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Obama’s National Intelligence Director: Denuclearizing North Korea ‘A Lost Cause’

Director of U.S. National Intelligence James Clapper lamented that convincing North Korea to denuclearize is “probably a lost cause” during a talk at the Council on Foreign Relations. He added that “significant inducements” to limit their nuclear program would be the only solution to eliminating the threat of an attack on one of its neighbors.

South Korean conservative activists set fire to a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong

Venezuela’s Lawmakers to Put Dictator Nicolas Maduro on Trial

The Venezuelan National Assembly has passed a declaration demanding dictator President Nicolás Maduro appear before the legislature to defend himself against accusations of having overridden the Venezuela’s Constitution to remain in power, causing the collapse of the Venezuelan economy and using violence to suppress political dissidents.

The Associated Press

Turkey Threatens Ground Invasion of Iraq as Peshmerga Declare Mission Accomplished

The government of Turkey has warned that it is prepared for a ground invasion of northern Iraq if the Marxist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) does not vacate its camps in Sinjar. Turkey, present in Iraq against the wishes of Baghdad, has been training Kurdish Peshmerga militia units near Erbil, south of Sinjar.

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Chinese Propaganda Declares ‘Strongman’ Xi Jinping the New Mao

Chinese state-run media outlets have taken to comparing President Xi Jinping to communist dictator Mao Ze Dong, arguing that China needs a “strongman” to propel it to the status of global superpower as Xi prepares to assume the title of “core” Communist Party leader.

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Wikileaks: Soros Memo Accused Obama of Fueling Radical Islam to Push TPP

A March 2016 email published Monday by the organization Wikileaks reveals that George Soros, in anticipation of a meeting with Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, requested Podesta read a memo accusing President Barack Obama of emboldening radical Islam in Malaysia in order to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) passed.

US President Barack Obama (R) greets Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak upon arriv

FARC Negotiator: Peace Process Is on the Way ‘From Limbo to Hell’

The chief peace negotiator for the Marxist terrorist group FARC told Univisión this week that he fears that the peace process with Colombia is “dead” and that, if the government does not meet his group’s demands soon, the process may go “from limbo to hell.”

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leaders Ivan Marquez (R) and Timoleon Jimene

Wikileaks: Meet the VIP Globalists Hillary Clinton Stood Up at a Morocco CGI Meeting

Conversations revealed in hacked emailed published today by the organization Wikileaks show that Hillary Clinton’s presence at a Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting in Morocco was a pre-condition for that government to host it. Clinton never showed, leaving the King of Morocco $12 million poorer and an elite guest list missing an experience many paid handsomely for.

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Fact-Check: No, Aleppo Has Not ‘Fallen’

During Wednesday night’s presidential debate, Republican nominee Donald Trump refuted moderator Chris Wallace’s assertion that Trump’s claim that the Syrian city of Aleppo had “fallen.”

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Mosul: Kurds Complain Iraqi Soldiers Have Not ‘Moved Even a Bit’ Since Operation Began

After an encouraging start, Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers on the ground have begun protesting that the Iraqi military is too slow and weak to effectively liberate Mosul, and that their penchant for flying Shiite militia flags makes ethnic Kurdish and Arab Sunnis fear they may impose themselves once the Islamic State has been eradicated.

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Left Out of Mosul Battle, Turkey’s Erdogan Begins Claiming Liberation of Raqqa

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made clear he wants Turkey to play a significant role in the liberation of Mosul, Iraq, from the Islamic State (ISIS). The Iraqi government has rejected Turkey’s advances, however, and while Erdogan waits for an opportunity to participate in that offensive, he has begun discussing similar military activity against ISIS “capital,” Raqqa, Syria.

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Hillary Clinton: ‘There Were Very Few Civilian Casualties’ in Libya

In a discussion with Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein in 2013, Hillary Clinton asserted that the 2011 uprising in Libya that led to the demise of dictator Muammar Qaddafi resulted in “very few civilian casualties,” comparing it favorably to the Syrian Civil War.

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PHOTOS: The Battle for Mosul, Iraq Has Begun

The government of Iraq announced at 2AM local time Monday that the initiative to eradicate the Islamic State from Mosul, the nation’s second largest city, has begun.

Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shourah, some 45 kms south of Mosul, as they advance

Podesta Email: Classify Hillary Communications with Obama to Beat Subpoena

On the day the House Select Committee on Benghazi subpoenaed Hillary Clinton’s emails, current Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta asked aide Cheryl Mills if it would be possible to keep Clinton’s email correspondence with President Barack Obama classified, citing executive privilege.

The Associated Press

Boko Haram Releases Small Number of Schoolgirls Abducted in 2014

The Islamic State-affiliated terrorist group Boko Haram has released 21 schoolgirls abducted from the northern town of Chibok in 2014, the first time any of the girls kidnapped in that particular episode have been released, rather than independently escaped.

In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, freed Chibok school girls sit during a