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NATO eyes stepping up Black Sea forces

( May 2nd, 2016) As concerns grow about Russian revanchism, three NATO members --- Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania -- may help expand NATO’s presence in and around the Black Sea. Russia has major forces there, including in Ukraine’s Crimea, which Russian President...

Pentagon starts ‘cyberbombing’ ISIS

( May 2nd, 2016) The Pentagon's Cyber Command has started a new online campaign against ISIS to disrupt its operations by sowing mistrust and confusion among the leaders of the Islamic terrorist group and in so doing disrupt their military operations. Technewsworld...

U.S. military challenges nations seeking to restrict navigation rights

( May 2nd, 2016) A U.S. Defense Department report says that the U.S. military conducted "freedom of navigation" operations against 13 countries last year, including several to challenge China's claims in the South and East China seas. Chinese expansion in those seas...

Is Belgium’s Interior Minister Copying Trump?

( May 2nd, 2016) Interior Minister Jan Jambon arrived for a meeting between the prime minister, a delegation of the victims of the Brussels attacks and the organizers of a march against terrorism and hate in the Brussels city center Sunday. “A significant part of the...

Google says its site is ‘partially dangerous’

( April 25th, 2016) This news is not confidence-building, especially because Google is so huge and pervasive. Using paper, old-fashioned typewriters, land-line telephones and libraries with books looks increasingly attractive…. The company says that Google.com is a...

U.S. officials’ requests for Apple user data rises

(April 25th, 2016) Apple has released figures indicating that U.S. authorities asked for user data from Apple accounts 1,015 times during the second half of 2015. The requests pertain to information on such services as iMessages, e-mails, photos and device backups....