by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2018 President Donald Trump’s administration has halted some $10 billion in Russian arms transfers in recent months, according to a U.S. State Department official. “We’ve already had what we view as a remarkable degree of success in putting a dent in Russia’s future arms revenues and in making it much […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2018 British activist Tommy Robinson has been released on bail after successfully appealing a contempt of court finding. Robinson, former English Defense League (EDL) leader, was jailed in May after being detained for filming outside Leeds Crown Court during the trial for several suspects in a pedophile gang. Robinson, after […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 31, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump has taken actions that hit both Russian and Chinese interests hard, reinforcing his image abroad as a “master tactician,” analysts said. Now, Trump is warming to Moscow as part of a wider strategy to counter China. “Trump is trying to reach out to Putin and trying to detach Russia from […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 30, 2018 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is not only set to strike down the UK’s decision to waive the “no death penalty” assurance for two British-born members of the Islamic State (ISIS). It may also order the UK to pay damages to the alleged members of the terror […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 29, 2018 A federal judge in Miami is requiring the firm which played a major role in distributing the unverified Trump dossier to undergo a deposition in a libel suit filed by a Russian entrepreneur against the news site which first published Christopher Steele’s December 2016 memo in full. Judge Ursula […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 27, 2018 In securing major concessions on trade from the European Union this week, U.S. President Donald Trump cleared the way to make China the primary focus of his goal of “free and fair trade.” In a July 25 tweet, Trump said: “China is targeting our farmers, who they know I […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 25, 2018 Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators are aware that Russian hackers were not only digging for dirt on Democrats in the 2016 election but had targeted the GOP as well, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said. Mueller’s recent indictment of 12 Russians fails to mention the cyber attacks […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 25, 2018 The Helsinki summit did not change the U.S. military’s stance on cooperation with Russia in Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on July 24. “What we do with the Russian Federation, we deconflict our operations. We do not coordinate them, we deconflict them . . . to make certain […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 23, 2018 Israel on July 22 rejected Russia’s offer of a buffer zone that would keep Iranian forces in Syria away from the Golan Heights ceasefire line. Meanwhile, Israel on July 24 said it shot down a Syrian warplane that crossed into the occupied Golan Heights. Israel’s military said it fired […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump said he was successful at the Helsinki Summit in getting a commitment from Russian President Vladimir Putin to help with North Korea. Trump tweeted: “Russia has agreed to help with North Korea, where relationships with us are very good and the process is moving along. […]
