Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, May 21, 2023 Another earthquake has jolted Turkey. But contrary to the seismic calamity which devastated large parts of eastern Turkey in February killing more than 50,000 people this was an electoral jolt whose political shockwaves and aftershocks continue to rattle the entire country from Istanbul, through the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 22, 2023 Despite a widening war with Russia, shipments of Ukrainian food and grain are still being shipped to global markets under a complex but fragile accord brokered by the United Nations and nearby Turkey. Since the deal was initiated last Summer, The Black Sea Grain Initiative […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 10, 2023 As the death toll from two massive earthquakes which struck Turkey and Syria climbed above 22,000, anger was boiling over at the regime of Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the blocking of social media and what many residents and opposition officials say has been a slow and inadequate […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2021 The sex-trafficking trial for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell got underway in New York on Monday. Are Bill Gates, Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew worried? Will the contents of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s “little black book” be revealed? A lot of high-profile leftists are said to be in that book, so […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2021 Following Joe Biden’s surrender to the Taliban, the terror organization now ruling in Afghanistan has invited China, Russia, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar to attend the Islamic Emirate’s inauguration ceremonies, reports say. Most nations are adopting a “wait and watch” policy before recognizing the so-called “new Taliban,” but […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Though Beijing is usually able to control or stifle the narrative inside the United Nations and many of its Committees, the oxygen of free speech on the taboo topic of human rights of China’s Muslim minority was able to seep through and be heard. During a “High Level […]
FPI / May 19, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct.com The future of Western influence in the Middle East is being played out amid “the pivotal new war against Israel,” an analysis said. Turkey and Iran are moving to regain their influence and the war with Israel, by mid-May, is just the beginning, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs noted. A […]
Special to WorldTribune, May 11, 2021 Analysis by Eric Clary An entire century has passed since the Armenian genocide began, yet the Biden administration has suddenly felt compelled to officially recognize it. The atrocity that occurred between 1915-23 means few if any genocide survivors are still alive. While descendants of survivors welcome the administration’s gestures, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler While the world was looking elsewhere and embroiled in the American presidential campaign, a long simmering territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan reignited in late September. An unexpected ground war in the remote Caucasian mountains followed, pitting two former Soviet territories Armenia and Azerbaijan against each other to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Alexander Maistrovoy Arabs, Turks and Africans must kneel begging the Europeans to forgive them for their atrocities in the very recent past. In late June, vandals desecrated the monument to Miguel de Cervantes in San Francisco. Thus Cervantes was turned into a “slave owner”. It is well known that this […]
