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The astonishing rise of 'El Chapo', the most notorious drug lord in the worldWorld's most notorious drug lord pulled off an extraordinary escape from the highest-security prison - his 2nd jailbreak in the past 2 deca...
20 Jul, 2015, 12.09 PM IST
There are still huge problems with the US strategy for fighting ISISThe US is making significant gains in its fight against IS. But some are still skeptical about Washington's overall strategy.
08 Jul, 2015, 01.07 PM IST
US intelligence thinks Bashar al-Assad could use chemicals on a massive scaleUS officials believe the Assad regime has created a new type of chemical bomb filled with chlorine and obtained the chemicals needed to mak...
30 Jun, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
ISIS leaders getting paranoid as group loses some groundUnlike other terror groups, the Islamic State sees seizing and controlling territory as essential to its mission and purpose.
26 Jun, 2015, 01.06 PM IST
Syrian civil war: Why Assad's air force is now a force multiplier for ISISThe IS terror group is pushing toward Aleppo in Syria. And the jihadists are seemingly aided by air strikes from the regime of dictator Bas...
05 Jun, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
The ISIS economy just got a huge boostThe biggest slice of the ISIS budget may come from taxing the "Caliphate's" population, a source of wealth for the group that's harder to c...
02 Jun, 2015, 02.14 PM IST
King Salman is overhauling the birthplace of Saudi Arabia's ideologySaudi Arabia's recently crowned King Salman is making the birthplace of his government's ruling ideology into a tourist attraction.
02 Jun, 2015, 02.09 PM IST
The US is embracing a dark reality in IraqThe Iraqi army, which the US has tried to build up into a viable fighting force, fled when faced with dozens of car bombs in the provincial...
01 Jun, 2015, 07.40 PM IST
Ex-administration official explains where President Barack Obama went wrong in SyriaCritics have called out Obama's seemingly myopic view of IS's strategy, and some have suggested that US consider committing ground troops t...
29 May, 2015, 04.38 PM IST