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Around the World
Putin encircles Turkey in massive troop buildup
Russian President Vladimir Putin's plans in the Middle East are becoming clearer. In a bid to exact revenge on Turkey and in an attempt to split the NATO alliance, Russia is rapidly building up pressure on NATO's southern flank. The new Russian satellite state of Armenia on Turkey's northeastern border is now hosting a massive Russian troop build up with the recent signing of an air defense agreement between Russia and Kremlin.
US calls proposed sanctions on NKorea a 'major upgrade'
The United States on Thursday introduced a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that it said will significantly increase pressure on North Korea in response to its latest nuclear test and missile launch.
Ten days to save EU migration system: commissioner
The EU has until a March 7 summit with Turkey to curb the number of migrants coming to Europe or else the bloc's migration system might completely break down, migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said Thursday.
U.S. to test-fire ICBM amid strategic tensions with Russia, North Korea
The U.S. military plans to test-fire its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a week overnight on Thursday to demonstrate the reliability of American nuclear arms at a time of rising strategic tensions with countries like Russia and North Korea.
Report: Syrian Jihadis Turn to Facebook to Sell U.S. Weapons
Jihadis in Syria are reportedly turning to Facebook to sell U.S. weapons, including machine guns and rocket launchers, intended to help Syrian rebel groups.
Ya'alon warns: Iran operating 'sleeper cells' in Europe
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Wednesday warned that Iran is building an international terror network that includes sleeper cells planning to strike on command in places such as Europe and the United States.
Ex-Gitmo detainee arrested in plot to recruit terrorists
Police from Spain and Morocco working a joint investigation said they arrested four suspects they believe are tied to ISIS, one of whom who was at one time a detainee of Guantanamo Bay.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Netanyahu: World must condemn Iran for paying terrorists' families
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday urged the world to condemn Iran for providing financial support to the families of Palestinian terrorists.
Dead Sea scrolls to be digitized in new Israeli-German collaboration
Computer scientists and Dead Sea Scroll scholars are beginning a new project in which they will upload the Dead Sea Scrolls to a special digital working environment. This will enable more in-depth study of the scrolls and better innovative analyses and insights into the ancient manuscripts seventy years since the discovery of the scrolls in 1946.
Obama Opposes New Pro-Israel Measures, Will Not Follow Provisions to Help Jewish State
President Barack Obama has announced in a rare statement that he will not follow newly passed measures aimed at boosting the Israeli economy and strengthening ties between the United States and the Jewish state, according to a statement issued by the president.

Inside the United States
Top Intel Officials: U.S. Faces Highest Terror Threat Level Since 9/11
Top intelligence community officials warned Thursday that the United States faces the highest terrorist threat level since the 9/11 terror attacks, citing a record-breaking increase in the flow of foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq, as well as joint Iranian-North Korean plans to boost "attack capabilities" and other efforts by leading terror groups to increase their offensive capabilities.
Senate proposal would end IRS targeting of conservative groups
Legislation introduced in the Senate Thursday would make it significantly harder for the Internal Revenue Service to unfairly target conservative nonprofit groups for auditing.
Obama Administration Set to Expand Sharing of Data That N.S.A. Intercepts
The Obama administration is on the verge of permitting the National Security Agency to share more of the private communications it intercepts with other American intelligence agencies without first applying any privacy protections to them, according to officials familiar with the deliberations.
Sandoval withdraws name as Obama plots course for Supreme Court pick
As one potential Supreme Court nominee sank like a trial balloon made of concrete, the White House said Thursday that President Obama will meet early next week with top senators of both parties to discuss a path forward to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

U.S. Politics
Rubio and Cruz take the gloves off against Trump
Marco Rubio took on Donald Trump like never before at the Republican presidential debate Thursday night, with Ted Cruz not too far behind.
Trump on defensive in nasty GOP debate
Donald Trump fended off tough questions Thursday night about his business empire's hiring practices including a million-dollar fine for hiring illegal immigrants and admitted he's facing a federal tax audit, as the Republican presidential campaign turned exceptionally nasty at the final debate before Super Tuesday.

Christian News
A Ransom for Many: ISIS Releases Last of 230 Assyrian Christian Hostages
Around the first anniversary of the infamous beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians on a Libyan beach, believers worldwide celebrated the release of the kidnapped Assyrian Christians that were feared to become ISIS's next propaganda massacre.