by WorldTribune Staff, October 20, 2016 The UK is keeping close watch on a Russian aircraft carrier group that is transiting near Britain’s eastern coast en route to the Mediterranean. “When these ships near our waters we will man-mark them every step of the way,” UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said in an e-mailed statement […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk We hear so much about China and Japan competing on and for the Korean peninsula, now and historically, that we overlook one other great Northeast Asian power. That would be Russia, which has a 17-kilometer border with North Korea as the Tumen River flows into the sea. In the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty PRAGUE — Police in the Czech Republic’s capital have detained a Russian citizen suspected of hacking U.S.-based websites. A Prague police spokesman said late on Oct. 18 that the suspect, whose identity was not disclosed, was detained in a restaurant. The arrest was carried out on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Backgrounder, Geostrategy-Direct.com President Vladimir Putin is looking to expand Russia’s military power and restore Moscow’s global reach of the Soviet era. Moscow on Oct. 10 announced it was planning to make its naval base in Syria permanent. Earlier reports said Russia is considering re-establishing bases in Vietnam and Cuba that it […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 U.S.-Russia relations have deteriorated rapidly in recent days, with President Barack Obama vowing to launch a cyber war against Moscow for its alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election. Democrats hit the warpath after accusing Russia of hacking the email accounts of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 12, 2016 Russian airborne troops will hold joint military drills with Egyptian forces this month, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “The joint Russian-Egyptian drills will happen in mid-October 2016 on the territory of Egypt,” the ministry said on Oct. 11. “The airborne delivery by parachute of several Russian airborne troops’ сombat […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2016 Russia and Turkey acted to patch up frayed relations on Oct. 10. In his first visit to the country since Turkey downed a Russian jet near the Syrian border last November, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Istanbul for the World Energy Congress where he and Turkish counterpart Recep […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2016 Hillary Clinton’s campaign surrogates relentlessly spin allegations of coziness between Moscow and Donald Trump but say nothing about a New York Times article last year that reported their candidate’s connection to a deal that allowed Russia to own a large share of America’s uranium. The April 23, 2015 article […]
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 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2016 The bombing of hospitals and killing of civilians by Russia and the Syrian regime in Aleppo “beg for an appropriate investigation of war crimes,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said. “Russia, and the regime, owe the world more than an explanation about why they keep hitting hospitals and […]
