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Cohen: Collapse of the E.U. would be a catastrophe

  Roger Cohen warns in The New York Times of the perils that lie just ahead with what he sees as the terrifying possibility that the European Union could collapse if the United Kingdom decides to leave the E.U. Mr. Cohen implied that would make Russian President...

West tries to deal with returning jihadis

West tries to deal with returning jihadis

(June 13th, 2016) As the Islamic State continues to suffer more and more losses of territory and fighters, growing numbers of Western jihadis are trying to quit the ISIS and go back home. But Western security officials have a difficult time in ascertaining who might...

U.S. warship’s entry into Black Sea irritates Russia

U.S. warship’s entry into Black Sea irritates Russia

(June 13th, 2016) Tensions between NATO and Russia, already high, have gone a bit higher with the vaguely threatening remarks by the Russian Foreign Ministry that Russian leader Vladimir Putin would respond to a U.S. Navy destroyer’s entry into the Black Sea with...

Chinese government uses fake social-media posts to distract public

Chinese government uses fake social-media posts to distract public

(June 13th, 2016) A fascinating article in The Harvard Gazette tells how the Chinese government “fakes 448 million social-media posts a year in a strategy that seeks to create the appearance of ‘viral’ outbursts of Web activity, according to a new study by Harvard...

2 Israelis charged with huge hacking and fraud scheme

2 Israelis charged with huge hacking and fraud scheme

(June 13th, 2016) Two Israeli citizens pleaded not guilty on June 9 to charges of running a massive computer hacking and fraud scheme that generated hundreds of millions of dollars of illegal profit, Reuters reported. Gery Shalon and Ziv Orenstein entered their pleas...

Libyan troops seem on  verge of defeating ISIS

Libyan troops seem on verge of defeating ISIS

(June 13th, 2016) Military forces of the Libyan government claimed that they have reached the center of the coastal city of Sirte, the Islamic State’s key stronghold in Libya. That could mean that the fanatical group may have lost all the land it controlled in the...