Mattis confirms he ordered Russian mercenary force ‘to be annihilated’

Mattis confirms he ordered Russian mercenary force ‘to be annihilated’

In the “crowded battlefield” that is Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis confirmed he gave the order for an enemy force that included Russian mercenaries “to be annihilated.” Mattis made the revelation during testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 26. Sen. Deb Fischer, Nebraska Republican, asked Mattis about the February attack on […]

Victor Davis Hanson: Mueller investigation ignores actual lawbreakers

Victor Davis Hanson: Mueller investigation ignores actual lawbreakers

by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2018 As special counsel Robert Mueller pursues his search for “hypothetical lawbreaking” he also continues to ignore “actual lawbreakers,” an analyst noted. “For over a year, we have had two standards of legality when there can only be one,” Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, wrote […]

Real news in Korea always comes as a complete surprise

Real news in Korea always comes as a complete surprise

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Here’s a hard truth that’s certifiable by any rudimentary review of modern Korean history: the real news about Korea catches almost everyone by surprise. Who, for instance, would have predicted the outbreak of the Korean War nearly seven decades ago? Who knew, in the depths of South Korea’s economic […]

Lock him up: Former FBI director is no boy scout

Lock him up: Former FBI director is no boy scout

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner James Comey is the worst FBI director in U.S. history. He not only ran the agency into the ground, badly damaging its reputation and credibility. But more importantly, during his tenure Comey committed numerous crimes. He belongs in jail. The fact that he is engaged in a lucrative book […]

Armenian PM Sarkisian resigns, thousands celebrate in Yerevan

Armenian PM Sarkisian resigns, thousands celebrate in Yerevan

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Thousands of jubilant Armenians have poured into Yerevan’s main square to celebrate the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian, who stepped down amid widespread street protests over his election to the newly powerful post following 10 years as president. In a dramatic turn of events a […]

Fidel hell: USSR is dead, but Castro’s iron grip on Cuba endures

Fidel hell: USSR is dead, but Castro’s iron grip on Cuba endures

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — For as long as I can remember, the phrase Castro’s Cuba was synonymous with a Caribbean island ruled by one Family. Indeed for sixty years the phrase had a certain, if unfortunate, political ring. So when Raul Castro, the second member of the ruling dynasty, […]

Iranians hit by ‘perfect currency storm’

Iranians hit by ‘perfect currency storm’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Frud Bezhan and Niusha Boghrati, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranian travelers stand in front of a currency exchange in Tehran, hoping to exchange money on April 11. Every day, hundreds head to Tehran’s bustling Ferdowsi street to buy foreign currency, only to find that many exchange offices have shut […]

Iranian official arrested for allowing ‘indecent’ public dancing

Iranian official arrested for allowing ‘indecent’ public dancing

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Islamic law enforced in Iran prohibits public dancing. Iran has arrested a Culture Ministry official after people danced in public in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the judiciary said on April 19. Deputy prosecutor Hassan Heydari told the judiciary’s Mizanonline news agency on April 19 that […]

U.S. takes cautious approach to coming summit between two Koreas

U.S. takes cautious approach to coming summit between two Koreas

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk SEOUL — The U.S. is pursuing a careful policy of appearing to support South Korea’s drive for reconciliation and dialogue with the North but holding out the option of refusing to go along with anything short of complete certainty that Kim Jong-Un is dismantling his nuclear program The carefully […]

Nightmares in Beijing as U.S. picks up pace of its pivot to Taiwan

Nightmares in Beijing as U.S. picks up pace of its pivot to Taiwan

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Washington-Taipei interaction, the most taboo issue in U.S.-China relations for the past five decades, is now entering a new stage. The U.S. is breaking some of the most crucial norms of diplomacy and security by vigorously rekindling a strategic partnership with Taiwan, the island democracy that is under existential threat […]