Month: January 2020

Qassem Soleimani was responsible for the deaths of more Americans than any terrorist leader since Osama Bin Laden. No one should mourn his death. In Iran, however, and certainly without moral equivalence, he was a revered figure like former U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, a man who advocated for the troops and was not afraid…

The website for the United States Selected Service crashed Friday morning, the Selected Service tweeted, seemingly amid fears of a possible armed conflict with Iran. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran — which have been growing for over a year now — sharply spiked Friday morning when the U.S. assassinated Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the…

After a U.S. airstrike killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds military force, in Baghdad on Thursday, Iran vowed “crushing revenge” against all responsible. Now, with #NoWarinIran, #TrumpsWar and #WorldWarIII trending on Twitter, users are looking into the draft — and how the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) could play into their…

Associated Press Federal Reserve policymakers saw fewer risks to the economy at the end of 2019. They predicted there would be little to no need to adjust interest rate levels anytime soon.  But the central bank has also pointed to a bruising trade dispute between the US and China, which has weighed on business investment…

CAIRO (AP) — An airstrike slammed into a military academy in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, on Saturday, killing at least 16 people, most of them students, health authorities said. Malek Merset, a spokesman with the Tripoli-based health ministry, told The Associated Press that the airstrike took place in the capital’s Hadaba area, just south of the…

Paris (AFP) – Turkey’s decision to approve the deployment of troops to Libya risks plunging the North African nation deeper into a Syrian-style proxy war between regional powers including Russia, experts warn. Libya has been mired in conflict since a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with rival administrations in the east and…

CAIRO (AP) — The death toll from an airstrike that slammed into a military facility in Libya’s capital climbed to at least 30 people, most of them military trainees, health authorities said Sunday, as fighting over control of Tripoli between rival armed groups escalated. Eastern Libyan forces led by Gen. Khalifa Hifter launched an offensive…

From Popular Mechanics In 2002, the Pentagon ran a free-form exercise code-named Millennium Challenge. The exercise was designed to test U.S. tactics against a modern foe based on Iran. The “Red Team,” led by a retired Marine Corps general, repeatedly beat U.S. forces by using unorthodox tactics. As the world reacts to U.S. military’s killing…

By John Mair and Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian authorities began assessing the damage on Sunday from heatwave-spurred bushfires that swept through two states a day earlier, as cooler conditions provided a temporary respite from blazes that have scarred the country’s east coast for weeks. Light rain and cooler temperatures in the southeast of…

Two people died on Saturday as Australia braced for one of the worst days in its wildfire crisis, with strong winds and high temperatures forecast to bring flames to more populated areas, including the suburbs of Sydney. Gladys Berejiklian, the premier of New South Wales, said her state is facing “another terrible day” and called on…