Special to WorldTribune.com Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi said regional security is in its “most vulnerable state” and warned that some fighting Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) are “sliding into failure.” In an interview with The Associated Press after his address to the United Nations General Assembly, Sisi said Egypt is engaged in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The commander of the army of Libya’s internationally recognized government has led the effort to drive Islamists out of Benghazi for nearly a year. For his efforts, Gen. Khalifa Haftar has now been accused by the United Nations of deliberately trying to sabotage peace talks with what they referred to as a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Sept. 21 that samples collected by Iran’s experts at the Parchin nuclear site meet the IAEA’s standards. IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, who met with top Iranian officials and visited the Parchin facility on Sept. 20, said the samples had been taken before his […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Nuclear security experts are calling on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to release details contained in the Iran nuclear agreement on how Iran’s Parchin nuclear facility will be inspected. The experts said failure to disclose the details was damaging the credibility of the IAEA, the UN’s nuclear watchdog. The view of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Uwe Siemon-Netto The flood of Middle Eastern refugees into Europe exposes a fatal flaw of the current democratic system in the United States. The defect is the innate inability of the fast-paced American system to bring a long-drawn-out war against an unconventional enemy to a victorious conclusion. As Adelbert Weinstein, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Concerned they will be overwhelmed by the social and political impact of a huge influx of refugees, wealthy Gulf states are highly unlikely to change their practice of keeping asylum seekers out. The UN convention on refugees, which has governed international law on asylum since World War II, includes exactly zero Gulf […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iran has no intention of following a stipulation in the recent nuclear deal that continues sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s missile program, President Hassan Rowhani said. “We will purchase weapons from wherever we deem necessary and we are not waiting for anyone’s permission; if we deem necessary we will sell our weapons […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iran signaled its support for a United Nations plan to end the four-year war in Syria that was proposed by Russia. Teheran on Aug. 20 said it welcomed the plan, adding that President Bashar Assad’s regime needed to be directly involved. Related: UN backs plan to end Syrian war proposed by Russia […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The United Nations Security Council on Aug. 17 backed a plan put forward by Russia to end the four-year civil war in Syria. The proposal adopted by Moscow, one of Bashar Assad’s few remaining allies, and 14 other UN member states, calls for a new push for peace talks, a “political transition” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A briefing by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog left U.S. senators “less assured” than before about the Iran nuclear deal, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker said August 5. “The majority of members here left with far more questions than they had before the meeting […]