Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. President Donald Trump is replacing National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster with former UN Ambassador John Bolton, an outspoken hawk who has advocated using military force against Iran and North Korea. Trump tweeted late on March 22 that McMaster, 55, had done “an outstanding job and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. Vice President Mike Pence warned North Korea not to test President Donald Trump’s resolve, saying that “all options are on the table” in curbing Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear weapons programs. Pence said during a press conference in Seoul on April 17 that recent U.S. military […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct A secretive intelligence branch of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is exporting terrorism worldwide. The unit, known in Arabic as the Emni, is a combination of an internal police force and an external operations branch, according to French, Belgian, German and Austrian intelligence and interrogation documents. The documents […]
by WorldTribune Staff, Aug. 2, 2016 President Barack Obama used a joint press conference with the prime minister of Singapore and his bully pulpit at the White House today to discredit the man who has promised to take his place. Obama said Donald Trump does not have the judgment or temperament or understanding to be […]
The following was published on May 8, 2016. The Turkish military reports it has “fully seized control” of the country from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan amid reports of scattered gunfire and explosions. Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT, announced the military coup was under way. Erdoğan issued a mobile phone appeal for the people to take to the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct Voters in the United Kingdom have chosen to leave the European Union by a 52-48 percent margin, making Great Britain the first nation to leave the EU. The turnout was large with over 70 percent of eligible voters going to the polls. The process of doing so […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Liam Fox, ________________ Editors’ Note: At 5:11 a.m. London time, BBC projections showed voters backing “Leave” the European Union (“Brexit”) by 52 percent to 48 percent in an historic and rare national referendum. FLASHBACK: The following exclusive column for WorldTribune.com was originally published on March 27, 2016 with the following headline: […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Iran’s Assembly of Experts which is responsible for electing and overseeing the work of Iran’s supreme leader has chosen hard-liner Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati as its leader. The 88-member Assembly of Experts elected Jannati with 51 votes on May 24, according to media reports. Jannati is a critic of President Hassan […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — “Economic activity in the world economy remains lackluster, with little prospect for a turnaround in 2016,” cites the gloomy prognosis by the World Economic Situation and Prospects Update for 2016. The UN survey cautions that weak global growth “continues to linger,” posing a serious challenge […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct, May 16, 2016 Edition After years of neglect and decay that saw its ranks shrink from five to one million personnel, Russia signaled with its mission in Syria that it has returned as a major military force. Millions of Russians saw on nightly news casts how Russia’s modernized force dominated on […]
