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Report: India Arrests over 1,300 in Kashmir Crackdown 

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have detained more than 1,300 people during an ongoing security lockdown intended to ward off a popular uprising in the country’s only Muslim-majority region, the Independent reported Wednesday.

Security personnel patrol during a lockdown in Srinagar on August 10, 2019. (Photo by Taus

North Korea Warns America: ‘There Is a Limit to Our Patience’

The North Korean regime warned the United States on Wednesday there is a “limit to our patience” with regards to negotiating a potential peace treaty, accusing the Trump administration of scheming to “annihilate us by force” rather than make concessions on sanctions.

People bicycle past a giant TV screen broadcasting the meeting of visiting North Korean le

Russia TV Promoting Nuclear War Drills as U.S. Deploys Troops to Norway

While Russia enhances Cold War-era Soviet Union survival measures, nearly 330 American Marines prepare to deploy to Norway in January, boosting the U.S. military footprint in Europe, reportedly marking the first time a foreign military has been posted in the European country since World War II amid heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow.

FILE - In this file photo taken on Saturday, May 9, 2015, Iskander missile launchers are d

Russia Considers Permanent Military Base in Cuba

Russia flexed its muscles on the world stage this week by announcing increased cooperation with Iran on Syria, dispatching a new warship to the Mediterranean coast, and floating the idea of an “indefinite” military presence in Syria.

A Russian radar station is seen in Lourdes, about 12 miles south of Havana, Cuba Wednesday

Hiroshima and the Nuclear ‘Apology’

Secretary of State John Kerry described his visit to Hiroshima on Monday as “gut-wrenching.” After laying a wreath at the Atomic Bomb Museum, he called it “a stark, harsh, compelling reminder not only of our obligation to end the threat of nuclear weapons, but to re-dedicate all our effort to avoid war itself.”

From left, Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and

‘Doomsday Clock’ Stays at 3 Min. to Midnight

On Tuesday, scientists in charge of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ “Doomsday Clock” will reveal whether the minute hand on the has moved closer to midnight, signifying the degree and likelihood of a global catastrophe.

Doomsday Clock 2016 (Alex Brandon / Associated Press)