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South Korea tests cruise missile, detects radiation from North
South Korea said Wednesday it had conducted its first live-fire drill for an advanced air-launched cruise missile that would strengthen its pre-emptive strike capability against North Korea in the event of crisis.
ISIS Recruits Fighters for the Philippines Instead of Syria
A video released by ISIS asks would-be fighters to go to the Philippines instead of Syria and Iraq, the latest sign that the terror group is shifting its recruiting tactics as it loses ground to coalition forces in the Middle East.
London Deploys The ‘Talon’ To Thwart Car-Ramming Attacks
As a guard against car-ramming attacks, London’s Metropolitan Police have unveiled a new device that features spikes and netting intended to rapidly halt vehicles weighing up to 17 tons.
The Latest: NKorea rejects UN sanctions, says US will suffer
North Korea’s top envoy to a leading U.N. disarmament body says his country “categorically” rejects a U.N. Security Council resolution imposing new sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs.
16 years after 9/11: The state of the terrorist threat
Sixteen years after the 9/11 attacks, there is a fair amount of good news about the state of the battle against jihadist terrorists: The United States has not suffered a successful attack by a foreign terrorist organization since al Qaeda’s horrific attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
Hurricane Irma: Nearly half of Florida in the dark, Tampa takes pounding
Irma weakened to a Category 1 storm as the massive hurricane zeroed in on the Tampa Bay region early Monday after hammering much of Florida with roof-ripping winds, gushing floodwaters and widespread power outages.
North Korea threatens ‘pain and suffering’ ahead of UN sanctions vote
North Korea has warned the United States that it will pay a “due price” if harsh sanctions against the country are agreed at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Monday.
Iraq holding 1,400 foreign ‘ISIL wives, children’
Iraqi authorities are holding about 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected ISIL fighters in a camp after government forces expelled the group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid officials said.
North Korea celebrates nuclear tests
Fireworks blazed through the sky in North Korea’s capital Wednesday night as thousands of people attended a mass rally to celebrate the regime’s weekend nuclear test and rally speakers vowed to end “the destiny of the gangster-like U.S. imperialists.”
China’s Internet Crackdown Is Another Step Toward ‘Digital Totalitarian State’
Beijing is taking steps to isolate the Chinese internet from the outside world, while drastically stepping up digital surveillance of those within and cracking down on online anonymity.
