Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com, October 4, 2016 The 2016 major party presidential candidates differ greatly on how they define the terrorist organizations that America has been fighting for the last 15 years. Republican nominee Donald Trump has been highly critical of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for refusing to define the threat as “radical Islamic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump clashed in an acrimonious second debate in St. Louis on October 9, assailing one another’s character and record. Here are some highlights of what they had to say on several central campaign issues during the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By David Patrikarakos Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The town of Dabiq, in northern Syria, around 25 miles from Aleppo, with its population of just under 3,500, is an unimpressive site for a battle that is supposed to herald the Apocalypse. Yet, according to the Hadith (a collection of reports about […]
Sept. 22, 2016 The Plaza Hotel, New York Transcript excerpts of a dialogue with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, recipient of the 2016 Herman Kahn Award by Roger Hertog. HERTOG: One of your greatest accomplishments was as finance minister in the early 2000s when you enacted truly extraordinary reforms that opened up the Israeli economy […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — White smoke has emerged from the Security Council, where the powerful fifteen member body, has selected a new UN Secretary General from among a dozen declared candidates. Intense diplomatic deliberations among the powers, hectic lobbying among the candidates, and rife speculation in the international community […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says his country is negotiating with Iran about purchasing oil. Speaking at a session of parliament in Minsk on October 7, Lukashenka said talks with Tehran are under way amid differences with Russia on the importing of oil and gas. “We are […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The late Don Oberdorfer would surely have had qualms with the award named for him and presented by U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert to Noh Hyo-dong, the longtime diplomatic and Washington correspondent for Yonhap News Agency. Why would a top U.S. diplomat be handing out a prize in the name […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The defense assistance deal struck by Israel is a very good one,but the U.S. may not be able to afford it. Although the defense assistance agreement that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed with the U.S. government has predictably led to political controversy, it is actually a very good deal, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A Syrian group reported the death of a commander who was a close associate of Al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri. A militant commander who was close to Al Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri and helped lead its Al-Nusra Front offshoot in Syria was killed in a drone […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is sponsoring Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), using the terror group as a “geopolitical tool to expand Turkey’s regional influence and sideline his political opponents at home, a former top Turkish counter-terror official said. Ahmet Sait Yayla, in interviews with a crowdfunded journalism […]
