5 terrifying flashpoints that could ignite global war

Fox News senior national correspondent Rich Edson has the latest on a Chinese pair charged with smuggling a'devastating' pathogen to the U.S. on'The Story.' By all appearances, the world is edging perilously close to the brink of a catastrophic global conflict. In just the past few days, five deeply troubling developments have emerged -- each significant on its own -- but taken together, they form a pattern too urgent to dismiss. Viewed in context, these events expose a rapidly deteriorating international order, where diplomacy is failing, deterrence is weakening, and the risk of multi-theater war is rising sharply. First, Ukraine's audacious drone strike deep inside Russian territory -- reportedly destroying or damaging a significant share of Russia's strategic bomber fleet -- bears the hallmarks of Western involvement.