Invasion

Admiral Phillip Davidson, leader of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said Tuesday that China could invade Taiwan by 2027 before moving to "supplant the United States and our leadership role in the rules-based international order" by 2050.

But Chinese state newspaper Global Times said using the advanced medium-range ballistic missiles on Taiwan would be "a waste," insisting they would be better served targeting "foreign military intervention."

National Security Adviser Richard O'Brien said on Friday that Taiwan should "really fortify itself in a manner that would deter the Chinese from any sort of amphibious invasion."

Turkey's invasion of northeastern Syria has prompted protests from other NATO nations and opened up cracks in the alliance.

Erdogan complained Tuesday that neither the U.S. nor Russia has been able to "clean" the Kudish-led forces out of Turkey's invasion zone.

Karwan Jamal Tahir, the high representative of the Kurdish Regional Government in London, told Newsweek he fears a fresh humanitarian crisis in Syria.

Some 2,500 ISIS foreign fighters remain in Kurdish prisons in northeastern Syria, but the Turkish operation may threaten the security of such facilities.

Turkey wants to clear Kurdish armed forces away from its southern border in "Operation Peace Spring."

The White House has said Turkey will now be responsible for ISIS prisoners held by the Kurds, but an invasion of northern Syria could unleash chaos that ISIS fighters would try to exploit.

"Whether it's the Nazis invading France and western Europe, whether the Muslims were invading a country back in the early years, it was an invasion," Fox Nation host Todd Starnes said.

Trump has used the word "invasion" at least 19 times, "animals" 34 times and "killer" more than 30 times while talking about migrants. The president has also used the phrase "hell out of our country" at least 43 times.

"You and the shooter in El Paso used the same language. Do you regret that?" a reporter asked the president.

The president's campaign has posted more than 2,000 ads using the word "invasion" to describe the arrival of migrants and asylum seekers at the southern border since January.

"Scrolling through, all of them seem to be about immigration," Natalie Martinez, an extremism & social media researcher for Media Matters, said.

The conservative talk show host decided to use the 75th anniversary of the WWII operation to attack migrants at the southern border.

Sources with knowledge of the plan say Blackwater's Erik Prince wants to send up to 5,000 Spanish-speaking troops into Venezuela.

Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs and a former Trump senior adviser also pointed the finger at Mexico for what they claimed, without evidence, was its attempt to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections.

Troops of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army have reportedly secured parts of Tripoli, run by a U.N.-backed government in danger of collapse.

Most wild animals are averse to being so close to humans, so their incursions into our lives shows how desperate they are getting.

"It's not just Taiwan's interests at stake, it's the whole region's or even the whole world's," said President Tsai Ing-wen.

Last month, President Donald Trump's national security adviser was spotted with a notepad that said, "5,000 troops to Colombia."

"People are scared, they are afraid to leave their homes," a local official said.

A recently arrived alien intelligence is all around us, but don't run for the hills just yet—for all its smarts, it's actually pretty dumb.

President Trump has said he would not rule out a military option to confront Venezuela's leadership. So just how strong is the Latin American country's military?

The homeowner was not injured in the shootout with the five intruders.

The announcement came less than a week after the nation's president accused the U.S. of planning an invasion, although he didn't offer any evidence.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the measures would "prevent the Russian Federation from forming private armies" on Ukrainian soil.

The antiques will be given to Iraqi Ambassador Salih Husain Ali in a formal ceremony at the British Museum on Friday. 

Ukraine's president called for officials to draft an formal claim, as recent estimates from Kiev suggest the bill could exceed $50 billion.

Four protesters spent 15 days in police custody after invading the pitch at the World Cup final in Moscow.