US Prepares for Largest Battle in Afghanistan...
http://abcnews.go.com/International/Afghanistan/battle-kandahar-heart-taliban-country/story?id=10729732

NKorea bracing, severing all ties with South....
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37329506/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

New Chinese aggression..
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a97c53a-681a-11df-a52f-00144feab49a.html

Israel drill raises tensions...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/141e4ba4-6817-11df-a52f-00144feab49a.html

(got those 4 from drugereport)

...not to mention what the wacko leading Iran is up too. Personally I think N Korea is the one to watch closely.