Pakistan, China move quickly on economic corridor from Gwadar port over India’s objections

Pakistan, China move quickly on economic corridor from Gwadar port over India’s objections

Special to WorldTribune.com GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Gen. Raheel Sharif on June 10, 2015, assured the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that there would be no hurdles in the completion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, adding that maximum security was put in place for completion of the project. […]

Bahrain blames Hizbullah for bombing that killed police officer

Bahrain blames Hizbullah for bombing that killed police officer

Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Bahrain, in a rare move, has blamed Iran’s leading proxy for a bombing that killed a police officer in the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdom. The government has determined that Hizbullah was responsible for an explosion that killed a police officer in the Bahraini village of Damistan on late Dec. […]

The difference a day makes: How Saudi students in the U.S. dealt with April 15, 2013

The difference a day makes: How Saudi students in the U.S. dealt with April 15, 2013

Special to WorldTribune.com By Tamara Zuniga-Brown Almost a million foreign students, the future leaders of their counties, are attending American universities. The following is the true story of how the Boston Marathon bombing one year ago today, on April 15, 2013, shocked a group of such students in southern California. “Lunch time!” a smiling Saudi […]

Sources: Syrian jihad coming to Egypt with help from Turkey, Qatar and Obama

Sources: Syrian jihad coming to Egypt with help from Turkey, Qatar and Obama

Special to WorldTribune.com Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs The struggle for Egypt is on the verge of a major escalation as the key sponsors of the jihadist cause in Syria are now committed to a similar campaign against Egypt. The overall strategic objective is to prevent the emergence […]

Syria hell: Fear and famine stalk a war-ravaged land

Syria hell: Fear and famine stalk a war-ravaged land

UNITED NATIONS — Syria’s harrowing civil war has taken a new turn as the beleaguered Mid East country now faces a deepening drought and food crisis in the midst of an expanding conflict. UN relief agencies warn that the drought may cut food production thus adding to the country’s woes. With over nine million Syrian […]

S. Korean president makes case for ‘roadmap’ to unification in Dresden, Germany

S. Korean president makes case for ‘roadmap’ to unification in Dresden, Germany

Special to WorldTribune.com East-Asia-Intel.com South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said an ‘economic bonanza’ would result from the unification of North and South Korea. Park used her trip to the former East German city of Dresden to unveil a package of proposals calling for bolstering exchanges with North Korea to lay the groundwork for reunification of […]

Will of the people: 800 million Indians are voting in the biggest election ever

Will of the people: 800 million Indians are voting in the biggest election ever

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com Winston Churchill was thinking of his own defeat at the polls after having led Britain through World War II when he uttered one of his more famous quotes, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to […]

Turkey reports Russian missile systems radar-locked on its F-16s near Syria

Turkey reports Russian missile systems radar-locked on its F-16s near Syria

Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has determined that the Syrian military was deploying a range of Russian-origin air defense systems along its border. The Turkish military said the Syrian military was using at least three surface-to-air missile systems to track the Turkish Air Force. The military identified the systems as the SA-2, SA-5, SA-11 […]

Ukraine continues weapons sales to China in the midst of turmoil

Ukraine continues weapons sales to China in the midst of turmoil

Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com As the 6th largest arms export country in the world, Ukraine has counted China as its top customer for the past two decades. On March 25, a Russian-designed Il-78 aerial refueling tanker plane conducted a final test flight after a major upgrade before being delivered by Ukraine to […]

Student protestors warn China would do to Taiwan,what Russia did to Crimea

Student protestors warn China would do to Taiwan,what Russia did to Crimea

Special to WorldTribune.com By Parris H. Chang TAIPEI, Taiwan — Hundreds of thousands of “black-clad army” members rallied for democracy at Ketagalan Blvd. in front of the presidential office and streets nearby here on March 30. They wore black to symbolize what they call the “black box” (no transparency and no due process) decision-making of […]

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