What Has Mexico Learned From It's Drug Wars

Mexico's Drugs War: Lessons And Challenges -- BBC For the past five years, Mexico has been engaged in a bloody confrontation with drug g...

The 10 News Events That Shaped 2011

A protester clashes with the Interior Ministry in Tahrir Square, Egypt, in November. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters/File) Correspondent Reflect...

Picture Of The Day

The USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Pacific Ocean during a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility, Dec. 16, 2011....

Will 2012 Be A Repeat Of 1932?

Wall Street Crash 1929: Scenes outside the New York Stock Exchange on the day the stock market crashed may once again become a reality The S...

Al Qaeda Is Winning In Southern Yemen

Militants Create Haven In Southern Yemen -- Washington Post ZINJIBAR, Yemen — — In this remote, sun-blasted corner of southern Yemen, there’...

UAE Purchases A Missile Defense System From The U.S.

A THAAD missile test launch (file photo) US to Sell Missile Defense System to UAE -- Voice of America The United States and the United Arab ...

2011 Was A Tough Year For Everyone In Afghanistan

Click here to Expand the Above JPEG 565 Foreign Troops Killed In Afghan Unrest -- News.com.au FOREIGN troops fighting in Afghanistan continu...

2011 Year In Review: Top Photos From The White House Flickr Feed

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, along with former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, pause at ...

Slideshow: 2011 Year in Review From Military.com

SEALs Take Down Bin Laden In a late-night announcement from the White House, President Obama informed the world that Osama Bin Laden, the fo...

2011 Was A Banner Year For The CIA

2011: A Wild Ride For The CIA -- CNN The year has been a rollercoaster ride for the CIA–incredible highs coupled with significant lows. But ...

Looking Back At 2011: The Year In Pictures

( Click on Image to Enlarge ) Nearly 10 years after his organization masterminded the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, US forces found a...

State Of Emergency Declared In Nigeria

Nigeria President Declares State Of Emergency In Parts Of Country After Recent Sect Attacks -- Washington Post/AP ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s...

Iraq PM Announces Dec. 31 "National Day Of Iraq"

U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Forces Iraq, and Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph R. Allen case the command's flag during ...

Happy New Year

WNU Editor: I know that I am getting a bit ahead of myself .... especially with the above image (an image that I enjoy posting every year) ...

President Obama's Signs Defense Bill, Sanctons Against Iran, Detainee Law, And Criticizes Terror Rules

Obama Signs Defense Bill, Criticizes Terror Rules -- L.A. Times/AP Officials said Obama was only signing the measure because Congress made m...

Iran Signals A Desire To Reopen Nuclear Talks

Iran Proposes To Reopen Nuclear Talks -- The Guardian Islamic republic says it has notified UN of its intention to resume negotiations amid ...

The Amazing Story On How Our Supersecret, Cold-War Spy Satellites Took Photos Of The Soviet Empire

TOP SECRET: Your Briefing On The CIA's Cold-War Spy Satellite, 'Big Bird' -- The Atlantic The amazing story of how our supersecr...

U.S. Air Force Buys The Latest Version Of Armed Drones

An Avenger drone is seen here in flight. It was designed to carry 2,000-pound bombs, as well as missiles, cameras and sensor packages. (Chad...

The Growing Role Of Civilian Contractors In U.S. Drone Operations Are Raising Concerns

Personnel at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County last year control a Predator drone flying over Ft. Irwin, northeast of Barstow. (Don...

Make and keep New Year's gun rights resolutions

It truly is not that difficult, and it's also very personally satisfying. But to those who might not know where to begin, here are some ...

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 31, 2011

Russian Nuclear Submarine Fire ‘Totally Extinguished’ After Day-Long Blaze -- National Post/Reuters Russia said on Friday it had doused a ra...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- December 31, 2011

Over 560 ISAF troops die in Afghan war in 2011 -- Montreal Gazette/AFP KABUL — Foreign troops fighting in Afghanistan continue to pay a high...

World News Briefs -- December 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2011: Fireworks burst over the Sydney Opera House, right, as New Year's celebrations begin in Sydney. World Rings In 2012, Bids...

Fears Of A Muslim - Christian War Intensify In Nigeria

Nigerian Violence Threatens To Ignite Wider Muslim-Christian Conflict -- CNN (CNN) -- There are ominous signs in Nigeria that the campaign o...

Mossad Chief: It Is Not The End Of The World If Iran Has Nuclear Weapons

Tamir Pardo. Photo by: Moti Milrod Mossad Chief: Nuclear Iran Not Necessarily Existential Threat To Israel -- Haaretz Tamir Pardo says Israe...

Kim Jong Un Named ‘Supreme Commander’ Of The North Korean Military

New North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un Kim Jong-un Named Leader of North Korean Army -- New York Times SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea announc...

North Korea: Where Are Kim Jong-un's Brothers?

North Korea Drama: Where Are Kim Jong-un's Brothers? -- Christian Science Monitor Conspicuously absent from all images coming out of Nor...

Corruption Cannot Be Hidden Anymore

Corrupt Elites Are Being Named And Shamed – By The People -- The Telegraph Around the world, tyrants and thieving officials are running out ...

Al Qaeda Beach-Head In Libya?

Source: Al Qaeda Leader Sends Veteran Jihadists To Establish Presence In Libya -- CNN Al Qaeda's leadership has sent experienced jihadis...

Picture Of The Day

A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Calvary Division, takes flight, stirring up the snow as it pass...

Is This The New Trend On How Our Politicians Honor The Fallen?

Honoring the dead: The President prepares to lay a wreath in memory of those who died in the attacks during the Second World War in Hawaii R...

Getting Ready For Armageddon

Burlington, a command bunker buried under 100 feet of earth at Corsham, Wilts Photo: ALAMY 1961 Files: Codeword To Enter Secret Bunker At Th...

North Korea's Leaders May Hate America, But They Love Our Cars

The casket of Kim Jong-il, who hated the United States, sat atop an American-made Lincoln Continental. The next leader, Kim Jong-un, is at l...

First Day On The Job, And North Korea's New Ruler Is Now Threatening War

Kim Jong-Un Just Issued His First Threat Of War Against South Korea -- IBD Editorial Kim Jong-un, who was declared Supreme Leader of North K...

The Shape Of Things To Come?

Xinhua (More sections of China's own orbiting space station head up) More 'Change': China Plans Manned Moon Landings As U.S. Ren...

British Files Indicate Level Of Support For The Afghan Mujahideen In 1981

Moscow's forces pulled out of Afghanistan in 1989 after a decade of war Photo: REUTERS/Mikhail Evstafiev 1981 Files Hint At Afghan Secre...