Trump administration calls out Russia and Iran after reported Syria chemical attack

Trump administration calls out Russia and Iran after reported Syria chemical attack

by WorldTribune Staff, April 8, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump warned on April 8 there would be a “big price to pay” for those backing the Assad regime in Syria following a reported chemical attack by Assad’s forces that killed at least 70 people. “Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in […]

Russia-Iran-Turkey entente vow ‘calm’ for fractured Syria

Russia-Iran-Turkey entente vow ‘calm’ for fractured Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, April 4, 2018 Saying they are committed to a “lasting cease-fire” in Syria, the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey said after an April 4 summit in Ankara that an end to the conflict can only be achieved “through a negotiated political process.” The  administration of President Donald Trump is reportedly considering […]

London-based backer of Brexit and Trump detained by FBI at Boston airport

London-based backer of Brexit and Trump detained by FBI at Boston airport

by WorldTribune Staff, April 1, 2018 A London-based American academic with ties to the Brexit movement and U.S. President Donald Trump said he was detained and interrogated by the FBI about his involvement in the Trump campaign. Ted Malloch, who said he was an informal and unpaid adviser on the Trump campaign, issued a statement […]

Moscow points to British intelligence in nerve toxin attack on former spy

Moscow points to British intelligence in nerve toxin attack on former spy

by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2018 Russia hinted that British intelligence may have been behind the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter and pressed the UK to produce evidence of Moscow’s involvement. “An analysis of all the circumstances…leads us to think of the possible involvement of the British intelligence services,” the Russian Foreign […]

OPEC backs 10- to 20-year oil deal between Saudi and Russia

OPEC backs 10- to 20-year oil deal between Saudi and Russia

by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2018 A deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia that could extend the two nations’ control over crude oil supplies for the next two decades has OPEC’s blessing. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman told Reuters earlier this week: “We are working to shift from a year-to-year agreement to a 10-20 […]

NC town balks at honors for secret project involving WWII Soviet aviators

NC town balks at honors for secret project involving WWII Soviet aviators

by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2018 The city council in Elizabeth City, North Carolina has voted to reject placing a 25-ton monument in a local park to honor Soviet World War II aviators who had trained in the area as part of a secret project. The Russian Defense Ministry had pledged to pay for the […]

Who tried to kill Sergei Skripal? London, Moscow trade accusations; Ex-spy fights for life

Who tried to kill Sergei Skripal? London, Moscow trade accusations; Ex-spy fights for life

by WorldTribune Staff, March 22, 2018 Moscow continues to deny any culpability in the poisoning in Britain of a former Russian intelligence officer and his daughter. Sergei Skripal, who betrayed numerous Russian agents to Britain, and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, continue to fight for their lives after the March 4 poisoning in the southern English […]

White House defends Trump’s call to Putin after Russian election

White House defends Trump’s call to Putin after Russian election

by WorldTribune Staff, March 22, 2018 Amid a torrent of mainstream media criticism, the White House on March 21 defended President Donald Trump’s decision to make a congratulatory call to Russian President Vladimir Putin after his recent re-election victory. In a pair of tweets on his call with Putin, Trump said U.S. news organizations “wanted […]

Murky waters: The attack on Sergei Skripal, the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, and the ‘Steele dossier’

Murky waters: The attack on Sergei Skripal, the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, and the ‘Steele dossier’

Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs A major new crisis, with potentially long-term ramifications, has begun between “the West” (essentially the UK, U.S., and European Union) and Russia without any major questioning as to the logic or causes of it. The “crisis” centered around the assassination attempt in […]

Brave new world? Rigged elections and big brother here, there and everywhere

Brave new world? Rigged elections and big brother here, there and everywhere

by WorldTribune Staff, March 19, 2018 An unelected “deep state” that a new poll finds most Americans believe is “pulling the levers of power” in Washington, D.C. China has acted to penalize “untrustworthy” citizens via their digital social credit scores. And “ballot rigging” has been caught on camera in Russia. Welcome to 2018. A new […]

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