by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2026 Non-AI Real World News With his naval blockade of Iran’s ports locked in, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that new U.S.-Iran peace talks could take place within days in Pakistan. “You should stay there, really, because something could be happening over the next two days,” Trump told the New […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2026 Non-AI Real World News China, which has a powerful hold on Pakistan, has written off warming U.S.-Pakistani ties brokered by President Donald Trump as “short term noise.” Others see Trump’s strategy as turning an overlooked Pakistan into a peace broker in the Iran War while at the same time […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, October 22, 2025 In a ritual of near farcical folly, the UN General Assembly has elected fourteen new members to join the Geneva-based Human Rights Council. The otherwise low-key annual ballot raises political hypocrisy to a heightened level. These new Council members including countries like Angola, Egypt, Iraq, […]
FPI / October 3, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Since the 1970s China has assisted Pakistan’s nuclear weapon and nuclear missile buildup that could soon include intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) — according to the former Biden Administration that sanctioned involved Pakistani companies in December 2024. A Pakistani ICBM capability makes little sense in relation to […]
FPI / September 25, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Following a process that took “several months to finalize,” on Sept. 17, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed a “Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement” (SMDA) that extends Pakistan’s nuclear deterrent to Saudi Arabia. This pact […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2025 Real World News Diplomacy was the ticket for President Donald Trump this weekend as he hailed “great progress” in getting America a better trade deal with China while seeking peace between Indian and Pakistan and Russia and Ukraine. Trump wrote in a series of posts to Truth Social: China […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, May 7, 2025 A long smoldering fuse to wider conflict has reignited in the wake of a terrible terrorist attack killing 27 tourists in the mountainous Pahalgam region in disputed Kashmir. The Indian civilians were apparently targeted because of their Hindu religion. Since the unprovoked attacks in late […]
FPI / April 30, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct Pakistan, a country of 255 million people that has nuclear weapons, is facing a major problem at its border with Afghanistan. Pakistan’s version of the CIA, the ISI, has reportedly been riddled with Taliban assets for years while China has increasingly replaced the United States as its strategic partner. […]
FPI / March 9, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Feb. 28 in Islamabad, Pakistan and China signed an agreement for China to begin assisting Pakistan with the selection and training of Pakistani astronauts to visit China’s manned space station. Treated with fanfare by the state media in both countries, the agreement, witnessed by Pakistan […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 23, 2024 Team Biden on Tuesday reiterated its call for a full and transparent investigation of “any claims of interference or fraud” in an election. What election? The Feb. 8 general election — in Pakistan. U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller called for an investigation when he was asked about explosive […]
