The US and Russia have adopted “Terms for a Cessation of Hostilities in Syria” and propose that a ceasefire start on Saturday at midnight Damascus time. Terror groups, such as ISIS and Al-Nusra, are not part of the truce. According to the statement, the truce will “be applied to [all] those parties to the Syrian conflict that have indicated their commitment” to accept its terms. It will exclude... 

The Minister of Defense (MoD) is reporting today that President Putin was forced to call king Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud earlier today after this leader of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) refused to talk to his nations supposed main ally, President Barack Obama of the United States. According to this report, with the Saudi king refusing to accept President Obama’s call, it was left to President... 

US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have agreed to cooperate to implement the Syria agreement reached during talks in Munich, Germany, the Kremlin says. The Kremlin issued a statement on Sunday after the two presidents talked over the phone on ways to intensify diplomatic and other types of efforts to put the deal into effect. Both leaders gave a “positive valuation”... 

During last Saturday’s GOP presidential debate, the candidates were asked if they would support mandatory registration for women with the Selective Service System now that women are allowed combat positions in the US military. The Selective Service, of course, is the federal agency that maintains a list of potential conscripts should the US government ever decide to reinstitute the draft. Most of... 

China’s foreign minister on Friday reiterated Beijing’s opposition to the US deployment of an advanced missile defense system to South Korea, saying the sophisticated technology could be used to target China. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking in Munich, said Beijing has urged the United States to abandon plans to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) to South... 

A stunning confidential Ministry of Defense (MoD) report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared for the Security Council (SC) states that the United States, yesterday, requested Federation Aerospace Forces (AF) “combat access” flight permission over the Syrian city of Aleppo in the Levant War Zone—and which after it was granted then saw US Air Force fighter bombers enter into this region... 

Russia has made “specific proposals” on a ceasefire in Syria and is waiting for a reaction from the US, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. “We made proposals on implementing a ceasefire, quite specific ones,” Lavrov said. “We are waiting for a US response before putting them before the International Syria Support Group.” Lavrov made the statement before meeting his US counterpart... 

Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova is holding a weekly press briefing in Moscow. On the Meeting of the Syria Support Group in Munich. Maria Zakharova has revealed plans to hold an upcoming meeting on Syria. Stressing the need to include the Syrian Kurds — Syrian Democratic Unity Party (PYD) — in the negotiation process. She stressed that the negotiations could lead to... 

The US National Nuclear Security Administration says nuclear secrets have been dumped in trash cans for years at the Y-12 National Security Complex. The US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has slammed a contractor for compromising the country’s nuclear secrets by dumping loads of classified documents into unprotected trash cans. The security blunder was first discovered in June 2014,... 

As the Pentagon prepares to quadruple its European defense budget, a new analysis from a US military think tank may offer an explanation for the striking increase. According to projections by the group, should war erupt, both the US and NATO would be decimated by Russia in less than three days. On Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter presented his proposal for the Pentagon’s 2017 budget.... 

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has urged a raw vote count release from the Iowa caucus, after results showed Hillary Clinton beating him by just .4 percentage points. Sanders spoke of an unfolding controversy at certain Iowa precincts which did not have enough Democratic party volunteers to report delegate totals. He called on officials to reveal underlying voter totals, a strategy which is... 

Planet 2MASS J2126, which was considered an independent space body, moves in orbit around the star about one trillion kilometers far from the planet, the Royal Astronomical Society said. A team of astronomers from the UK, the US and Australia described their discovery in “Monthly Notices” journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. Scientists discovered the planet as a separate body eight... 

The US Department of the Treasury on Sunday imposed new sanctions on Iran. The US Department of the Treasury says it has imposed new sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missile program. The Treasury Department made the announcement in a statement issued on Sunday, only a day after sanctions targeting Iran’s nuclear energy program were lifted. The statement said five Iranian citizens and a network... 

US President Barack Obama has said that the United States should be the country to win a new global health race and find a cure for cancer “once and for all.” “Last year, Vice President Biden said that with a new moonshot, America can cure cancer,” Obama said during his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, referencing Joe Biden’s remarks last year when he announced not to run for... 

An astonishing Ministry of Defense (MoD) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that President Putin signed an order this morning authorizing the movement of up to 100,000 Federation troops to the Western Front to be comprised of three new divisions and five regiments of Strategic Missile Forces equipped with atomic weapons to prepare for an expected counter-attack by NATO forces due to Russia...