's wrong in Russia , and it would be wrong anywhere,” Snowden said, according to The Express Tribune. Sn...
» Snowden criticises Russia for approach to internet and homosexuality - The Guardian
05/09/15 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Snowden criticises Russia for approach to internet and homosexuality The Guardian The 32-year-old was accepting the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Express...
» Russia 'is building military base in Syria' - Telegraph.co.uk
05/09/15 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Russia 'is building military base in Syria' Telegraph.co.uk It leaves the US and Russia implacably opposed in their visions for Syria. President Barack Obama and King ...
» Edward Snowden attacks Russia rights curbs in award acceptance speech - ABC Online
05/09/15 20:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. ABC Online Edward Snowden attacks Russia rights curbs in award acceptance speech ABC Online "It's wrong in Russia , and it would be wrong anywhere," said Snowden, 32, who sought asylu...
» Friendship Between Putin and Xi Becomes Strained as Economies Falter
05/09/15 20:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Russia. Slowdowns in Russia and China have put energy deals between the countries in question, affecting the once-vaunted relationship between the two leaders.
» Can the Chinese Dragon Save the Russian Bear?
05/09/15 20:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Institute of Modern Russia. Can the Chinese Dragon Save the Russian Bear? 01 September 2015 Cyrus Newlin, Ezekiel Pfeifer As Vladimir Putin heads to Beijing this week to meet with his Chinese counterpart, ...
» Russia’s Military Is a Paper Tiger in the Baltic
05/09/15 20:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - Institute of Modern Russia. The Kremlin’s aggressive tactics in Ukraine have caused experts and Western military leaders to sound the alarm over the threat Russia poses toward the NATO member states...
» 3,464,9693,464,9692015-09-05NEWS: The World and Security Review
05/09/15 20:13 from Mike Nova - Google+
3,464,969 3,464,969 2015-09-05 NEWS: The World and Security Review 2015-09-05 » 2000 Cases May Be Overturned Because of Unlawful Police and Prosecutor Collusion - Truthdig 05/09/15 14:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks Mike Nova's Shar...
» Russia in Review
05/09/15 20:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - The US-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism. August 28, 2015 Russia in Review: a digest of useful news from U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent...
» Pomp and Power at China Military Parade | The New York Times
05/09/15 20:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheNewYorkTimes's YouTube Videos. From: TheNewYorkTimes Duration: 02:13 In Beijing, 12,000 troops staged a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Grab the embed code for this v...
» Troops May Be Needed In Syria - Senior MP
05/09/15 20:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. A man carries a girl reacting at a site hit by what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on...
» Deputies: Man Hacked to Death With Machete in Home Invasion
05/09/15 20:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Deputies: Man hacked to death with machete in home invasion; 3 men seen running from scene
» Man Threatening Suicide Shot by Police Officers
05/09/15 19:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Chief: Man threatening suicide shot by police after pointing gun at officers
» Syria crisis: US concern over Russia 'military build-up'
05/09/15 19:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed concern to Moscow over reports of Russian military build-up in Syria, the state department says. US media reports said Russia has sent advise...
» US concerned by Russia's Syria moves
05/09/15 19:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. The US Secretary of State John Kerry voices concern to Moscow amid reports of a Russian military build-up in Syria in support of President Assad's forces.
» Woman impregnated by mistake with black man's sperm loses court case
05/09/15 19:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Judge in Illinois dismisses woman's claim against a sperm bank for wrongful birth and breach of warranty
» Russian pivot from West to China stunted as Beijing economy cools - Los Angeles Times
05/09/15 19:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Los Angeles Times Russian pivot from West to China stunted as Beijing economy cools Los Angeles Times But when Putin paid a return visit to Beijing on Wednesday and Thursday to...
» Secret cellphone tracking device used by police stings civil libertarians - Kansas City Star
05/09/15 19:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi aclu report - Google News. Kansas City Star Secret cellphone tracking device used by police stings civil libertarians Kansas City Star For more than two hours, Kansas City police frantically searched f...
» Russia’s pivot from West to China stalled as Beijing’s economy cools
05/09/15 19:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes News. When China’s president attended Moscow’s celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II in May, Russian President Vladimir Putin cast his nati...
» The Narcissist in Chief - The New York Times
05/09/15 17:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WITH the presidential campaign in full swing, a perennial question has resurfaced: How much weight should voters give to candidates’ personalities? The political rise of Donald J. Trump has drawn attent...
» UK minister: To solve migrant crisis, Assad, IS must be crushed
05/09/15 16:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Times of Israel. The British finance minister on Saturday said resolving the migrants crisis in Europe would necessitate dealing with the “evil” Assad regime in Syria and with the brutal te...
» John Kerry: Russian build up in Syria 'could further escalate conflict'
05/09/15 16:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday expressed U.S. concern over reports of Russia's increasing military build-up in Syria in a phone call with Russian Forei...
» US Warns Russia Over Military Support for Assad - New York Times
05/09/15 16:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. New York Times US Warns Russia Over Military Support for Assad New York Times WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry told his Russian counterpart on Saturday that the Unite...
» Feinstein Slams New Book by Former CIA officials - Newsweek
05/09/15 16:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. Newsweek Feinstein Slams New Book by Former CIA officials Newsweek Senator Dianne Feinstein says a new book "doesn't lay a glove" on the conclusions of a panel she chaired that examined ...
» Kerry warns Lavrov against Russian military buildup in Syria
05/09/15 16:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. September 5, 2015, 10:13 PM (IDT) Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday expressed US concern over reports of Russia’s increasing military build-up in Syria in a phone ca...
» Pressure Builds on Netanyahu To End Battle With Obama
05/09/15 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Voices are clamoring for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move beyond self-defeating battles with the White House             
» Who is Qassem Suleimani, the man who stumped Trump?
05/09/15 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes News. The once-reclusive commander of Tehran’s legendary intelligence gathering and covert war operations across the Middle East and South Asia has lately emerged as a major figure ...
» First waves of migrants reach Austria; thousands more gather in Hungary
05/09/15 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe. With no more buses provided, asylum-seekers set out on foot from Budapest for 100-mile trek to border.
» Vast, Stubborn California Fire Grows Overnight - New York Times
05/09/15 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News Vast, Stubborn California Fire Grows Overnight New York Times FRESNO, Calif. — A vast and stubborn wildfire that has proven California's biggest this year was expected t...
» How Hillary Clinton's struggles are letting the GOP sprint to the right - Washington Post
05/09/15 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. ABC News CNN How Hillary Clinton's struggles are letting the GOP sprint to the right Washington Post Nine months ago, in New Hampshire, I checked in with some state legislator so...

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