Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey Cooperation with Sunni Arab countries against Iran is welcome, but it does not yet look reliable. For a long time now, analysts and commentators have been talking about the northern or Sh’ia arc and the southern or Sunni arc in the Arab Middle East. The northern arc is led […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Drudge-Select — May 25, 2016 c/o DrudgeReport.com Hillary-Huma stonewalled State investigation … Failed to report hack attacks … ‘Guccifer’ makes a deal Japan’s PM Abe slams Obama over ‘despicable’ Okinawa murder… Oh No! McDonald’s robot staff cheaper than workers College students demand end to midterms, all grades below ‘C’…
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Israel’s precision strike and intelligence capabilities will enable quicker victories on the battlefield in future conflicts, former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said. [Ya’alon resigned on May 19 after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved to replace him with Avigdor Lieberman.] Speaking at the 4th International Fire Conference in Zichron Ya’acov on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Iran’s Assembly of Experts which is responsible for electing and overseeing the work of Iran’s supreme leader has chosen hard-liner Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati as its leader. The 88-member Assembly of Experts elected Jannati with 51 votes on May 24, according to media reports. Jannati is a critic of President Hassan […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Drudge-Select — May 24, 2016 c/o DrudgeReport.com Khamenei: USA ‘can’t do damn thing’ about missile program… Secret history of Iran-deal ‘Echo Chamber’… NPR cancelled interviews with anti-deal congressman…
Special to WorldTribune.com Drudge-Select — May 23, 2016 c/o DrudgeReport.com Record 499 Syrians admitted to USA so far in May includes no Christians… Iran leadership freaked out by U.S. 2016 campaign Border anxiety – I: Zuckerberg tearing down homes surrounding his… Border anxiety – II: Immigrant influx fuels British exit movement… Record 499 Syrians admitted […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By EastAsiaIntel.com On April 29, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi issued a joint statement objecting to the contemplated deployment in South Korea of the U.S. Theater High Altitude Area Defense [THAAD] missile interceptor system. But what is unusual is that the joint Russian-Chinese objection to THAAD […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Drudge-Select — May 19, 2016 c/o DrudgeReport.com Clinton rape accuser blasts ‘biased’ NBC anchor Andrea Mitchell … Rush Limbaugh on golf and … Fakebook, where liberalism is always trending… School board bans ‘climate change-denying materials’… Family forced from home by thousands of mysterious bugs resistant to exterminator…
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — “Economic activity in the world economy remains lackluster, with little prospect for a turnaround in 2016,” cites the gloomy prognosis by the World Economic Situation and Prospects Update for 2016. The UN survey cautions that weak global growth “continues to linger,” posing a serious challenge […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Drudge-Select — May 19, 2016 c/o DrudgeReport.com Egyptair plane ‘swerved and plunged’… Fell 22,000 feet… ‘Almost certainly terror attack’… Pilot did not respond to radio calls… Three air marshals Aboard… Wreckage found… ‘Final nail in coffin’ for Egypt tourism… Latest…