Iran warns it would ‘not hesitate to bring down’ U.S. spy planes

Iran warns it would ‘not hesitate to bring down’ U.S. spy planes

by WorldTribune Staff, September 5, 2017 The commander of Iran’s air defense force said Teheran warned away two U.S. spy aircraft in recent months and “would not hesitate” to shoot down such craft in the future. Brig. Gen. Farzad Esmaili said an unmanned U.S. RQ-4 drone was diverted near Iranian air space on Aug. 26. […]

Kim-ageddon: Nuke expansion defied intel projections, Trump pushes buttons in Beijing, Seoul

Kim-ageddon: Nuke expansion defied intel projections, Trump pushes buttons in Beijing, Seoul

by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2017 The bomb North Korea detonated at its Punggye-ri test site on Sept. 2 was at least five times more powerful than devices previously tested and puts the Kim Jong-Un regime much earlier and significantly higher on the technological ladder than intelligence agencies had assessed. “North Korea has achieved a […]

Office space: Gorka, Bannon to advance Trump agenda, free of White House constraints

Office space: Gorka, Bannon to advance Trump agenda, free of White House constraints

by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2017 Sebastian Gorka, who late last month stepped down as deputy adviser to the president, said he can better serve the winning Trump’s campaign public mandate away from a cramped atmosphere marked by “two different world views.” Gorka told SiriusXM host Alex Marlow last week that he resigned because “people […]

Obama’s leaked letter to his successor: ‘It’s up to us … to sustain the international order

Obama’s leaked letter to his successor: ‘It’s up to us … to sustain the international order

by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2017 In what would be the last direct communication between the 44th and 45th presidents, Barack Obama left a 275-word hand-written letter to Donald Trump in the top drawer of the Resolute Desk. CNN said it obtained a copy of the letter, written on White House stationery, from someone Trump […]

More than 110,000 sign petition asking White House to declare George Soros a terrorist

More than 110,000 sign petition asking White House to declare George Soros a terrorist

by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2017 A petition posted on the “We the People” section of the White House website asks the Trump administration to declare leftist billionaire George Soros a domestic terrorist. The petition has over 110,000 signatures, which passes the threshold to necessitate a response from the White House. Several petitions that have […]

In first, U.S. F-35s joined B-1 bombers in response to N. Korean ICBM test

In first, U.S. F-35s joined B-1 bombers in response to N. Korean ICBM test

by WorldTribune Staff, September 3, 2017 The show of force by the U.S. and its allies in response to North Korea’s intermediate-range ballistic missile test on Aug. 28 included U.S. Marine Corps F-35s and U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers joined for the first time in a “sequenced bilateral mission” that included Japan and South Korea’s […]

Nuke fallout: Trump knocks Seoul on ‘appeasement’, China to back North if U.S. strikes first

Nuke fallout: Trump knocks Seoul on ‘appeasement’, China to back North if U.S. strikes first

by WorldTribune Staff, September 3, 2017 In the wake of North Korea’s test of a 100-kiloton hydrogen bomb, U.S. President Donald Trump had harsh words for the Kim Jong-Un regime in Pyongyang, but also came down hard on South Korea for what he said was Seoul’s policy of “appeasement.” “South Korea is finding, as I […]

Wild card: Canada fought N. Korea, now lacks defenses against missile attack

Wild card: Canada fought N. Korea, now lacks defenses against missile attack

by WorldTribune Staff, September 3, 2017 Canada, which participated in the Korean War and is still technically at war with North Korea, faces a “unique vulnerability” should Pyongyang decide to target the Great White North, an analyst said. “At present, Canada does not possess any means to deter or counter” a North Korean nuclear ballistic […]

U.S. eyes easing sanctions on Sudan, but raises concerns over persecution of Christians

U.S. eyes easing sanctions on Sudan, but raises concerns over persecution of Christians

by WorldTribune Staff, September 3, 2017 The Trump administration on Aug. 29 raised concerns over Sudan’s persecution of religious minorities during talks aimed at easing sanctions on Khartoum which have been in place for 20 years. Mark Green, newly-appointed head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), held the talks with senior Sudanese officials […]

Moscow blames the Obama administration for ‘undermining Russia-U.S. relations’

Moscow blames the Obama administration for ‘undermining Russia-U.S. relations’

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Russia said on September 1 it would respond harshly to any U.S. moves meant to hurt it, a day after the United States told Moscow to close its consulate in San Francisco and locations in Washington and New York. But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said […]