The US Army has continued to shrink in size in recent years, leaving it poorly equipped to respond to international threats that have only grown, the president of the Association of the US Army said. In an editorial published Monday by Breaking Defense, retired General Gordon Sullivan said the Army is “confronted by turmoil abroad and hindered at home by politicians unable or unwilling to agree... 

Someone needs to explain the history of the Bush family to Donald Trump, says American writer and political analyst Mickey Z. The author of Occupy This Book and Occupy These Photos made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Sunday, after US presidential candidate Donald Trump denounced his Republican rival Jeb Bush as “a total embarrassment to both himself and his family.” In a series of... 

Moscow’s sanctions against Ankara over the downing of a Russian jet by Turkey are now affecting various sectors of the Turkish economy, including tourism, construction companies and food exports, a new report says. Russia’s relations with Turkey soured after the Turkish military shot down a Russian Sukhoi bomber plane on November 24, 2015. Ankara claimed that the warplane violated the Turkish... 

Statistics from Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection show that most immigrants from 2014-2015 came from India, with China coming in a close second. In total, around 50% to 60% of immigrants came from non-Western countries. Immigration statistics from just a few decades ago show that there has been a huge turn-around from when most immigrants came from Europe, and which has... 

Donald Trump dropped a zinger during a campaign stop in Biloxi, Mississippi on Saturday. He said Obama and Hillary created the Islamic State. “They’ve created ISIS. Hillary Clinton created ISIS with Obama — created with Obama,” Trump said. Trump: Iran Deal Was So Bad It’s Suspicious Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says the nuclear deal with Iran is so bad, he is close... 

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson received another blow in his bid for the White House after two of his top aides resigned. Carson’s campaign manager Barry Bennett and communications director Doug Watts stepped down just five weeks before the first contest for the Republican nomination in Iowa on February 1. On top of that another 20 staff members quit amid infighting, falling poll numbers,... 

In early December Hillary Clinton told ABC liberal hack and friend George Stephanopoulos she didn’t lie when she told the Benghazi families that the attack was in response to the film. She told “This Week” viewers she suffered from a military phenomenon know as the ‘fog of war’ A majority of Americans question her honesty. On New Year’s Day Donald Trump let Hillary have it. Trump responded... 

An Israeli poll has named Russian President Vladimir Putin as their person of the year for 2015. Putin was the clear winner with almost 30 percent of the vote, ahead of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in second place. The survey was carried out by the Jerusalem Post and its sister Hebrew-language publication Ma’ariv Sof Hashavua. It polled a total of 527 Jewish adults on Tuesday, while there was... 

A stunning report issued today by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) states that the Obama regime has “retreated into total panic” after one of its main Middle Eastern allies, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, openly praised the former Nazi Germany government of Adolph Hitler to the absolute horror and shock of the entire civilized world. According to this report, Erdogan, in defending... 

Billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump has received an endorsement from the daughter of silver screen legend John Wayne. In a letter posted by Trump to Facebook Wednesday, actress Aissa Wayne revealed she admired the real estate mogul for giving a voice to the American people and said she stands by him. “My dad, I am sure, would be very proud of Mr. Trump and the goal to Make America Great... 

China intends to beef up its maritime presence by building a second aircraft carrier. Beijing wants to exert its presence in the South China Sea, after complaining of “provocations” from the US, as well as defending its interests in the region. Little is known about China’s aircraft carrier program, however a spokesman for the Defense Ministry, Yang Yujun, said the ship had been designed in... 

The British government is considering ‘excluding’ Donald Trump from entering the country. The announcement came in response to a recent petition signed by 565,000 citizens calling for a Trump ban. The UK Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced that she “may exclude” those who are not “conducive to the public good”. A statement from the Home Office declared that “The Home Secretary may... 

Donald Trump said on Wednesday, “I know words, I have the best words. I have the best, but there is no better word than stupid.” Speaking at a campaign rally in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Trump claimed, “The world has blown up around Barack Obama.” Trump then mocked the idea that the State Department claiming that they brought peace to Syria suggesting, “So instead of saying they... 

Switzerland’s Chief of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General André Blattmann. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is reporting today that Switzerland’s Chief of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General André Blattmann, has requested that his government immediately approve an order for his nation to re-arm itself due to his fears of “hybrid wars” threatening the peace of the world and the growing global... 

The European Union is seemingly heading to dissolution, unraveling along ideological, national, tribal and historic lines, US conservative commentator Patrick Buchanan observes, asking whether the multiracial and multicultural United States will face similar fate. The European Union, overloaded with an economic recession, a refugee crisis, and growing secessionism, risks falling apart at the seams,...