Nikki Haley: Russia ‘complicit in Assad regime’s atrocities’

Nikki Haley: Russia ‘complicit in Assad regime’s atrocities’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2018 Russia for years “has looked the other way” as its ally Syria has used chemical weapons on its own citizens, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said at a UN Security Council meeting on Jan. 23. Calling Russia “complicit in the Assad regime’s atrocities,” Haley cited reports […]

‘Have no mercy on Americans’: Mullah in Iran hails suppression of social media

‘Have no mercy on Americans’: Mullah in Iran hails suppression of social media

by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2018 Iranian hard-line cleric Ahmad Khatami said he supports the government’s blocking of social media to stop the spread of information about anti-government protests that began on Dec. 28. “The nation does not support a social network whose key is in the hand of the United States,” Khatami said on […]

Trump takes credit for Korean North-South talks weeks before Winter Olympics

Trump takes credit for Korean North-South talks weeks before Winter Olympics

by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2018 North Korea on Jan. 5 accepted South Korea’s offers of talks to be held next week in the DMZ truce village of Panmunjom in the first official meeting between delegations from the two Koreas since December 2015. President Donal Trump “is taking credit for easing tensions that might have […]

Iran scolds France’s Macron: Don’t ‘blindly follow’ Trump

Iran scolds France’s Macron: Don’t ‘blindly follow’ Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2017 French President Emmanuel Macron should get off of U.S. President Donald Trump’s lap and stop raising the possibility of new sanctions on Iran over the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile program, an Iranian official said. “To sustain its international credibility, France should not blindly follow the Americans … The French […]

U.S. threatens to cut funding after UN resolution condemning Trump’s Jerusalem policy

U.S. threatens to cut funding after UN resolution condemning Trump’s Jerusalem policy

by WorldTribune Staff, December 22, 2017 The United States on Dec. 21 threatened to pull its funding from the United Nations after the UN General Assembly passed a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out […]

Trump demands China’s Xi cut North Korea’s oil supply

Trump demands China’s Xi cut North Korea’s oil supply

by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to halt China’s supply of oil to North Korea following Pyongyang’s latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). “President Trump called Chinese President Xi this morning and told him we have come to the point that China must […]

Haley urges UN to follow U.S. lead in confronting Iran’s ‘destructive’ policy

Haley urges UN to follow U.S. lead in confronting Iran’s ‘destructive’ policy

by WorldTribune Staff, October 19, 2017 The United Nations has adopted a “dangerously short-sighted approach” to Iran’s “destructive conduct” and should follow the Trump administration’s lead in confronting the Islamic Republic, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said. “Judging Iran by the narrow confines of the nuclear deal misses the true nature of the […]

U.S. diplomacy tightens sanctions on the one man ‘recklessly’ risking lives of millions

U.S. diplomacy tightens sanctions on the one man ‘recklessly’ risking lives of millions

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Will there be conflict on the Korean peninsula? Shall the long simmering tinderbox finally explode in a nuclear flash? Or shall everybody step back from the brink, take a deep breath and allow diplomacy to finally defuse this ticking time bomb in Korea? The answer […]

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 […]

‘Dream’ on: Iran rejects demands by Haley that its military sites be inspected

‘Dream’ on: Iran rejects demands by Haley that its military sites be inspected

by WorldTribune Staff, August 30, 2017 Iran’s rulers said they will not allow United Nations nuclear inspectors to visit military bases, calling a U.S. demand for such action “merely a dream.” U.S. ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley recently pressed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to uses its authority to gain access to Iranian military […]