Britain was considering the option of training a massive, 100,000-strong army in Turkey and Jordan to defeat President Bashar Assad, according to a plan drawn up by a leading British general. The invasion was later scrapped as too risky. The strategy, revealed by BBC Newsnight, involved Britain training a 100,000-strong rebel army in Jordan and Turkey over a 12-month period. The rebels would have... 

Israeli protesters hold posters of Jonathan Pollard who was convicted for spying on the US. The White House has said that there is “no change” in its position regarding Jonathan Pollard, a former American intelligence analyst who has been imprisoned for nearly three decades over spying for Israel. “There’s no change in our position on Pollard,” National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin... 

US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. After insisting that the government’s unprecedented capability to monitor communications must be assessed by an independent panel with regards to maintaining the trust of Americans, President Barack Obama has announced the formation of a new review group. A memo issued Monday by the White House said James Clapper, the United States director of national... 

Washington says it expects the Russian government to ‘look at all options available’ to expel Edward Snowden to the US to face espionage charges. That’s after the White House expressed ‘disappointment’ China and Hong Kong didn’t detain the NSA leaker. “We expect the Russian government to look at all options available to expel Mr. Snowden back to the U.S. to... 

North Korean army says it has final approval for nuclear attack on the US, the official KCNA news agency says. This comes shortly after the Pentagon said the US military prepares to deploy an advanced missile-defense system to Guam. “Merciless operation of its revolutionary armed forces in this regard has been finally examined and ratified,” said a spokesman for the General Staff of the... 

North Korea has entered a “state of war” against its Southern neighbor, stating that from now on any issues between the two countries will be resolved in a “wartime manner.” “From this time on, the North-South relations will be entering the state of war and all issues raised between the North and the South will be handled accordingly,” a special statement by the country’s top...