Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has raised the prospect that it would transfer an advanced U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle to its allies. Officials said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was considering transferring a downed U.S. UAV to Hizbullah or Syria. They said the downed RQ-170, produced by Lockheed Martin, was still intact and could […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media A New York Times story about a “modest” global tax mentions some of those supporting the idea but forgets an important one — the United Nations. At a Nov. 30 U.N.-sponsored conference in Washington, D.C., officials of the U.N. Development Program […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — A Western major plans to invest in Libya’s damaged energy sector. Italy’s Eni plans to invest up to $35 billion to expand its presence in Libya. Executives said the company, which has been increasing its crude oil production, would allocate the investment over the next 20 years. “We have resumed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Bill Gertz, Geostrategy-Direct.com Russian President Dmitri Medvedev threw down the gauntlet of strategic nuclear escalation in Europe last week. Evidently angry over U.S. missile defense deployments in Europe, Medvedev said Moscow would be bolstering its strategic missiles and planning for new deployments of advanced missiles in southern and western Russia. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has credited its new electronic warfare unit with downing an advanced U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle. Officials said the Iranian military’s electronic warfare unit deployed indigenous systems that intercepted a U.S. Air Force RQ-170 Sentinel UAV on Dec. 4. They said the Sentinel sustained minor damage and was being examined […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — China and Turkey have signed a natural gas storage agreement. Turkey’s state-owned Botas has contracted China’s Tianchen Engineering to build a gas depository under Turkey’s Lake Tuz in Central Anatolia. Under the agreement, reported at $559 million, Tianchen would build a facility by 2019 that could store one billion cubic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Algeria and Morocco have signed their first intelligence accord. The two North African neighbors have signed an agreement to exchange intelligence on insurgency financing. The accord would commit the financial intelligence units of both countries to also exchange information on suspected money laundering and orgnaized crime. Officials said the agreement […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Russia, despite appeals from Israel and the U.S., has begun delivery of an advanced cruise missile to Syria. Russia’s Interfax news agency reported that Moscow has delivered the first P-800 Yakhont missiles to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Interfax, quoting Russian military sources, said Yakhont was supplied to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan has halted crude oil exports by the new southern republic. South Sudan is completely dependent on oil revenues. Sudanese Oil Minister Ali Ahmed Othman said the Khartoum regime would not allow oil from South Sudan to flow through the pipeline to the Red Sea. Othman said the ban stems […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel and Russia have completed a strategic dialogue that focused on weapons proliferation. Officials said delegations from Israel and Russia met on Nov. 29 as part of the strategic dialogue between two countries. They said the session included Russian arms sales to the Middle East, particularly Iran and Syria. “The […]