As many as 11 commercial jets are missing from Libya’s Tripoli International Airport, reports Newsmax. The jets went missing in early August during fighting with jihadi militias. News of the theft circulated through the U.S. government in recent weeks – with officials concerned the jets could be used for 9/11-style terrorist attacks. New Yorker: Filkins […]

Vladimir Putin threatened European leaders this weekend, “If I want to, I can take Kiev in two weeks,” reports London’s Telegraph. The threat follows reports over the weekend that NATO is considering a rapid response force for eastern Europe. Daily Beast: Are US Troops Already Fighting on the Front Lines in Iraq? New Republic: What […]

After months of violence from ISIS and just a week after calling it a “cancer,” President Obama admitted yesterday, “We don’t have a strategy yet” for challenging ISIS at a regional level, reports the Daily Beast. WSJ: Obama Cools Talk of Strikes Against ISIS NYT: US Identifies More Americans Fighting for ISIS WaPo: ISIS Waterboarded […]

Ukraine officials have called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council after Russian troops seized a coastal town and several villages just across the Russian border, reports the Wall Street Journal. Fox: Al-Qaeda Mag Hints of Looming Attack, Urges Bombing of Las Vegas WaPo: Who is ‘Lady Al-Qaeda’? And Why Will ISIS Trade […]

Congress? What’s that? The NY Times reports the Obama administration is moving forward with a “sweeping international climate change agreement” that would force country to cut carbon emissions – and bypass Congress. Negotiators have set a target date for the agreement of 2015 at a U.N. summit meeting in Paris. CBS: Cellmate Describes Torture of […]