Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Europe has served as a key recruitment ground for the Sunni revolt in Syria, a report said. The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation asserted that up to 600 Europeans have been recruited for the war against the regime of President Bashar Assad. In a report, the center said […]
Sol W. Sanders It’s early on but some new disturbing geopolitical trends are emerging or being emphasized from the Cyprus financial crisis that go far beyond continuing the very real threat to the Euro and the whole economic structure of the European Union. Offstage, it has exposed the growing deterioration of the Russian regime […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Uwe Siemon-Netto These days I am proud to be a German. I am saying this not because of my country’s economic and therefore growing political prowess; that would be childish posturing. No, I am proud to be a German because of my compatriots’ admirably serene reaction to the relentless abuse leveled […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has been linked to Iran’s efforts to smuggle material for its nuclear program. Germany has determined that Teheran established more than a dozen fronts in Turkey to transport dual-use components for Iran’s nuclear program. Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office has tracked the flow of dual-use material acquired in Europe […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Jordan is said to be helping the West train Syrian rebels. Western media reports asserted that Jordan was overseeing a U.S. program to train thousands of Sunni rebels against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. They said Washington was focusing on the Free Syrian Army, which was undergoing training […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar has reported the discovery of a major natural gas reserve. Qatari Energy Minister Mohammed Bin Saleh Al Sada said the Gulf Cooperation Council emirate confirmed the largest offshore gas field since 1971. Al Sada said the discovery, estimated to contain 5.2 trillion cubic feet, was located at the […]
Sol W. Sanders ZURICH – Europeans seem determined to ignore the depth of an approaching economic and political crisis which will end its longest period of prosperity and peace in history and threatens the very foundations of post-World War II democratic progression. In the fleshpots of Vienna and Zurich I have just visited, for […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The world is confronted by a maze of crisis ranging from North Africa to the Middle East and South Asia. Places from Afghanistan, to Syria, Somalia and Mali make the grim headlines. So it’s not surprising that an extraordinary achievement of peace and reconciliation in Western Europe is flippantly […]
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 […]
Sol W. Sanders Maybe it’s because you can fly faster from America to Europe than westward to the U.S.? But for whatever reason, a standard politically correct mantra these days is how if we would just imitate the Europeans, everything would be better. Which of the accepted five categories of propaganda this argument falls […]