How Bergdahl’s release turned into political defeat for Obama
The release by the Taliban of Sgt Bowe Berdahl should have prompted national celebrations in the US. Instead, it is turning into a political disaster for the president.
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US military aircraft conduct their first airstrikes against the Islamic State – the militant jihadi group that controls much of Iraq, as stranded refugees beg for international assistance.
The Pentagon calls on Israel to do more to protect civilian life during its military operations in Gaza, saying the conflict was taking too high a toll on the population.
The US military says it has deployed armed manned and unmanned aircraft over Iraq to protect its soldiers, and may consider targeting “high value individuals”.
The US soldier who was released by the Taliban at the weekend had walked off his base before, according to a leaked military report.
The release by the Taliban of Sgt Bowe Berdahl should have prompted national celebrations in the US. Instead, it is turning into a political disaster for the president.
On Saturday, suspected suicide bombers struck a restaurant popular with westerners in Djibouti. Three people died and more than a dozen were injured, including European nationals.
Two days after declaring martial law, Thailand’s army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha seizes control of the government, and troops move in to break up protest rallies.
At least 14 Ukrainian Army soldiers are killed and 30 badly injured in four separate attack in eastern Ukraine. Kiev describes the incidents as “a declaration of war.”
President Obama warns that a proposed referendum on the future of Crimea would violate Ukraine’s constitution and international law.
With the crisis in Ukraine sweeping all headlines before it, it is hard to recall that the reason John Kerry ever stepped on to a plane to Europe in recent days was for Afghanistan.
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Eighty retired New York police officers and firefighters are charged with falsely claiming to have been traumatised by the 9/11 terrorist attacks so they could receive disability benefits.
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Lauri Love is charged with hacking into thousands of American computer systems, including those run by the Pentagon’s missile defence agency, Nasa and the US army.
David Cameron accuses newspapers who make public the techniques used by spies, of “helping our enemies” and making it more difficult to maintain national safety.