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A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia's national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years. The document, "About the Strategy of National Security of Russian Federation", was signed by President Vladimir Putin on New Year's Eve. It replaces a 2009 version, endorsed by then- President Dmitry Medvedev, the current prime minister, which mentioned neither the United States not NATO. It says Russia has managed to heighten its role in solving global problems and international conflicts. That heightened role has caused a reaction...

ISIS has released a chilling new video on the anniversary of 9/11 - threatening new attacks on the US. Extremists claim they are 'back in America' during the ten minute video, which also warns the US to expect a repeat of the atrocity as well as 'cars full of explosives and suicide bombers'. The film was released as America marked 14 years to the day since two jets were flown into the World Trade Centre in New York killing nearly 3,000 people.

Fears of the worst possible scenario in Syria have been confirmed in a video released by rebels that shows victims of chemical warfare. WARNING: The video should not be shown to children without parental agreement. Video An almost sure sign that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has unleashed his chemical weapons for use against rebels is his regime’s claim on Saturday that rebels are preparing to use chemicals in their uprising. Assad systematically has accused opposition forces, which he labels as “foreign terrorists,” of carrying out attacks and murders for which his own loyalists are responsible. British Foreign Secretary William Hague...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council approved a brief extension of U.N. peacekeeping operations in Bosnia on Friday, giving diplomats time to tackle a demand to exempt Americans from prosecution by the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal. The United States has threatened to end its participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations if the council does not grant Americans who take part immunity from arrest and prosecution by the International Criminal Court, which becomes a reality July 1. The council had been expected to extend the U.N. civilian police mission in Bosnia and the authorization for the NATO-led peacekeeping...