by WorldTribune Staff, November 23, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to increase military spending has defense contractors optimistic about the next four years. “It’s been a challenging couple of years,” said Robert Carullo, executive director of the Mid-Atlantic business group SMART. “We’re looking for that to turn around.” The defense industry is looking for Republicans, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 23, 2016 Facebook’s core mission statement is “to make the world more open and connected.” When it comes to the Far East, the “more open” world takes a back seat as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to be more in line with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) core interests. Long blocked […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The United States has issued a second license to France’s Airbus to sell more than 100 commercial planes to Iran. Airbus in September received a license to sell 17 planes to Tehran. Officials said that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on November […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 23, 2016 Minority employees at a Pentagon that embraced political correctness under President Barack Obama are said to be unsettled by the incoming Trump administration. U.S. officials told The Daily Beast that their Muslim colleagues are now less willing to share their thoughts about national security and fear they will no […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 23, 2016 U.S. military recruiters and personnel at other military facilities will be allowed to carry concealed handguns, according to a new Defense Department directive. The Defense Department directive comes seven years after the 2009 terrorist attack at Fort Hood in Texas, where former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 13 people […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 23, 2016 A group of angry migrants set fire to a refugee center in Germany because the center failed to provide them with their favorite treats. Protesters shouted: “There isn’t enough Nutella, gummy bears and chocolate” before burning down the refugee center in Dusseldorf, German newspaper Das Bild reported. The large […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 23, 2016 American tourists should exercise caution when visiting holiday festivals, events and outdoor markets in France amid a rising terror threat during the holiday season, the U.S. State Department said on Nov. 21. The State Department issued a travel advisory one day after French security services arrested seven members of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 22, 2016 A number of Turkish military officers stationed in NATO outposts have requested asylum in the wake of the failed coup attempt in July, according to NATO’s secretary-general. “Some Turkish officers working in the NATO command structure… have requested asylum in the countries where they are working,” Jens Stoltenberg said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 22, 2016 One of Donald Trump’s first acts as president will be to withdraw the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the president-elect said in an announcement made directly to the public. “Today, I would like to provide the American people with an update on the White House transition and our […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 22, 2016 Media elites thought they were being summoned to Trump Tower on Nov. 21, for an off-the-record summit to discuss the access they would get to a Trump administration. Instead “they got a Trump-style dressing down,” a source told the New York Post. The hour-long meeting included top executives and […]
