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America pays more than a quarter of the total, and the top ten countries account for four-fifths between them.

United States Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson considered sharing the atomic bomb; in his plan to President Harry Truman. Secretary Stimson expressed a prophetic understanding of the global dynamics of what would soon become an international arms race for dominance of atomic and nuclear armament: The Cold War.  Secretary Stimson’s plan addressed the fundamental […]

Russia and China want countries neighboring Syria to inform the U.N. if they find any extremist group trying to get chemical weapons, warning that they may be used in Europe. Both countries sent a draft resolution through the Security Council Wednesday, saying terrorists are a “clear and present threat” to the continent. “We know that […]

Russia has accused Turkey of using three humanitarian organizations to funnel weapons and supplies to IS and other jihadist groups in Syria. Moscow also called for Turkey close the porous border to extremists. Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin on Friday sent a letter to the UN Security Council saying three Turkish humanitarian organizations were fronts […]

 The United Nations mediator, Staffan de Mistura, was satisfied enough with the results to convene a new round of indirect peace talks starting Monday, which opposition groups have agreed to attend. That is the day before the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, which morphed into civil war and then […]

At the end of the day, we all know who is going to foot the bill for so-called climate change reforms, and it certainly will not be the Chinese.

The market for pretty Russian women in the Middle East is strong.  I remember a wealthy Saudi man once told me that “Allah has no eyes in Bahrain.” or “الله لا عيون فى البحرين.”, he was referring to prostitution of course. It’s also no secret to anyone in the military who has served in Bahrain […]