Author: Travis Allen

State-run media in Iran released footage which purported to show the successful test fire of a new medium-range ballistic missile shortly after making its debut in public during a military parade in Tehran. The missile, called the Khorramshahr, bears similarities to a North Korean ballistic missile called the Musudan, and is said to be able […]

A video was posted on social media Friday afternoon that appears to show a deadly use of force encounter between a police officer and an unidentified man in Orange County, California. It is perhaps the most clear footage of a police killing that has ever been circulated in the public. Based off the reactions on […]

A tabloid in the UK posted an inflammatory article this morning, claiming that they had purchased a “jihadi bomb kit” like the one used in the Manchester Arena terrorist attack off of Amazon for only £95 ($128), with no “security check” or “warning to the authorities” that the purchase was made. People may recall that […]

In a speech to introduce a new report on reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko lamented that infantry officers and aviators have been responsible for teaching Afghans on how to conduct local police work. He specifically mentioned how one army officer interviewed for the report admitted to watching television […]

An Iranian government-backed hacking group has been targeting American and other international businesses over the last few years, according to a report released by private cyber security researchers at FireEye. The hackers, dubbed APT33 by the security research firm, appear to be engaged in a form of industrial cyber espionage on regional and strategic competitors […]

Turkish state-run media outlet Anadolu tweeted an image on Wednesday showcasing a Russian-made missile defense system recently acquired by Turkey as capable of shooting down a wide variety of American aircraft. The Turkish government made headlines earlier this month after finalizing the weapons deal with Russia. The S-400 missile defense system fires surface-to-air missiles that […]

Twitter has suspended nearly one million user accounts for promoting terrorist violence over the course of the last two years, the company reported on Tuesday. In its bi-annual transparency report Twitter reported that its own internal control measures had eliminated 75% of the terrorist accounts before they had even posted a single tweet. The company said […]

A surge in migrant crossings into Canada from the United States has the Canadian government looking to proactive solutions to stem the steadily rising numbers of asylum seekers in their country. Thousands of migrants, mostly Haitians, have been crossing the U.S.-Canada border with relative impunity since the start of this year. Perhaps not surprisingly, the […]

In a historic first, the United States military announced the opening of a permanent U.S. base inside Israel on Monday. The American base will be manned by U.S. Air Force personnel, and will be focused on air defense. The base is located within an existing Israeli military base in the Negev desert in southern Israel. […]

Amid the ongoing crisis with Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim population, de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi issued a steadily defiant public address yesterday, effectively dismissing international claims of ethnic cleansing and other crimes on behalf of Myanmar’s military. Over 400,000 Muslims from Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya minority in Rakhine state have fled to neighboring Bangladesh, and […]

Students in Turkey begin school this week with a revamped curriculum courtesy of the Erdogan government, which removes the theory of evolution from biology courses, as well as teaches the concept of jihad as the ‘love of homeland.’ The new guidance also reduces the emphasis on Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, modern Turkey’s secularist founder who instituted […]

A full week after Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida, most of the state is beginning to recover from what was touted as a “nuclear bomb” of a hurricane by governor Scott Brown, and one that set records for maintaining continuous wind speeds of 185 miles per hour for 37 hours. After devastating a number […]