Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A Russian diplomat has emphasized that safe zones that would be established in Syria under a deal reached by Russia, Turkey, and Iran would be closed to warplanes of the U.S.-led coalition. Russia’s chef representative at peace talks in Kazakhstan sponsored by those countries, Aleksandr Lavrentyev, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 4, 2017 Driven into a corner by its over dependence on a frustrated China and a tough, hard-charging leader in Washington, the nuclear power and “Hermit Kingdom” North Korea is reviewing its options which do exist. Neither China nor the U.S.-Japan-South Korea alliance wants to risk triggering a disastrous war on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 4, 2017 Russia is several moves ahead of the United States when it comes to the Arctic, with Moscow building up a huge military and industrial presence while the U.S. dawdles, the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard said on May 3. Russia has “all their chess pieces on the board […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 4, 2017 Populist candidate Marine Le Pen, in a televised debate on May 3, referred to her centrist opponent Emmanuel Macron as a “smirking banker” who was firmly in the pocket of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “. . . The reality, you went to see Mrs. Merkel, you went to ask […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 4, 2017 Illegal aliens will get a pass on minor, non-violent crimes they commit in Brooklyn and Baltimore, a report said. Prosecutors have ordered their staffs not to charge illegals with minor, non-violent crimes because it could get the offenders deported, Judicial Watch reported in its May 4 Corruption Chronicles blog. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 4, 2017 Iran is using billions in funds that were freed up under the nuclear deal with world powers to finance an unprecedented military buildup, a report said. Iran’s defense budget has increased by 145 percent under President Hassan Rouhani and the military is moving forward with a massive restructuring effort […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2017 U.S. special operations forces are training for covert operations to locate and destroy North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile delivery systems, the spec-ops commander told Congress on May 2. “We are actively pursuing a training path to ensure readiness for the entire range of contingency operations in which [special […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2017 Rush Limbaugh on May 2 pressed Vice President Mike Pence on a budget deal that many analysts say looks more like a win for Democrats than the Republican majority. “What is the point of voting Republican if the Democrats are gonna continue to win practically 95 percent of their […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2017 The Palestinian Authority (PA) praised a newly passed UN resolution which denies Israel’s rights to Jerusalem, a report said. The UN’s cultural agency, UNESCO, passed a resolution on May 2 that declares “all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, which have altered or […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2017 A group of Republican senators are urging President Donald Trump to demand that Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas stop paying Palestinian terrorists and their families. In a letter to the president, a delegation of senators led Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, and Tom Cotton, […]
