Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Marxist rebel leader Timochenko used a pen made from a bullet on Monday to sign an agreement ending a half-century war that killed a …
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[jwplayer fjHw6Eg9] ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Baghdad that killed at least six people. OpsLens Staff
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With the political season upon us, efforts to seize Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and one of two capitals for ISIS’, are being finalized. While not all in the U.S. …
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[jwplayer WHcue0UV] Police are responding to an early morning shooting in Houston, Texas. Six people were reportedly injured, but details are limited at this point. Further updates to come. OpsLens …
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By Associated Press Six people were injured when a shooter opened fire at a southwest Houston shopping center on Monday morning, police and fire officials said. The suspected shooter “has …
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By Sulome Anderson, Foreign Policy The northern Iraqi village of Bashir has been all but flattened by war. Abandoned houses lie in heaps of rubble along the eerily quiet streets. …
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British Ambassador to United Nations Accuses Russia of War Crimes in Syria
by OpsLensby OpsLensBy Sky News Russia is partnering with the Syrian government to carry out war crimes, Britain’s ambassador to the UN has said. Speaking at an emergency meeting of the UN …
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By Edmund Kozak, Lifezette Under President Obama’s watch, certain America cities have become as dangerous as failed, war-torn African states. More people have died in Chicago in 2016 so far …
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U.S. Weighing the Deployment of an Additional 500 Troops to Battle ISIS in Mosul
by OpsLensby OpsLens[jwplayer Wt4RwvHZ] The Pentagon is considering the deployment of 500 additional troops to assist with planned efforts in Mosul.
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[jwplayer mplKjz0r] Recent reports indicate that the North Korean government has only permitted 28 websites to operate within the country.