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Why taking hostages is a gamble that often pays off
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAmid the unprecedented regional and global reaction to the ongoing hostage crisis in Gaza, it is easy to forget that the use of hostages as a tool of...
On This Day, Sept. 1: Great Kantō earthquake kills 143,000 in Japan
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn September 1, 1923, an earthquake struck Yokohama, Japan. The so-called Great Kantō earthquake...
On This Day, Sept. 3: 5th deadliest Atlantic hurricane hits Dominican Republic
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn Sept. 3, 1930, a Category 4 hurricane struck the Dominican Republic, killing at least 2,000...
Gorbachev's free press legacy can survive Putin
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThe Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev I knew was not the one known to most of the world—statesman, unwinder of the Cold War, Nobel Peace Prize winner. My...
US embassy in Russia warned Americans about imminent attack by ‘extremists’ weeks ago
The Independent US via AOL· 2 months agoThe US embassy had warned Americans that “extremists” had imminent plans for an attack in Moscow...
Gunmen kill more than 60 in concert attack near Moscow, Islamic State claims responsibility
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMOSCOW (Reuters) -Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers near...
The Moscow concert hall attack wasn't the first during Putin's 25-year rule
The Independent US via AOL· 2 months agoThe attack on a Moscow concert hall in which armed men opened fire and set the building ablaze,...
US has intelligence confirming Islamic State responsibility for Russia attack, officials say
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months ago(Reuters) -The United States has intelligence confirming Islamic State's claim of responsibility for...
Watch: Why Putin is trying to link Moscow terror attack to Ukraine
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Crocus City Hall terrorist attack was Russia’s worst since the Beslan School siege in 2004. It has left the country in shock and comes as a chilling reminder of the potency and murderous ...
Russian parliament votes to break with European Court of Human Rights
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLONDON (Reuters) -Russia's parliament on Tuesday passed a pair of bills ending the European Court of...