Israel's current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Former PM Ehud Olmert and the recently-resigned Kadima leader Tzipi Livni have joined the chorus of past and present senior Israeli politicians criticizing the government and its warmongering policy against Iran. ­Livni announced her resignation as leader of the centrist liberal Kadima party on Tuesday, saying in her speech that Netanyahu’s... 

Unprecedented drills cause consternation amongst conservatives. The Department of Defense has confirmed foreign media reports that Russian troops are set to target terrorists on Americans soil as part of an unprecedented joint drill with the United States which will take place in Colorado next month. As we reported, Airborne troops from Russia are set to take part in drills focused around targeting... 

Satellite imagery reveals an escalation in activity at North Korea’s Punggye-ri atomic site in possible preparation for a third nuclear test, experts say. However, there is no clear indication from the photos when the test may occur. ­The images from a US-based website highlight a chain of mining carts on piles of excavated soil. This coincides with South Korean intelligence reports at the beginning... 

North Korean poster North Korea said it will reduce South Korea’s government to ashes in a matter of minutes, should a military escalation of the decades-old conflict occur. ­The statement by the North’s military, carried by the state media, did not elaborate as to how exactly such an attack would be carried out. It mentions “special actions” that would “reduce all the rat-like groups and... 

Former national security advisor to the US President Barack Obama, retired Marine Corps Gen. James L. Jones. A former national security adviser to the US President Barack Obama says Washington has no reason to apologize to Israel for its handling of the Iranian nuclear energy program. “The Israelis have been given very very strong assurances about their security by the United States, and I don’t... 

A bizarre report prepared by the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation that is circulating in the Kremlin today on the joint US-Russia military drills taking place next month in the State of Colorado says that the plans received from the Americans call for Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) during this strange exercise to “take and hold” the Central Intelligence Agencies (CIA) main facility,... 

Egypt has canceled its natural gas supply deal with Israel, insisting the move has nothing to do with politics. Israel downplayed the decision, which could further deteriorate bilateral ties that have decayed markedly since the Egyptian revolution. Egypt’s Natural Gas Holding Company announced the termination of the contract on Sunday, citing violations of contractual obligations. It denied the... 

More than 1,000 South Sudanese soldiers have been killed in the disputed oil-rich Heglig, following a fresh bombing raid by Sudanese warplanes. Reports say the number of dead bodies is so high and it is difficult to give an accurate estimation. Kamal Marouf, the Sudanese armed forces commander put the number of deaths at 1200. “The numbers of killed from SPLM are 1,200,” AFP quoted Marouf... 

China will send 16 naval ships and two submarines to its first joint naval exercise with Russia, slated to start this weekend in the Yellow Sea, the Ministry of National Defense said on Tuesday. The drill, which Russian authorities said will involve warships cruising near Japanese waters, has rattled the nerves of media from Japan and South Korea. Japanese media speculated that the move is aimed at... 

A North Korean soldier stands guard in front of an Unha-3 rocket at Tangachai-ri space center on April 8, 2012 Seoul claims North Korea is assembling another heavy ballistic missile similar to the ill-fated one launched on April 13. ­Seoul’s assumptions are based on American space reconnaissance data. They say both rockets were delivered at the site simultaneously around March 23. One rocket was... 

“What if aliens were to make contact—do we have an E.T. contingency plan? Sort of. The U.S. government is not particularly interested in alien planning.” -Slate, If Mars Attacks, Do we have an alien-contact contingency plan?, July 16, 2010 A bizarre scenario played out in Australia Easter morning: while children hunted for Easter eggs and the faithful attended church Australia’s Channel Nine... 

India has test-launched its first long-range intercontinental ballistic missile, significantly upgrading the emerging Asian nation’s military capabilities. It has the capacity to target major Chinese cities and Europe. According to Indian media the missile was launched just after 8am local time from WheelerIsland off India’s east coast. It rose to an altitude of 600 kilometers and successfully... 

The Voronezh DM radar station, a part of the Aerospace Defense System, in the Kaliningrad region. A Russian missile defense radar could be placed in Transdniester in reply to US plans for a European AMD system, a newspaper reported as Russia’s special envoy Dmitry Rogozin began his first trip to the region. Nezavisimaya Gazeta quoted an unnamed source as saying that “Russia intends to maintain... 

Humiliating: North Korea, embarrassed by the failure of the much-hyped rocket launch, is now widely believed to be weighing undertaking its third nuclear test in order to show its military strength The United States will not go forward with planned food aid to North Korea, the White House said on Friday, after the impoverished nation’s unsuccessful launch of a long-range missile which Washington... 

North Korea has issued a threat to launch a rocket into space today, a move viewed by Americans as a potential ballistic missile test. During his East Asia trip, David Cameron sternly warned North Korea against proceeding with the rocket launch, emphasizing that it would violate UN resolutions. The North Korean government insists that the rocket is intended solely for placing a satellite in orbit...