Special to WorldTribune.com The Obama administration has no coherent policy on China’s pursuit for total control in the South China Sea,” a key U.S. senator said. “We’ve reached a point now where there’s no denying the fact that China has positioned itself as a geopolitical rival to the United States,” Sen. Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com U.S. President Barack Obama’s policy in Ukraine of threatening Russian President Valdimir Putin but taking no substantial action has failed miserably, lawmakers and analysts say. Two years after protests toppled Ukraine’s pro-Moscow government, Obama’s policy languishes amid Putin’s heavy-handed determination, the headline-stealing conflicts in Syria and Iraq and wavering support from European […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Before the ink was even dry on the nuclear deal with world powers, Iran began sanitizing its nuclear military site at Parchin, U.S. intelligence officials said. American intelligence officials informed Congress that satellite imagery in July showed Iran had moved bulldozers and other heavy machinery to the Parchin site. Intelligence officials were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The UN Security Council endorsed the Iran nuclear deal on July 20 as members of the U.S. Congress from both parties seethed over the Obama administration prompting the UN vote before Congress had its say. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican, said the move was “highly problematic” and called […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama has acknowledged that its Syria rebel aid program failed. A senior U.S. diplomat told Congress that the hundreds of millions of dollars of aid to Sunni rebels have not made a dent in the three-year war against President Bashar Assad. The diplomat, Anne Patterson, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syrian rebels have received hundreds of tons of weapons in the war against the regime of President Bashar Assad. Diplomatic sources said Sunni rebels were receiving a huge amount of weapons and munitions through Turkey. They said the arms, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles, stemmed from eastern Europe and Pakistan […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has decided not to honor legislation that would end U.S. aid to Egypt. Officials said the administration would not implement a 2010 law that stipulates the halt in U.S. aid to any country that undergoes a military coup. They said the president has decided that the State […]