Special to WorldTribune.com Excerpted from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty About 100 fighter jets and 4,000 personnel from the United States and eight European nations began an Arctic training exercise in the Nordic nations on May 25. The exercise, based in the north of Norway, Sweden and Finland, aims to test cooperation among Arctic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranian lawmakers have signed and proposed a bill that, if passed by parliament, would stop nuclear talks with the United States until Washington stops issuing threats tied to the outcome of the negotiations. The 80 lawmakers who signed the bill presented it to a parliamentary board […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin has begun producing the fifth generation Joint Strike Fighter for several nations, including Britain, Israel, Italy, Japan and Norway. The Defense Department has reached agreement with L-M to launch low-rate initial production of the F-35A. Under the deal, L-M would begin assembly of 43 Lightning-2 aircraft. “Today’s agreement […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Anti-government tribes have disrupted Yemen’s energy sector. A leading European contractor has suspended operations at two crude oil blocks in southern Yemen. Norway’s DNO, which informed the Yemeni Oil Ministry, said it could not operate amid attacks by tribes in such areas as Howarime and Hood. In a statement on […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — “The rise of the South is unprecedented in its speed and scale…when dozens of countries and billions of people move up the development ladder as they are doing today, it has a direct impact on wealth creation and broader human progress,” cites the glowing introduction to the UN Development […]