Third Front: Ukraine is re-instituting the military draft to bulk up its army and President Obama says the US will ratchet the pressure to get Russia to back away from eastern Ukraine. President Obama said, “The violence is encouraged by …

Third Front: The Ukraine government and Western military officials say Russia has opened a third front with a “stealth” invasion in the area of Novoazovsk on the Sea of Azov. Armor, artillery, and infantry that crossed the border from Russia …

Israel/Gaza: Israel and Gaza have agreed to yet another ceasefire, an open-ended deal that ends 50 days of bloody fighting and gives Hamas little of what it went to war to win. Hamas declared victory and people celebrated with gunfire …

The Caliphate: In a move that could be the precursor to airstrikes inside Syria, President Obama has authorized surveillance flights over positions of the ISIS militants in Syria. Actual air strikes would have to be planned to hit ISIS without …

Quake: Yesterday’s 6.0 earthquake injured an unusual number of people and caused widespread power outages, water main and gas leaks, as well as fires. Geologically it was not a major event, but homes were lost, and in Napa as many …

Gaza: An Israeli airstrike collapsed a 12-story Gaza apartment building yesterday leaving 44 families homeless. Two missiles hit the building creating a fireball, then a cloud of black smoke. Twenty-two people were wounded, including 11 children and five women. Israel …

Iraq: The US is considering military action inside Syria to stop the fanatical ISIS militants occupying part of Syria and Iraq. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said, “we’re actively considering what’s going to be necessary to deal with that …

The Killers: The fundamentalist Muslim army known as ISIS can’t be beaten unless it is hit within the boundaries of Syria, America’s top military officer said yesterday. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey said, “This is …

The Killers: President Obama said he is appalled by the beheading of an American journalist in Iraq, but that the US will continue with airstrikes. “The United States of America will continue to do what we must do to protect …

The Killers: ISIS militants have released a video purported to be the beheading of American journalist James Foley, kidnapped two years ago in Syria. Foley, 40, was working as a freelance journalist for the online Global Post and for Agence …