This is an escalation of tensions that have been rising since January, when nationalists started blocking rail traffic from parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts.

Political figure Khamis Khanjar said at least 3,500 civilians have been killed in the first month of the Iraqi offensive in western Mosul.

Anarchists are volunteering to fix potholes in lieu of the government, which continues to ignore...

This 1,000 troops is in addition to other recent deployments to Syria announced by the Pentagon, bringing the number of U.S. troops in Syria closer to 2,000.

Donald Trump will nominate another Goldman Sachs banker, James Donovan, for a key financial post as deputy Treasury secretary.

Polish authorities seek the arrest and extradition of Michael Karkoc, a 98-year-old U.S. citizen allegedly exposed as a former Nazi commander.

California is the first U.S. state to require Monsanto to label its blockbuster weed killer, Roundup, as a possible carcinogen.

Early last week, residents from Onoway, Alberta in Canada woke up to find that their tap water was fluorescent pink.

Russia’s Defense Ministry has issued a statement today denying that there are any Russian special forces deployed to Egypt. This was in response to yesterday’s US claims that this was the case, with at least one Egyptian official claiming 22 Russian troops were at a western airbase, apparently with an eye on aiding Libya’s National Army.

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