Month: January 2020

Key point: Drones suddenly offer a cheap way to conduct reconnaissance and, as the Saudi strikes just demonstrated, to actually attack U.S. allies in what is otherwise a very asymmetric air environment. Last week’s surprise drone attack on a Saudi Arabian oil field has kicked up a significant debate on whether this is the future of…

Russia is planning to “use the advantages” of warmer temperatures brought about by climate change, according to a document published by the government at the weekend. The report notes increased opportunities for navigation and trade as ice melts in the Arctic, an area where Russia has also boosted its military presence in recent years. The…

Charlaine Houston Alabama police announced they found the body of a 29-year-old woman who had sent a worrying message to a coworker before disappearing last month, CNN reported Friday. Paighton Houston had texted a coworker on December 20, saying she might be in trouble. She was last seen at a Birmingham bar leaving with two…

(Bloomberg) — Elizabeth Warren said Saturday that a big change in the U.S. health-care system would make a lot of people “uneasy,” emphasizing she wouldn’t immediately push a full Medicare for All plan until people have three years to try it. At a town hall in Manchester, Iowa, one voter asked Warren why her Medicare…

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) – Antipodean actor Russell Crowe almost stole the show with his absence from the Golden Globe awards on Sunday – using his best actor win to send a message on climate change’s role in devastating Australian bushfires. Several actresses at the ceremony also drew attention to the crisis Down Under, where…

SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images Australia’s devastating fires have reached an unprecedented peak in the first few days of January, according to multiple reports.  Photos from Australia’s New South Wales state taken Sunday show shocking red skies blanketing communities with an eery, thick fog.  Visit Insider.com for more stories. The devastating bushfires in Australia that…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkish military units had started moving to Libya to support Fayez al-Serraj’s internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), based in Tripoli. Turkey’s parliament approved a bill on Thursday that allows for the deployment of troops in Libya to protect Ankara’s interests in North Africa and…

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will send military experts and technical teams to support Libya’s internationally recognized government, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday, a day after President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish military units were moving to Tripoli. Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj’s Government of National Accord asked for Turkish…

Tripoli (AFP) – At least 30 people were killed in an air strike on a military school in Libya’s capital, a spokesman for the health ministry said Sunday citing a new toll. Thirty three others were wounded in Saturday’s air raid on the military school of Tripoli, Amin al-Hashemi, spokesman for the health ministry of…

The Trump administration is knowingly putting vulnerable children in harm’s way. Disturbing reports from the border are revealing the human consequences of the administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, which forces children and families seeking asylum in the United States to wait for their court hearings in Mexican border towns — some of the most dangerous places…