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The hidden cyber war between the US and Iran saw the world’s first known cyber weapon tested a decade ago. Now that conflict, which has so far been fought with hidden means, is on the brink of explosion.
Turkey’s willingness to risk the stability of NATO with a provocative pivot to Russia is rooted in the tangled web of alliances in war-torn Syria.
Randy Hayes had hoped for an “elegant transition” away from fossil fuels, but now there isn’t time for even a “semi-elegant transition.”
Erdogan loses Ankara and Istanbul in first significant electoral reversal in nearly two decades in power.
The annual Ridenhour Prizes are the one day whistleblowers get their due .
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If anyone can make a bad situation worse, it’s Elliott Abrams. He’s now the US special envoy for Venezuela. What could possibly go wrong?
The US has dropped out of the list of the world’s 20 least corrupt countries.
Was the Green Party icon unwittingly useful to President Vladimir Putin of Russia — or wittingly? OPINION
Journalist David Talbot talks about a new effort, joined by the Kennedy and King families as well as many others, to have Congress reopen assassination probes.
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