Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI — North Korean declarations of “a state of war” on the Korean peninsula tend to make people forget bloodier border confrontations elsewhere in Asia. None is more volatile than the standoff along nearly 3,000 kilometers of heavily guarded fencing that separates Pakistan from India. Koreans point […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Fariborz Saremi It has been assumed for quite some time that next month’s presidential election in Iran will be an exceptionally contentious affair, but since May 11, the last day on which presidential candidates could register their intention to run for election, it has finally become clear who the main rivals […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Iran has been closely monitoring the U.S.-led naval exercise in the Gulf. The U.S. Navy has reported both Iranian air and surface vessel reconnaissance of the current International Mine Countermeasures Exercise, which began operations on May 12. Officers said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was sending small fast attack […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com After becoming simultaneously General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission at the 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress last November, Xi Jinping put it as its top priority to consolidate his power base in the People’s Liberation Army. He also wanted to build up his credentials as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — King Abdullah has expanded his purge of the Saudi military. On May 10, Abdullah dismissed the commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force, Gen. Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al Ayesh. The royal decree, which named a successor, did not elaborate. “The order instructed the defense minister to act accordingly and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has reported the preparation of troops to intervene in Libya. The Defense Department said the U.S. military has sent troops near the coast of the North African state over the last seven months. The Pentagon said the troops were on alert for any attack on U.S. diplomatic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey It is increasingly apparent that there is no appetite in either the United States or Israel at this time to go to war with Iran by attacking the Iranian nuclear facilities. For the time being, the June elections in Iran are used as a reason not to attack, on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported an Al Qaida plot against a foreign embassy, said by officials to be that of the United States. The Interior Ministry said security forces captured three suspected Al Qaida operatives in the Cairo area. The ministry said the cell planned to conduct a suicide bombing on the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Russia has denied plans to export an advanced long-range air defense system to Syria. The Kremlin said Russia would not deliver the S-300PMU2 to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Officials said Moscow has completed all air defense projects with Damascus. “Russia has sold and signed contracts a long […]
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