Back at home, the response to Obama’s position only feeds into the prevailing mood that he has not taken the ISIS terrorist group seriously. A CBS News survey finds that only 23 percent of Americans believe that the current ISIS military strategy is working, and a Gallup Poll published in Town Hall states that almost half the country backs boots on the ground.
Read MoreThe commission’s results state that the Moscow laboratory responsible for the maintenance of processed blood and urine samples has become decertified. The country will no longer have a running national anti-doping institution to test its own athletes.
Read MoreIn a foreign policy manifesto published in 2012, the Russian President clearly articulated his disdain for what he is now trying to gain support for. Regarding the United States and its allies, Putin wrote, “I just can’t understand where this militaristic itch comes from.”
Read MoreAccording to the British Home Office, charges could be brought forward “that will depend on the nature of the conflict and the individual’s own activities.” Another determinant of charges is the YPG’s connection to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is deemed a terrorist organization by the United States.
Read MoreThe renewed conflict between the Turkish government and the PKK has been a backdrop to increasingly turbulent political games in Ankara, as well as Turkey’s battle with the self-proclaimed Islamic State along southern border with Syria.
Read MoreContinuing efforts to boost economic ties with North Korea, China recently opened a high-speed railway network to the North Korean border. Beijing now “increasingly feels like North Korea is more of a liability than an opportunity.”
Read MoreAccording to the Guardian, Thai police have had to trace the suspect’s movements before and after the blast by utilizing their imagination, since 75 percent of security cameras along the suspect’s getaway route were broken.
Read More“If not for the Russian unity, the powerful will of Crimea population to live in Russia, there would have never been the reconciliation,” said Russian Public Chamber Deputy Sergei Markov.
Read MoreOn February 27, an unidentified attacker in a vehicle shot former Russian Deputy Prime Minister and prominent opposition leader Boris Nemtsov as he crossed a bridge, within the immediate vicinity of the Kremlin.
Read MoreAs President Obama’s sixth year in office comes to a close, the personal vow to end the war in Afghanistan conflicts with the explicit timetable set forth by the White House.
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