by Anil Powers | Dec 15, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Bowe Bergdahl to Face Court-Martial on Desertion Charges Richard A. Oppel Jr. / The New York Times A top Army commander on Monday ordered that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl face a court-martial on charges of desertion and endangering troops stemming from his...
by Anil Powers | Dec 9, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads San Bernardino Shooting Investigation: Past Plot and Recent Loan are Latest Clues Greg Botelho, Catherine E. Shoichet, Pamela Brown / CNN Investigators believe shooter Syed Rizwan Farook may have been plotting an earlier attack in California with...
by Anil Powers | Dec 2, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Russia Accuses Turkey’s Erdogan of Involvement with ISIS Oil Trade Alexey Eremenko, F. Brinley Bruton / NBC News Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family are “involved” in ISIS’ illegal oil trade and personally...
by Anil Powers | Dec 1, 2015 | Monitor
A little over a month ago, for the first time in four years, Egypt held parliamentary elections. Since a popular revolution toppled President Mubarak in 2011, political participation in Egypt had risen immensely. Yet on October 18, 2015, few turned out to vote,...
by Anil Powers | Dec 1, 2015 | Monitor
Politico recently published an article about President Obama’s role in the upcoming climate change conference held in Paris and how he will be able to juggle the dual threats of climate change and terrorism, with or without Congress’s help. The article...
