by WorldTribune Staff, November 16, 2016 Since when could any serious journalist take a London Daily Mail piece based on one anonymous source as Gospel? The easy answer is “never”. But what if the source claims to have overheard Bill Clinton screaming at his wife Hillary about who was to blame for her imploding campaign? […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 15, 2016 Donald Trump’s pledge to scrap the Iran nuclear deal may lead Europe’s major oil companies to reconsider returning to Iran’s energy sector. With the Trump administration in place, European energy firms looking to develop Iran’s massive oil and gas reserves face the risk that he will snap sanctions back […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 14, 2016 Iran has dramatically increased its monthly oil output after opening three oilfields since international sanctions were lifted in January . President Hassan Rouhani officially launched the first phases of the Yadavaran and North Azadegan fields as well as the North Yaran field, which are shared with neighboring Iraq, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 14, 2016 Candidates who pledged to forge closer ties to Russia won presidential elections in Bulgaria and Moldova on Nov. 13. In Bulgaria, exit polls showed Socialist party candidate Rumen Radev garnered 58 percent of the vote compared to 35 percent for Tsetska Tsacheva of the ruling GERB party. The result […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 13, 2016 Palestinians will “make life miserable” for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump if he moves the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority’s ambassador to the UN warned. “If people attack us by moving the embassy to Jerusalem, which is a violation of Security Council resolutions, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 11, 2016 Israel will not allow Iran to establish a military foothold in Syria “on the ground, in the air or at sea,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Nov. 10. Israel will also continue to intervene in Iran’s effort to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 11, 2016 Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the Nov. 8 presidential election was a shock to the system of the leaders of the U.S.’s two North American neighbors. Scrambling to come to grips with Trump’s historic win, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto both said they […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 10, 2016 There is “no possibility” that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump can change Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers, Iran’s president said on Nov. 9. “Iran’s understanding in the nuclear deal was that the accord was not concluded with one country or government but was approved by a resolution of the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 10, 2016 The leader of a Syrian opposition group is calling on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to help protect Syrian civilians from the ongoing brutality of the Bashar Assad regime. Riad Hijab, head of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said on Nov. 9 that Syrian civilians were in urgent need of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2016 The rift between Egypt and Saudi Arabia appeared to widen on Nov. 8 when the Saudis indefinitely halted oil shipments to Cairo. Saudi King Salman in April agreed to provide Egypt with 700,000 tons of refined oil products per month for five years but the shipments stopped arriving in […]
