Special to WorldTribune.com By Christopher Sparks, September 1, 2017 The U.S. State Department on Aug. 31 said that, “in the spirit of parity,” the U.S. is closing Russian diplomatic facilities in San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and New York City. The closures will be completed by Sept. 2, a person identified as a senior Trump administration […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 31, 2017 An Israeli military strike may be the only option left to effectively derail Iran’s nuclear program, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton said. Decades of failed U.S. diplomacy with Iran, including the Obama administration’s nuclear accord, actually paved the way for the Israeli option, Bolton told the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 31, 2017 The United States and South Korea carried out a major show of force on Aug. 31, staging air-to-ground precision-strike drills near North Korea’s border in response to Pyongyang’s continued missile launches. Two U.S. B-1B supersonic bombers and four F-35B stealth jets trained with South Korea’s F-15K fighter jets over […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 24, 2017 The United States doesn’t need a third political party because it is currently being ruled by one “Uni-party,” an analyst said. What America needs is a “New Party,” that would be dedicated to “returning America to the rule of law under the Constitution,” says Angelo Codevilla, professor emeritus of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 31, 2017 Iraq’s military said it has driven Islamic State (ISIS) out of Tal Afar, one of the last cities in Iraq that had been under the terror group’s control. Gen. Abdelamir Yarallah, head of military operations in the region, said federal police and special units had raised the Iraqi flag […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk One demand you don’t hear South Korean leaders making whenever North Korea pops off another missile is, “Oh, let’s sign a peace treaty, and everything will be okay.” That’s partly because, if there’s one party with whom North Korean strategists don’t want to include in any such treaty, it’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 30, 2017 A grand jury in Washington, D.C. has indicted 15 Turkish security personnel for attacking demonstrators who were protesting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Washington on May 16. A total of 19 people have been indicted and all were charged with conspiracy to commit a crime of violence, […]
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 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 30, 2017 South Korea’s ruling party, which saw President Moon Jae-In rise to power on a pledge of dialogue with North Korea, said the North’s latest missile launch was “unpardonable” – an assessment with which the conservative opposition is in full agreement. How should the wealthy but relatively powerless South respond […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 30, 2017 The public just isn’t interested enough in Hillary Clinton’s FBI files to have them released, the agency said in rejecting a lawyer’s open-records request. “You have not sufficiently demonstrated that the public’s interest in disclosure outweighs personal privacy interests of the subject,” FBI records management section chief David M. Hardy told lawyer Ty […]
