Colonel In Ukrainian military intelligence killed In Kyiv car bombing

Colonel In Ukrainian military intelligence killed In Kyiv car bombing

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A colonel in Ukraine’s armed forces has been killed in a car bombing in Kyiv that authorities are investigating as a “terrorist attack.” A Defense Ministry statement on the June 27 explosion identified the victim of the blast as Colonel Maksim Shapoval. Police said law enforcement […]

U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition forces close in on ISIS in Raqqa

U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition forces close in on ISIS in Raqqa

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A U.S.-backed Arab-Kurd coalition fighting Islamic State (ISIS) militants near Raqqa has captured the district of Al-Qadisia outside of the extremists’ self-declared capital in Syria, military officials say. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took Al-Qadisia, west of Raqqa, after three days of intense fighting, the SDF […]

UN secretary general bemoans refugee tsunami, appeals for consideration and assimilation

UN secretary general bemoans refugee tsunami, appeals for consideration and assimilation

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — In an impassioned appeal to the media, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres decried the rising tide of refugees worldwide, but advised that ultimately political solutions to the crises remain the key to stem the tide creating chaotic human displacements. While more than 65 million people […]

World population spiking in India and Nigeria, declining in Europe and Japan

World population spiking in India and Nigeria, declining in Europe and Japan

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Countries with the world’s youngest and fastest growing populations are concentrated in Africa, Latin America, and Asia The world’s population will grow from 7.6 billion this year to 9.8 billion in 2050, with India, Pakistan, and seven other countries accounting for half of that increase, the […]

Exercise in terrorism: The likely cause of Otto Warmbier’s death

Exercise in terrorism: The likely cause of Otto Warmbier’s death

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The death of Otto Warmbier provides a powerful reminder of the torture and terrorism perpetrated by one of the world’s most repressive regimes. Americans are no doubt aware of the tyranny of the dynasty led by a man who revels in ordering the development of long-range missiles capable of […]

Terrorism, 2017: The unholy alliance between the radical Left and militant Islam

Terrorism, 2017: The unholy alliance between the radical Left and militant Islam

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Liberal terrorism is on the march. James T. Hodgkinson, the rabid progressive who deliberately gunned down congressional Republicans at a baseball practice in Virginia, is a product of anti-Trump leftist hatred. Just like Islam, liberalism has a radical strain that embraces violence and terror. And just like moderate Muslims […]

Paranoid in Pyongyang: NIS reports wary Kim focused on ‘decapitation’ ops

Paranoid in Pyongyang: NIS reports wary Kim focused on ‘decapitation’ ops

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Kim Jong-Un is not afraid of flying like his late father Kim Jong-Il and he has cultivated an outgoing buoyant personal like his grandfather Kim Il-Sung, Communist North Korea’s founder. But reportedly he shares one trait with his more reserved father: A tendency to check the rearview mirror often when […]

U.S. shoots down armed Iran drone over Syria prompting Russian protests

U.S. shoots down armed Iran drone over Syria prompting Russian protests

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said the presence of U.S. forces in Syria was “illegal.” The Pentagon said a U.S. F-15 aircraft flying over Syrian territory fired on the Shaheed 129 drone after it displayed hostile intent and advanced on coalition forces on June 20. […]

Iraq’s Abadi visits Saudis in bid for reconciliation between Shi’a, Sunnis

Iraq’s Abadi visits Saudis in bid for reconciliation between Shi’a, Sunnis

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi visited Saudi Arabia on June 19 in the first leg of a tour of the Persian Gulf region that will also include Iran and Kuwait, his office said. Abadi’s visit to Saudi Arabia aims to promote reconciliation between the Sunni Muslim […]

Iran fires missiles into Syria to answer ISIS attacks in Teheran

Iran fires missiles into Syria to answer ISIS attacks in Teheran

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The missile attacks came a week after ISIS militants attacked the Iranian parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic. Iran has fired missiles into eastern Syria targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group which claimed […]