The issue of government surveillance was one of the key issues discussed at the Republican debate in Las Vegas. While Donald Trump wants to close parts of the internet, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio were at odds as to how far the NSA should be allowed to go. Cruz was adamant he did the right thing in supporting a vote in the Senate to implement the USA Freedom Act, to end “the federal government’s... 

Russia may impose additional sanctions against Turkey that may affect the hospitality industry, woodworking, pilot training, as well as all government orders. In fact, it goes about the move to stop the imports of works and services. Russian legal entities will not be allowed to enter into contracts with relevant Turkish counterparts, RT reports. According to the Kommersant newspaper, the Ministry... 

Amid the nation’s terrorism fears, President Barack Obama’s approval rating has plummeted to nearly a record low. It now stands at 43 percent, as seven in 10 Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to a recent poll. The survey, conducted by the NBC/WSJ earlier in December, has revealed a 2 percentage point drop in Obama’s job approval since late October... 

Right-wing populist Geert Wilders has been named Dutch Politician of the Year for the third time. The anti-immigration and anti-Islam MP likens the Koran to Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ and wants to close national borders to stop an “Islamic invasion.” Never before has a politician won the award on three occasions. The Dutch Politician of the Year award is nominated annually by EenVandaag,... 

Australia’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday confirmed to UK broadcaster BBC that its warplane was conducting what it described as a routine patrol mission over disputed islands claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea. The confirmation was made after the BBC intercepted a message that Australia’s P-3 Orion maritime surveillance aircraft, flying over the contested land, transmitted to the Chinese... 

Muslim Congressman Andre Carson (D-Ind.) told ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos that white supremacists represent a bigger threat than Islamic terrorists. “I just saw a report where the white supremacist group Stormfront — this has been a call to action, the rhetoric that we’re seeing. It concerns me,”Carson told Stephanopoulos. “I think that most of our largest domestic threat... 

One of the world’s top visionaries, Elon Musk, sees World War III as a possible potential threat to his plans of colonizing the red planet. In a recent lengthy interview, the man behind Paypal, Tesla and SpaceX has confessed that he feels another World War is more real than it may seem. “You know, in 1912 they were proclaiming a new age of peace and prosperity, saying that it was a golden age,... 

Russia has a number of advantages that can ensure the country’s military forces will succeed in a hypothetical armed conflict, if it ever happens, American columnist Loren Thompson claims. As the tension between the world powers appear to escalate, stories suggesting how the hypothetical conflict between Russia and the NATO bloc would unfold are increasingly more common in various media outlets.... 

Czech President Milos Zeman has allegedly slammed the idea of Turkey joining the EU, stressing that Ankara appears to act as if it was an ally of Daesh (the Islamic state) militant group rather than that of western powers. The remarks by the Czech leader were made at the end of his visit to the country’s north Bohemia region, where Zeman reportedly condemned EU authorities’ decision to provide... 

Russian President Putin spoke at an extended session of the Defense Ministry Board of the Russian Federation on December 11. Putin spoke about Russia’s strategy to defend national security interests, about the support for Russian military men who take part in operations outside Russia, about the struggle against terrorists in Syria and against international terrorism on the whole. About the... 

Thousands of Iraqis across the country protested against the deployment of Turkey’s troops to a base near the northern city of Mosul, held by Islamic State militants. Protesters chanted anti-Turkish slogans and burned and trampled on Turkish flags. At least 4000 people joined in with the rally at Tahrir Square in Bagdad. They called on Ankara to immediately withdraw its forces from Iraq calling... 

Italy blocked the automatic EU sanctions extension against Russia. Why has namely Italy taken this initiative? Who can’t Italy share Libya with? And what does Renzi expect to obtain instead? – Pravda.Ru conducted an interview with Fabrizio Bertot, a well-known Italian politician, former Member of the European Parliament. – Why has namely Italy gone the length of this initiative? –... 

France is set to vote in the second round of regional elections on Sunday, December 13, inclined to be a challenge for the far-right National Front (FN) party to repeat its historic success notched up in the first electoral tour. The second round is held if no party gets at least 50 percent of the vote in the first electoral stage. The political faction that grips an absolute majority of votes automatically... 

A Russian missile submarine has successfully test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), dubbed the “Sineva” in the Barents Sea in the latest of a series of tests of the country’s nuclear weapons arsenal, the Defense Ministry said. “Today, the crew of Captain Dmitry Zelikov on the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Verkhoturye (NATO: Delta IV) of the Northern Fleet made... 

The co-chairman of the Colorado Springs American Civil Liberties has resigned after being criticized for a Facebook post that said to supporters of Donald Trump: “If you are voting for him, I will have to shoot you before election day.” The Daily Caller drew attention to the posts on Loring Wirbel’s Facebook account this week. The ACLU of Colorado tweeted Friday that it “has accepted Loring...