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Algerians protest, celebrate independence day amid tensions

Tens of thousands of Algerians took to the streets for the 20th straight Friday to demand new democratic leadership and celebrate their country’s hard-fought independence from colonial France. Amid extra-high security and resurgent anger at authoritie…

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10 years after deadly riots, China’s Xinjiang under lockdown

A decade after deadly riots tore through his hometown, Kamilane Abudushalamu still vividly recalls the violence that left him an exile. On July 5, 2009, Abudushalamu was hiding with his father on the 10th floor of an office tower in Urumqi, the capita…

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War Talk: Could U.S. Forces Execute an Amphibious Assault against Iran?

One of the greatest truisms of life is that land wars in Asia are futile. The continent’s vastness allows defenders to trade space for time, extending the logistical lifelines of invaders to the breaking point. This argument holds for Iran, which at a …

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Jaguar to make multi-million pound electric car investment in UK plant

Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is making a multi-million pound investment to build electric vehicles in its home market, in a major boost to a sector hit by a slump in diesel sales and Brexit uncertainty. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which …

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Jaguar to make multi-million pound electric car investment in UK plant

Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is making a multi-million pound investment to build electric vehicles in its home market, in a major boost to a sector hit by a slump in diesel sales and Brexit uncertainty. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which b…

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Trump says US troops ‘took over airports’ in war almost 100 years before planes were invented

In a Fourth of July speech dedicated largely to American military might, Donald Trump claimed US Army troops “took over the airports” during a conflict which broke out almost a century before the first planes took flight. Allaying fears he would turn t…

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Both sides in Sudan political crisis hail power-sharing deal

Sudan’s ruling military council and its pro-democracy movement both welcomed a new power-sharing agreement reached Friday, raising hopes that the deal would end a three-month political crisis that has paralyzed the country and led to scores of deaths f…

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Check out This Video: One of Iran’s F-14s Fighters Performed a Night Scramble

The following gorgeous video shows a night scramble of a fully armed Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) F-14A Tomcat.As you can see the several video clips show almost every air-to-air weapon carried by IRIAF F-14s.Noteworthy along with the M61…

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The U.S. Shouldn’t Sanction Iran’s Foreign Minister

(Bloomberg Opinion) — The Trump administration has not yet followed through on its threat to slap financial sanctions on Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. Perhaps the White House has been unable to marshal the evidence that he deserves such punishm…

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Head to Head: Could Iranian Submarines Imperil the U.S. Navy?

Though the new Iranian boats may remain far from the cutting edge of submarine design, they could still prove dangerous adversaries in the confined and shallow waters of the Persian Gulf.​The Iranian military has long planned for a defensive naval war …

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Trump’s Not-Crazy Speech Just Highlighted Norms He’s Crushed

Trump’s Not-Crazy Speech Just Highlighted Norms He’s CrushedJoshua Roberts/ReutersIt was a triumph of low expectations.Donald Trump’s “Salute to America” speech could have easily devolved into chants of “Lock her up!”—but instead he proved that he could, in fact, read a Teleprompter. And read he did. It was a speech that had all the excitement of an excerpt from one of Bill O’Reilly’s YA history books. It was middle-school story time from hell.The problem is that not-so-insane Trump—much like his ultra-sanitized, faux-feminist daughter—doesn’t have the oratorical skills to stir a crowd without the crazy. The other problem is that when Trump tries to speak on American values he inadvertently highlights all the norms he’s crushed with his explosive rhetoric and banana republic-style presidenting.    There was the irony of the president with all the sexual assault allegations bringing up women’s suffrage. The strangeness of the president who called for the now-exonerated Central Park Five to get the death penalty bringing up the late Dr. Martin Luther King. And how about that name-check of Harriet Tubman, who was supposed to be on the $20 bill until Trump called the move to have her replace seventh president Andrew Jackson “pure political correctness.” Perhaps the most bizarre moment of all? When the guy who managed to avoid the Vietnam draft five times told young Americans that they should “join our military and make a truly great statement in life. And you should do it.”This July 4th Had Everything: Tanks, Trump—and ScandalThe stunning lack of self-awareness aside, it was a relief that the president stuck to the script, delivering a drone-like Ivanka-esque speech and not a scary Don Jr.-style speech; that he didn’t make the event more political than it already was; that he didn’t, you know, start a war.That must have been a comfort to the generals. The day before, CNN had reported that military chiefs feared the July 4th celebration would devolve into a partisan rally. And they couldn’t have been reassured when Trump’s staunchest defender, Fox Business’ dystopian villain Lou Dobbs, rage-tweeted: “No wonder these Snowflake Generals haven’t won a war since 1991.”Let’s be real, the whole thing was TOTALLY political. Look no further than the supposedly “free” fireworks on display. Phantom Fireworks donated $750,000 worth of fireworks on the very same day the president decided to forgo “$300 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods, which include fireworks.” And of course nothing says bipartisanship like reserving VIP seating for GOP heavies and rewarding RNC donors with a view of the tanks. Still, it was one of Trump’s least bonkers speeches. It didn’t encourage violence! He didn’t lead chants of “CNN sucks.” He didn’t talk about how much he loves Robert E. Lee. There were some gaffes—like his mention of airports during the war of 1812—but maybe that was just to let us know we weren’t in some alternate reality.As he droned his way through history, with patriotic anthems filling the air and hand-picked loyalists sitting in attendance and military hardware on display, some commenters on social media said they were reminded of the spectacles North Korea puts on.Only five days earlier, Trump had hung out in the DMZ with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, his favorite unhinged fascist dictator with a bowl cut. He seemed far more comfortable there than standing at the foot of a memorial to one of America’s greatest leaders, reading from a Teleprompter, spewing platitudes about all the things presidents are supposed to believe in.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

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