Lacking Thatcher’s Steel, UK’s May now seen as ‘weak and wounded

Lacking Thatcher’s Steel, UK’s May now seen as ‘weak and wounded

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler NEW YORK — It’s political May Day for Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May after what appeared as a massive miscalculation in calling a general election which she narrowly won. Though the ruling Conservative party gained the largest share of seats and votes in the 650 seat Parliament, the […]

Peace through hot air: Talking in circles at the ‘Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity’

Peace through hot air: Talking in circles at the ‘Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk JEJU ― Gary Samore of the Belfer Center at Harvard, formerly with the Obama administration, suggested at the annual Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity that resolution of North Korea’s nukes-and-missiles program may be insoluble. That sense weighs heavily on policy-makers in Seoul and Washington. How can Koreans and […]

Kasparov: Putin still waging ‘war against the Free World,’ after ‘pyrhhic victory’ with Trump’s election

Kasparov: Putin still waging ‘war against the Free World,’ after ‘pyrhhic victory’ with Trump’s election

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty In 2013, former world chess champion and Russian opposition political activist Garry Kasparov emigrated from Russia to the United States. Since then, he has continued to be a vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and has consistently warned the West that Putinism presents a global […]

Londonistan is the future: PC paralysis in the West will never stop radical Islam

Londonistan is the future: PC paralysis in the West will never stop radical Islam

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The Islamic terrorist attack in London represents the future. This is what happens when a nation allows unlimited immigration and Muslim extremism to take root. Multicultural Britain is no match for radical Islam. Like a Trojan horse, the invading enemy has entered within. On Saturday night, Islamists rampaged at […]

Flashback: Syrians, ‘equipment’ were in North Korea train blast

Flashback: Syrians, ‘equipment’ were in North Korea train blast

Special to WorldTribune.com By EastAsiaIntel.com, May 16, 2004 [Editors’ note: Occasionally, we republish articles of interest from our archives.] Syrian technicians accompanying unknown equipment were killed in the massive train explosion in North Korea on April 22, according to a report in a Japanese newspaper. A military specialist on Korean affairs revealed that the Syrian […]

Dangerous, deadly, daring: Remembering the day when young Americans put it all on the line

Dangerous, deadly, daring: Remembering the day when young Americans put it all on the line

Special to WorldTribune.com By Dennis Jamison, Fairfax Free Citizen, June 6, 2017 Today is the day that many around the world remember as D-Day, and many Americans will not easily forget those who lost their lives on the beaches of Normandy on that day. Those of the “greatest generation” who served their country in the […]

UN Security Council merry go round selects rights abuser

UN Security Council merry go round selects rights abuser

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The annual election to choose five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council produced both the expected and the near preposterous. The elections, actually selections by the 193 member General Assembly, saw no opposition for any of the two- year Council terms. Candidates were […]

Trump Administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate travel order

Trump Administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate travel order

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to immediately reinstate its temporary ban on travelers from six predominantly Muslim countries, arguing that it would make the United States safer. The U.S. Justice Department filed emergency applications before the high court late on June 1, […]

Roots: Islam’s deep-seated legacy of slavery vs the new narrative from CNN

Roots: Islam’s deep-seated legacy of slavery vs the new narrative from CNN

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Liberals now argue America is — and always has been — a Muslim nation. Their goal is to make Islam an intrinsic part of the American experience, thereby hoping to present any criticism of Islamist behavior as being somehow “Un-American.” Leading the charge is CNN. It recently aired an […]

Hangover after the honeymoon: Post-election euphoria fades for South Korea’s President Moon

Hangover after the honeymoon: Post-election euphoria fades for South Korea’s President Moon

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk It’s tempting for punsters to play on the surname Moon. There’s “honeymoon,” of course, and “moonshine” – the latter for whiskey distilled in the mountains of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee by the light of the moon. How long, then, will the honeymoon last for President Moon Jae-In while North […]