by WorldTribune Staff, February 11, 2022 Calls from Jill Biden and Pope Francis for special favors to get certain people out of the chaos enveloping Afghanistan made a bad situation worse, according to the commander of U.S. troops in charge of the evacuation of Kabul. Rear Adm. Peter Vasely “said the Pentagon was being pulled […]
FPI / February 2, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct After being effectively wiped out during the administration of President Donald Trump, the Islamic State (ISIS) has reportedly regrouped and has launched several attacks since the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, said it’s not yet clear how strongly the […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2022 Sanctions imposed on Iran by the Trump administration were so devastating that the mullahs in Teheran were unable to pay dues owed to the United Nations. As a consequence, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism lost its voting rights at the UN. Was this not a victory […]
FPI / January 12, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct If North Korea indeed was successful in a second test of a hypersonic missile, Israel and its ally the United States should be highly concerned the technology could make its way to Iran, an analyst said. “Russia has since 2019 been bragging that its hypersonic missiles give it an […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 7, 2022 The president of Kazakhstan issued a shoot-to-kill order after citizens protesting the government’s lifting its price cap on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) rioted in the streets of the nation’s largest city Almaty and reportedly began rounding up government security forces. Russia reportedly sent in some 2,500 troops at the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler The political reverberations following America’s Afghanistan pullout debacle still shake the geopolitical landscape from Ukraine to the Taiwan Straits. But shall pending military calculations in Moscow and Beijing take advantage of a perceived power vacuum in the wake of the Afghan fiasco or will diplomacy deflect the sword […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 22, 2021 In a bizarre story out of India that has made its way around the world, a report detailed how a group of angry monkeys exacted revenge by killing 250 dogs after a couple of dogs killed a baby monkey. “As per local reports, the killing spree started after […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler The Christmas Season is upon us. Seasonal cheer is everywhere. Christmas trees, wreaths and pine bunting abound. Lights and displays on stores and homes glisten reflecting the Advent joy as our weary world celebrates its second Covid Christmas. While there’s certainly cause for celebration and family gatherings, let’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2021 Days after Iran backed away from all its previous compromises on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, Team Biden lifted sanctions on the world’s top state sponsor of terrorism. The Biden administration, which is reversing the Trump administration’s effective “maximum pressure” strategy in dealing with Iran, will now allow Teheran […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 12, 2021 Team Biden gave away billions in U.S. military equipment to the Taliban and now an Iran-backed terrorist organization in Yemen apparently wants a piece of that action. Houthi fighters stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Sanaa on Wednesday, holding hostages and demanding “large quantities of equipment and materials,” the […]
