Fallout from Iran ‘nuclear deal’: Saudis seen becoming ‘more active’ in developing WMD

Fallout from Iran ‘nuclear deal’: Saudis seen becoming ‘more active’ in developing WMD

by WorldTribune Staff, April 3, 2017 Saudi Arabia is expected to actively seek nuclear weapons capability to counter Iran, which continues to advance its own nuclear program despite the nuclear deal with world powers, a report said. “Saudi Arabia is in the early stages of nuclear development” and will only become “more active” in seeking […]

Intel official who ‘unmasked’ Trump associates said to be ‘very high up’

Intel official who ‘unmasked’ Trump associates said to be ‘very high up’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2017 A very senionr official in the intelligence community is responsible for “unmasking” associates of President Donald Trump, according to a March 31 report. Several sources said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, California Republican, knows who is responsible for the disclosure of classified names, Fox News reported. The official […]

‘Londonistan’: 423 new mosques, 500 closed churches

‘Londonistan’: 423 new mosques, 500 closed churches

by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2017 Britain’s capital city is now “more Islamic than many Muslim countries,” a leading Shia scholar said. By 2020, estimates are that the number of Muslims attending prayers will reach at least 683,000, while the number of Christians attending weekly services will drop to 679,000. The scholar, Maulana Syed Ali Raza Rizvi, […]

The last time nation was this divided the issue was real events, not false narratives

The last time nation was this divided the issue was real events, not false narratives

by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2017 Events that unfolded in the United States in 1968 were staggering, unprecedented, tragic – and real. America was on edge after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. There were riots in the streets of Chicago at the Democratic National Convention. There were widespread demonstrations against […]

Turkey’s April 16 referendum and Erdogan’s transit from irritant to threat

Turkey’s April 16 referendum and Erdogan’s transit from irritant to threat

Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, Ankara There were, by the end of March 2017, growing indications that Turkish President Reçep Tayyip Erdoğan had concrete plans to unleash a new wave of undocumented migrants into the European Union if he failed to win the absolute power he was seeking in the April 16, […]

Time to once and for all solve Syria as the bloodshed enters seventh year

Time to once and for all solve Syria as the bloodshed enters seventh year

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Syria’s bloody conflict has entered its seventh year with unrelenting killings, displacements and bombardments being “one of the largest man-made humanitarian and protection crises in the world.” As the UN Humanitarian Chief Stephen O’Brien told the Security Council, “Hundreds of thousands of people have been […]

VA punishes whistleblower, a doctor, by forbidding him from treating veterans

VA punishes whistleblower, a doctor, by forbidding him from treating veterans

by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2017 A doctor who is being paid $250,000 a year to help those who served their country now can’t help them at all. Dr. Dale Klein, a highly-rated pain management specialist at the Southeast Missouri John J. Pershing Veterans Administration facility literally does nothing – punishment, he said, for being […]

On second thought: Venezuela supremes issue ‘clarifications’ after international outrage at ‘coup’

On second thought: Venezuela supremes issue ‘clarifications’ after international outrage at ‘coup’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2017 In the wake of a flood of international criticism, Venezuela’s Supreme Court has reversed its decision stripping the National Assembly of all its powers. The court published two “clarifications” including one that said that the National Assembly will maintain its legislative functions, El Universal newspaper reported on April 1. On […]

Power to the man: Venezuela’s Supreme Court turns nation over to socialist President Maduro

Power to the man: Venezuela’s Supreme Court turns nation over to socialist President Maduro

by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 Venezuela’s Supreme Court on March 29 declared the opposition-run National Assembly to be invalid, seizing its powers and driving a country engulfed in chaos closer toward dictatorship. The ruling also gave socialist President Nicolas Maduro widespread powers, including the ability to authorize joint oil ventures without congressional approval. The […]

Tillerson: U.S. no longer focused on Assad’s status which will be ‘decided’ by the Syrians

Tillerson: U.S. no longer focused on Assad’s status which will be ‘decided’ by the Syrians

by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 In a major policy shift from that of Barack Obama, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 30 said the U.S. will no longer demand that Syrian President Bashar Assad step down as part of a negotiated solution to the Syrian crisis. The “longer-term status of President Assad […]