Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Revelations that the People’s Republic of China was developing a next-generation, long- range strategic bomber and a so-called sixth- generation fighter aircraft should have come as no surprise to Western defense leaders. The news has, however, been met with skepticism and incredulity. And […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — On a picture perfect September morning, the Grim Reaper struck in New York. Hijacked aircraft slammed into the Twin Towers of the Word Trade Center shattering the myth that terrorism “can’t happen here.” Before long, the towers were like two belching black smokestacks set against […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump vowed to “shoot out of the water” any Iranian vessels that harass the U.S. Navy, if he is elected. At a rally in Florida on September 9, Trump said he would make the U.S. military “so strong that nobody’s going […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iranian Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri fell out of favor with the clerical establishment, lost his status as Ayatollah Khomeini’s hand-picked successor and deputy, spent five years under house arrest, and was scorned for his support for the opposition “Green Movement” before his death in 2009. By Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 9, 2016 North Korea announced its fifth nuclear weapons test only hours after South Korea noted unusual seismic activity near the North’s northeastern nuclear test site. Four of the five tests have taken place during the Barack Obama administration and the first under the George W. Bush administration. The U.S. policy […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Even the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIO) militants in Iraq and Syria will not extinguish the extremist group’s threat to the civilized world, top U.S. intelligence officials say. “The threat that I think will dominate the next five years for the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has once again praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and declared that he had been a better leader that U.S. President Barack Obama. Putin is “very much of a leader,” Trump said in a televised presidential forum moderated by the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk You have to credit the North Koreans with chutzpah ― the Yiddish word for “nerve,” brazen arrogance or insolence, all in untranslatable exclamation. The leaders of the world’s 20 strongest, most powerful nations were gathered in a solemn conclave in China, and in Pyongyang North Korea’s Supreme Leader did […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct The Russian intelligence service, and those acting on its behalf, constitutes one of the biggest threats to the Internet’s integrity and security. Along with China and Iran, Russia is one of the most aggressive nations in exploiting Internet security vulnerabilities around the globe. Russian hacking activities have […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blasted Saudi Arabia over its management of the hajj, suggesting Muslim countries should challenge Riyadh’s control of the annual Muslim pilgrimage. “Because of these [Saudi] rulers’ oppressive behavior towards God’s guests, the world of Islam must fundamentally reconsider the […]
