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National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden speaks via video link during the Athens Democracy Forum, organised by the New York Times, at the National Library in Athens, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016.

Congress Indicates Snowden Remains in Contact With Russian Intel

The former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden apparently remains in touch with Russian intelligence services according to a bipartisan congressional report released on Thursday, according to CBS News. The inquiry focused on the 2013 leak of classified material concerning America's surveillance programs, concluding that Snowden did compromise national security

FILE- In this Tuesday, April. 14, 2015 file photo, young girls known as Chibok Ambassadors, carry placards bearing the names of the girls kidnapped from the government secondary school in Chibok, two years ago, during a demonstration, in Abuja, Nigeria.

Nigeria Negotiating Release For More Chibok Girls from Boko Haram

Nigerian authorities announced on Thursday that they're currently in negotiations to secure the release of some of the 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 from Chibok, according to Reuters. The President's spokesman said the Nigerian media reports saying the girls had been released by the Islamist militant group already were untrue."The negotiations are ongoing and the

Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama shaking hands at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan.

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Obama, Abe to Emphasize ‘Power of Reconciliation’ at Pearl Harbor Ceremony

Outgoing US President Barack Obama will accompany Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Pearl Harbor’s USS Arizona Memorial in the state of Hawaii when the two leaders meet on Tuesday, the White House announced in a press release. ...

NEW ORLEANS, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson meets with Transportation Security Officers and Jefferson Parish deputies involved in the recent attack at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, March 27, 2015

US Government Begins Asking For Foreign Travelers Social Media

On Thursday the Department of Homeland Security began requesting select foreign visitors provide social media accounts when arriving at the country in a new move to curb potential terrorism threats, according to Politico. Travelers arriving on the visa waiver program will now be given an "optional" request to "enter information associated with your online presence" including

"President Barack Obama learns about the results of the experimental Ebola vaccine which just completed Phase 1 clinical trials from Dr. Nancy Sullivan, Chief of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Vaccine Research Center's Biodefense Research Section.

VIDEO: New Ebola Vaccine Test Results Are Highly Effective

Final test results from an experimental Ebola vaccine were published on Thursday indicating it is highly effective, according to The Associated Press. The major milestone could be a turning point in preventing outbreaks like those that killed 11,300 in West Africa beginning in 2013 as this is the first vaccine that works. The World Health Organization led the study for the

Police officers put a "Road Closed" sign and a traffic cone back in place, after members of the British military marched past on The Mall towards Buckingham Palace in London, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016.

Two arrested in Germany over mall attack plot: Police

BERLIN: German authorities have arrested two brothers on suspicion of planning an attack on one of the country's biggest shopping centres, in the western city of Oberhausen, police said Friday. The two men, aged 28 and 31, are originally from Kosovo, police said, four days after a jihadist drove a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin killing 12 people. Investigators were

FILE - In this Sunday, April 24, 2016, file photo made from video posted online by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, Civil Defense workers run after airstrikes and shelling hit Aleppo, Syria.

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Syrian government takes full control of Aleppo after 4 years

By Zeina Karam, The Associated Press BEIRUT — The Syrian government took full control of Aleppo on Thursday for the first time in four years after the last opposition fighters and civilians were bused out of war-ravaged eastern districts, sealing the end of the rebellion’s most important stronghold. The evacuations ended a brutal chapter in Syria’s nearly six-year

File - In this Monday, May 23, 2016 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, looks on during a faction meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem

UN Security Council delays vote on Israeli settlements

UNITED NATIONS, United States: The UN Security Council on Thursday delayed a contentious vote on a draft resolution demanding that Israel halt settlements as President-elect Donald Trump weighed in and said the United States should veto the measure. Egypt requested that the vote be postponed, one day after submitting the draft text to the council, a move that triggered

Paris climate deal could save millions of fish, livelihoods

MIAMI: Many fish migrate or die when the water gets too hot, but millions could be saved if the world meets the global warming targets in the 2015 Paris accord, a study said Thursday. Fish are an important part of the food chain and a global industry worth $148 billion in exports each year worldwide. Findings in the US journal Science compare the scenarios of 1.5 degrees

Australia police: Christmas Day bomb plot foiled, 5 detained

Police in Australia have detained five men suspected of planning a series of Christmas Day bomb attacks in the heart of the country's second-largest city, officials said Friday. The suspects had been inspired by the Islamic State group and planned attacks on Melbourne's Flinders Street train station, neighboring Federation Square and St. Paul's Cathedral, Victoria state Police

Donald Trump delivers a speech on national security at the Union League

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Chinese media alarmed at Donald Trump trade adviser, warn of US showdown

Chinese state media on Friday expressed alarm and warned of a "showdown with the US" after President-elect Donald Trump named Peter Navarro, an economist who has urged a hard line against China, to head a new White House National Trade Council. Navarro is an academic and one-time investment adviser who has authored books such as "Death by China: How America Lost

Deutsche Bank to pay $7.2 billion to settle US subprime case

NEW YORK/FRANKFURT: Deutsche Bank has agreed to a $7.2 billion settlement with the US department of justice over its sale and pooling of toxic mortgage securities in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. The agreement in principle, announced by Deutsche Bank's Frankfurt headquarters early Friday morning, offers some relief to the German lender, whose stock was hit hard in

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a speech on national security at the Union League, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in Philadelphia.

Trump better partner for Syria deal than Obama: Russia

Russia is not in touch with the incoming U.S. administration over Syria, but Moscow sees Donald Trump as a better partner to negotiate with than Barack Obama, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Friday. ...

Syrians evacuated from the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo during the ceasefire arrive at a refugee camp in Rashidin, near Idlib, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016.

Former UK ambassador to Syria accuses Foreign Office of lying about the country's civil war

The ex-British Ambassador to Syria has accused the Foreign Office of lying over the

Italian police cordon off an area around a body after a shootout between police and a man in Milan's Sesto San Giovanni neighborhood, Italy, early Friday, Dec. 23, 2016.

Berlin truck attack suspect killed in Milan police shootout

ROME The Tunisian man suspected of driving a truck into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin was killed early Friday in a shootout with police in Milan, ending a Europe-wide manhunt, Italy's interior minister said. Checks conducted after the shootout showed "the person killed, without a shadow of a doubt, is Anis Amri, the suspect of the terrorist attack,"

An unnamed gunman gestures after shooting the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016.

Hands Across The Trenches – Time To Again Grasp 1914 Christmas Truce

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DArling With gun in hand and pacing around his victim yelling “Don‘t forget Syria! Don’t forget Aleppo,” 22-year Mevlut Mert Altintas, a Turkish police officer, had just killed Andrei Karlov, Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey. Moments later, he too found out those who live by the gun die by the gun, just like the ambassador and Aleppo, Syria.

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Premier Li avows firm adherence to "One Country, Two Systems"

The central government firmly adheres to the principle of "One Country, Two Systems" and supports the Hong Kong government and its chief to govern the city based on the Constitution and the Basic Law, Premier Li Keqiang told the city's chief Leung

An official looks through his binoculars at an Afriqiyah Airways plane from Libya stands on the tarmac at Malta's Luqa International airport, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016.

Libyan Hijackers Surrender In Malta; Passenger, Crew Freed

A short while ago, The Washington Post reported the two hijackers of a Libyan plane that was hijacked during a flight to Tripoli, Libya and diverted to the Mediterranean island of Malta surrendered after touching off an hours-long standoff that included the release of all passengers and crew. The hijackers had threatened to use hand grenades to blow up the Afriqiyah Airways

Riot police remove barricade used to block a road during a protests in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Tensions High in Congo on Last Day of Kabila’s Mandate

Today should have been Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila’s last day in office, when he would be handing over the reins to a newly elected president, marking the country’s first peaceful transition of power from one democratically elected leader to another. Instead, he shows no signs of leaving. The last-minute Catholic Church-mediated dialogue between

Video Shows Berlin Attacker Swearing Allegiance to ISIS

After the international manhunt for Tunisian Anis Amri ended in Milan earlier Friday with the attacker being shot by police, a video released by the Islamic State-linked news agency Amaq shows Amri swearing allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to The Washington Post. The video shows Amri speaking from the Berlin bridge just a short distance from the German chancellery

Nigeria: Boko Haram is crushed, forced out of last enclave

Chagos islanders plead for end to 50-year exile as UK-US deal rolls over

Congo mediators say no deal before Christmas, talks on hold

Citizen Dilma: Rousseff reflects on life after impeachment

Bernie Sanders urges Congress to stop Donald Trump launching nuclear arms race

Politicians are to blame for terrorist attacks by not eliminating ISIS

Demonetisation a short-term pain for long-term gain: PM Modi

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