Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 20, 2026 We cannot look the other way to the unfolding crisis in Iran. Blood has run in the streets of Teheran and provincial cities as the Islamic regime has turned its vengeance on its own people. Thousands have died in this predictable but avoidable carnage. And […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 13, 2026 Global economic growth continues but at a more moderate pace. That’s the verdict from the UN’s World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 which predicts that global economic output will grow by 2.7 percent this year, or slightly below the 2.8 percent estimated for 2025 but […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 6, 2026 Political tremors are rattling Iran’s regime as nationwide protests shake the Islamic republic. Widespread popular dissent is rooted both in spreading political opposition to the clerical dictatorship and discontent with draconian religious edicts. The latest outrage has been triggered by the country’s economic free fall. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 30, 2025 It’s time to consult the crystal snow globe and try to peer ahead what may be on the horizon for the new year. Without question 2025 has been tumultuous, but the year ahead holds cautious promise to finally solve some political crises mixed with some […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 19, 2025 President Donald Trump is flexing his Teddy Roosevelt moment. With the release of the National Security Strategy 2025, the administration has presented a global blueprint and guide for what’s described as America First Policies. Rather than trying to cover all bases geographically, the policy has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 12, 2025 Just one year ago Syria’s brutal and seemingly eternal Assad family dictatorship was toppled. The long-entrenched Russian backed regime fell in a matter of ten days to a series of lightning offensives by the Islamic Hayat Tahrir al-Sham movement backed by Turkey. The tyrant was […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 5, 2025 Beijing has gone rhetorically ballistic over comments by Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could constitute “a situation threatening Japan’s survival” that thus could trigger a military response. Her statement poses uncharacteristically tough talk from Tokyo at a time […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, November 30, 2025 Ukraine is about to enter the fourth Winter of the Russian war. The fleeting hopes for an American-brokered ceasefire and an end to the hostilities in the grinding conflict seemed to have disappeared as the days grow shorter, the nights grow colder, and the shadows […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, November 21, 2025 The UN Security Council approved a landmark American-sponsored resolution which just may give long suffering Gaza its final chance for peace and reconstruction. The U.S. resolution enshrines Washington’s 20-point plan for Gaza; the current ceasefire, the establishment of a Board of Peace and backs the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, November 13, 2025 On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall collapsed. On a very ordinary night thousands of East Germans started crossing the dividing barrier between the communist East and capitalist West Berlin after the East German regime had suddenly opened tightly controlled border crossings. In a matter […]
