Special to WorldTribune.com The United States says it “ought to do better” to fight Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) Internet propaganda machine. U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, speaking at Ecole Militaire military college in Paris on Jan. 21, said the terror group uses the Internet “to give encouragement or even instruction to people […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Ongoing disputes in the South China Sea forced defense ministers of the 10 Association of East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to scrap a joint declaration during a two-day forum in Malaysia. The United States and its allies wanted the disputes, which include China’s continuing military buildup and construction on artificial islands, mentioned in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As demand continues to slide, Saudi Aramco is slashing crude oil prices to Asia and the United States. Saudi Aramco is offering a $3.20 per barrel (below the regional benchmark) discount to Asia, the main market for Saudi crude oil. It is the largest discount offered to Asian customers since a $2 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Turkey and the United States have been discussing plans to try to rout Islamic State of Iraq and Levant militants from Syrian territory along the Turkish border, creating a safe haven for thousands of Syrian refugees and cutting off the militant group’s main route for getting […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler PARIS — International development assistance still remains a vital element in reducing global poverty. What’s known as Official Development Assistance (ODA) has now reached record levels of over $135 billion annually and is channeled to a group of 148 countries ranging from the poorest of the poor such […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Backgrounder, Geostrategy-Direct.com China’s claim of more than 90 percent of the entire South China Sea has awakened the United States to the implications and prompted tough talk. The discovery of China’s massive sand-pumping operation to create man-made islands in the middle of the South China Sea came as a major shock […]
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 The Pentagon said a U.S. destroyer has been sent to the scene of a distress call from the Persian Gulf. U.S. officials are disputing reports by Iran state news agency Fars that Iran’s Navy captured a U.S. cargo ship “for trespassing in Iran’s territorial waters” and a Saudi report that U.S. sailors […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. and Iranian nuclear experts continuing talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne on March 18 in a push for deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program. The delegations are led by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. “We are […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey and the United States have decided to refrain from training Syrian rebels with live fire. Officials said Ankara and Washington have drafted a training program for thousands of Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. They said the program would not include live fire to prevent […]