Depositions in the House’s impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump resume on Tuesday, as investigators try to parse out whether Trump corruptly withheld military aid to Ukraine to force the U.S. ally to investigate one of his chief political...
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BAGHDAD, Oct 22 (Reuters) - U.S. forces that crossed into Iraq as part of a pull-out from Syria do not have permission to stay and can only be there in transit, the Iraqi military said on Tuesday.Read more...
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Many companies tout “military-grade encryption” to protect your data. If it’s good enough for the military, it must be the best—right? Well, kind of. “Military-grade encryption” is...
Israeli startup AdaSky plans to introduce a new type of sensor into the mix for driver-assist systems and self-driving cars. AdaSky's thermal imaging sensor relies on the heat radiated by people and objects.
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U.S. forces crossed into Iraq from northeastern Syria Monday, part of the broader withdrawal from the region that was ordered by President Donald Trump ahead of a Turkish incursion. Some analysts say the U.S. retreat from parts of Syria creates a...
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Utah Senator Mitt Romney called out White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney’s comments at a press conference last week that openly acknowledged a quid pro quo involving Ukrainian military aid as “of real concern” and “a real...
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During his appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Navy veteran and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg condemned President Donald Trump’s abrupt pullback of troops from Syria as a betrayal of both Kurdish allies and the US...
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The king of Thailand has stripped his royal consort of her titles less than three months after they was bestowed upon her.An announcement in the Royal Thai Government Gazette said Sineenat Bilaskalayani, 34, was stripped of all her titles and...
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“The Pentagon recently began drawing up plans for an abrupt withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan in case President Donald Trump surprises military leaders by ordering an immediate drawdown as he did in Syria,” NBC News...
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Others attempted to block the U.S. departure by standing in the streets with their hands up.
The two men were transferred to U.S. military custody in recent weeks.
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Two members of Iraq's security forces were killed and three wounded when Islamic State militants attacked checkpoints in the Allas oil fields area of the northern Salahuddin province on Monday, the military said in a statement.The Allas oil field,...
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President Donald Trump on Monday offered a confusing description of his foreign policy priorities as commander in chief — insisting that he was working to bring home American soldiers while warning the U.S. may soon enter into new military...
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Syrians angered at the U.S. betrayal of former Kurdish allies pelted military vehicles with stones and potatoes as U.S. forces left Syria for Iraq. Displaced civilians are also streaming across.
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Demonstrators in Chile continued their “pots and pans” protests Sunday following a week of unrest that saw hundreds arrested and the military patrolling the streets for the first time in decades.
A curfew and state of emergency are still...
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Thom HartmannKurdish activists wears a mask of the American president Donald Trump during demonstration against the ongoing Turkish military operation in the northeastern Syria on October 19,2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo: Paulo...
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As I write this at 5 p.m. ET, political Twitter is in the process of being scandalized by the latest jolt to U.S. foreign policy, this time supposedly delivered by Mike Pompeo. CNBC is normally a reputable news source so you can understand why this...
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A long time ago and in a galaxy far, far away, the distinguished military historian Richard Kohn described the state of civil-military relations during the Clinton administration in a way that gave license to his editors — who may have included...
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The Chinese military recently published a notice inviting researchers to devise a weapon that sounds like a sort of electromagnetic rail gun—which uses magnetism instead of gunpowder to fire shells—that several nations...
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The Russian military says two of its nuclear-capable bombers will visit South Africa in what appears to be the first-ever such deployment to the African continent.The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that sending the Tu-160 bombers is intended...
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