Special to WorldTribune.com ATHENS — Greece’s military, hampered by a budget crisis, has been struggling with its rival Turkey. Officials said the Greek military has struggled to maintain operations amid Turkish penetration of Greece’s air space and territorial waters. They said Greece was being outgunned by Turkey’s expanding military, the second largest in NATO. “The [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Iranian Air Force has surprised the U.S. military with the interception of a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy asserted that the interception of the U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator demonstrated the effectiveness of Iranian combat pilots. In a report, the [...]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The European Union, the concert of 27 countries ranging from the Bay of Biscay to the Baltics and the Balkans has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. Some may smile, others may smirk, and many, when they think about it for a second time, may say [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ATHENS — The coast guards of Greece and Turkey have been thrust into a confrontation by a maritime incident. Officials said vessels from the Greek and Turkish coast guards collided in the Aegean Sea. They said the collision stemmed from a territorial dispute over security operations in the sea. “The Turkish [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory Copley, Global Information System It would be a mistake to think that the Western economic crisis is being managed toward a successful conclusion; that perhaps it can escape from disaster. Rather, most Western societies have moved closer to the brink of economic — and therefore political and social — instability [...]
Sol W. Sanders [See Archive] You don’t have to be a determinist — believing as orthodox Marxists, all life’s decisions lie in the stomach — to occasionally believe overwhelming national and international economic movements will likely determine the future. But it sometimes helps. The thought comes after reading an analysis by Swedish Anders Aslund, [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has threatened to sanction companies that participate in energy exploration or development for the Republic of Cyprus. Officials said the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan would ban any foreign company that helps the offshore energy exploration project of the Republic of Cyprus. Turkey has warned that it [...]
Sol W. Sanders [See Archive] Resembling a huge 74-wheeler packed with unassembled goodies, the U.S. is stranded on the world economy grade-crossing with the Euro express gathering speed as it tears down the Trans-Atlantic financial tracks for a seemingly inevitable collision. A police report written by patronizing Harvard economists some time in the dim [...]
Times247.com Greece abandoned a nine-day hunt for a government on Tuesday and called a new election that threatens to hasten the nation’s slide towards bankruptcy and a future outside the euro zone. … A second election is expected to produce a similarly divided parliament, with opponents of the EU/IMF rescue consolidating their gains and raising [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Despite international naval patrols, Somali piracy continues in the Gulf region. Somali pirates hijacked an oil tanker in the Arabian Sea 630 kilometers from the coast of Oman on May 10. The Liberian-flagged Smyrni, operated by a Greek company, was carrying 135,000 tons of oil and said to have [...]
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