Using modern statistical tools, a new study led by the University of Washington and the United Nations finds that world population is likely to keep growing throughout the 21st century. The number of people on Earth is likely to reach 11 billion by 2100, the study concludes, about 2 billion higher than widely cited previous […]
It was on Wednesday that the U.S. House acted on President Obama’s request to fund training and arming of moderate Syrian rebels in the president’s strategy to bring the fight to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria despite concerns that the president’s plan wasn’t broad enough. The funding was included as an amendment in […]
Though Iran has been broadcasting pictures and videos of top state officials and noted foreign dignitaries visiting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the hospital, the health of the man who has held the most powerful post in the Islamic Republic remains unclear. The unusual public relations management of what has been described as a […]
There will not be another ground war fought in Iraq by U.S. troops according to President Obama today. He sought to reassure troops and the nation today in a speech at MacDill Airforce Base in Tampa, Florida. It was at MacDill, the headquarters of U.S. Central Command, that Obama said, “The American forces that have been […]