It’s been nearly a month since Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 in what not only represented the most serious escalation to date in Syria’s five year conflict but also marked the first time a NATO member has engaged a Russian or Soviet aircraft in at least six decades.
While campaigning ahead of elections, Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy was rocked with a right cross when a "selfie-seeking teen" approached and went full Balboa on the side of his face, breaking his glasses, before Rajoy's security detail wrestled the assailant to the floor. As El-Pais reports, the 17-year-old told police "I'm very happy I did it," while Rajoy later tweeted that he "was fine."
The Right's hatred of, well, almost everything, has almost ruined Christmas for many Americans. Still, it's antics are entertaining.
On October 11, Iran test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface ballistic missiles capable of hitting Israel.
The Emad, as the long-range weapon is called, is a variant of Tehran’s Shahab-3, has a range of 1,700 kilometers, and is accurate to within 500 meters, according to Anthony Cordesman, a researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. For those who might have missed it, here is the clip: