FPI / January 20, 2020 The latest major media “bombshell” in the Trump-Ukraine saga involves reports that a European “Trump backer” was involved in a scheme to surveil former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Democrat impeachment star witness Marie Yovanovitch. Media reports on Friday said that Robert Hyde, a Republican congressional candidate, named Anthony de […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 29, 2018 The Belgian government has chosen to replace its aging fleet of F-16s with the U.S. F-35. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said on Oct. 25 that he’d chosen the F-35 over the Eurofighter Typhoon (developed by Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain) because it was cheaper. Costs for the F-35 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 24, 2018 In the “data industrial complex” of the 21st Century, “we see vividly, painfully how technology can harm, rather than help,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said, adding that platforms can “magnify our worst human tendencies… deepen divisions, incite violence and even undermine our shared sense or what is true or […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty An Iranian diplomat who is the suspected mastermind of an attack that allegedly was planned on Iranians living in exile in France has been extradited from Germany to Belgium, security officials said. Previously identified as Assadollah Assadi by AFP, the 46-year-old diplomat based in Austria was […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 21, 2018 The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union (EU), announced on March 21 it was bringing its tax rules “into the 21st century” with the unveiling of a new tax on digital companies. Though the EU said the digital tax is not aimed at any country or […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy International courts have been turned into leverage for destruction of national democracies by the totalitarian system. In late December, the European Commission announced punitive measures against Poland using the so-called “nuclear option”, Article 7 of the Lisbon Treaty. The reason was the decision of Warsaw to limit the power […]
Special to WorldTribune , December 21, 2017 Yes: 128 No: 9 Abstain: 35 Y AFGHANISTAN Y DOMINICA Y LITHUANIA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Y ALBANIA A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Y LUXEMBOURG Y SAUDI ARABIA Y ALGERIA Y ECUADOR Y MADAGASCAR Y SENEGAL Y ANDORRA Y EGYPT A MALAWI Y SERBIA Y ANGOLA EL SALVADOR Y MALAYSIA […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 16, 2016 A new wave of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) terrorists returning from the battlefields of Syria are planning mass casualty attacks in France and Belgium, intelligence sources say. “Fighters traveling without passports left Syria about a week and a half ago in order to reach Europe by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs Jihad is escalating into Europe. The mid-November 2015 jihadist strike at the heart of Paris, the late-March 2016 jihadist strike at the heart of Brussels, as well as the host of smaller “incidents” such as the mid-May 2016 stabbing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Brussels terror suspect known as “the man in the hat,” who had eluded authorities since the March 22 attacks, was arrested on April 8, reports said. Officials confirmed the arrest of Mohamed Abrini, who is also suspected of being involved in the November attacks in Paris carried out by Islamic State […]