Special to WorldTribune.com Originally published Sept. 4, 2013 Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs There is a growing volume of new evidence from numerous sources in the Middle East — mostly affiliated with the Syrian opposition and its sponsors and supporters — which makes a very strong case, based on solid circumstantial evidence, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Originally published Nov. 4, 2013 By Matt Barber Benjamin Franklin famously quipped, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Franklin evidently failed to envisage today’s postmodern left. For the conservative, there exists at least one other certainty, and it is this: The degree to which […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com On Dec. 6, Canada officially filed a territorial claim over a large area including the North Pole to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, to the great chagrin of Russia and Demark, the two countries that also insist on the same claim. While […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Originally published Oct. 3, 2013 [Editors Note: The following report was based in part on a report by the Gulf Daily News in Bahrain which has been disputed by the government of Bahrain and the U.S embassy there. The Gulf Daily news stands by its report. See: Bahrain, U.S. embassy deny reports […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Originally published May 31, 2013 LONDON — After two years of civil war, support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad was said to have sharply increased. NATO has been studying data that told of a sharp rise in support for Assad. The data, compiled by Western-sponsored activists and organizations, showed […]
John J. Metzler BENNINGTON, VT — It’s that time to consult the snow globe and try to peer ahead at some of the key stories, crises and opportunities which await the world as we prepare for a new year. Indeed 2013 has been marred by new levels of violence, humanitarian disasters, and a perceptible lack […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — A group North Korean officials accompanied Kim Jong-Un on his visit to the remote “Revolutionary Battle Site” of Samjiyon where he made a final decision to purge his uncle. These officials are being viewed as the new core members of the ruling elite, sources and analysts here say. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Originally published May 30, 2013 By Grace Vuoto The media is now consistently referring to three scandals engulfing the Obama presidency, even using a shorthand expression such as a “trifecta” of troubling incidents. Yet, there is a scandal brewing that is worse than the Department of Justice violating freedom of the press, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Originally published July 8, 2013 By Grace Vuoto There is a problem with President Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate: It’s a forgery, say multiple forensic experts who have examined it. A report detailing the evidence will soon be presented to Congress. On April 27, 2011 the White House released Mr. Obama’s long-form […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com After taking tough measures to silence dissidents and clamp down on the Internet, President Xi Jinping was supposed to have given his blessings to economic reform in the just-ended Central Economic Work Meeting, whose function is to provide a road map for financial and fiscal policies for 2014. […]