Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk NORFOLK, Virginia — The U.S. Navy is conducting new large-scale exercises from its naval base here in a show of force with broad implications for the Pacific as well as the Atlantic. While the U.S. plays down its military operations in northeast Asia, warships from Naval Station Norfolk, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto The Democrats have regained the majority in the House following the midterm elections and are now vowing to use their new power to strangle President Donald Trump’s agenda and destroy his presidency. Instead of charting a course to advance productive legislation, they are blinded by hatred. They are obsessed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct A South Korean army soldier, with the surname Kim, was shot and killed by an unknown gunman at a forward deployed sentry post on Nov. 16. The bullet hit the enlisted ROK soldier in the head around 5 p.m. while he was on duty. He died on his way to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS —The continuing crisis in Yemen, a country beset with tribal fault-lines, jolted by sectarian clashes, and magnified by a clash of cultures between Arab monarchies and the Islamic Republic of Iran, has shaken the Arabian peninsula to the core. Now after five years of warfare between […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Although military flash points in the Japan Sea and the South China Seas as well as the Bab el Mandeb Strait [between the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea] appear to be calmer, relations between Washington and Beijing are deteriorating. This is due to a growing trade war […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration for the first time is demanding that China remove all anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles that are deployed on disputed islands in the South China Sea. The demand was made public in a fact sheet distributed by the U.S. State Department earlier this month. The fact sheet outlined […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The U.S. Treasury Department has targeted six individuals and three entities that it says are part of an Iranian-Russian network providing millions of barrels of oil to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and funding the militant groups Hamas and Hizballah. The Treasury’s Office of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner President Trump is at a crossroads. He can either stop the caravan migrant invasion or see his presidency slowly crumble. Over 6,000 illegal immigrants are being sheltered at a sports complex in Tijuana, Mexico — just across from the San Diego sector. They are waiting for the rest of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct The American education system needs to do a better job of teaching U.S. students about communism and socialism, a report by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation said. “The American public lacks a serious understanding and education regarding socialism and communism,” the foundation said in a statement reinforced by the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct China is preparing for an invasion of Taiwan “from a 360 degree perspective” which includes a “Fifth Column” of pro-China supporters living on the self-ruled island who would back a Chinese invasion force in the post-2020 timeframe, analysts say. “It is thinkable if you think about the specific situation of […]