War

A NATO auditor who had uncovered evidence that ISIS was being funded by Western government, was found murdered in Belgium.  Yves Chandelon, the Chief Auditor for NATO, was found dead in the city of Andenne in the Belgian Ardennes. He was found with a gun in his right hand, in an apparent suicide attempt. However, family members are urging authorities to investigate for murder, saying that Yves had been complaining of threatening phone calls in the week leading up to his death, and point out that he was left-handed and so would not have used his right hand to fire the weapon.

Russian authorities have confirmed that the assassin of Turkish ambassador Andrey Karlov has ties to an American CIA base in Iraq.  After President Putin ordered an 18-person investigation into the assassination of Ambassador Karlov last week, investigators say they found strong evidence that proves Mevlut Mert Altintas was connected to a CIA base in Erbil Governorate in Iraq, and had been connected to the attempted coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erodgan in July.

Prince Charles has slammed the public for criticizing the rise in terrorist attacks across Europe and the West on radicalized Islamists.

The suspect in Monday’s attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Berlin has been shot dead by police in Italy. Italian officials confirmed that Anis Amri, a Tunisian national, was killed by the police in a shootout outside Milan around 3 a.m. Friday, ending a brief but intense manhunt across Europe.

Ever since the dawn of the atomic age man has faced the problem of proliferation of nuclear weapons and their potential for destroying the world and laying waste to vast swathes of the planet. After their initial use by the U.S. during the end of the second world war to force an unconditional surrender by Japan, nuclear weapons have not been used by either the East or West. Some have argued that as a matter of fact nuclear weapons have managed to keep the peace till now by acting as a deterrent, as all sides in a nuclear conflict face the prospect of mutual assured destruction (MAD).