Gallup Poll: 69 percent of Ukrainians want negotiated end to war

Gallup Poll: 69 percent of Ukrainians want negotiated end to war

by WorldTribune Staff, August 8, 2025 Real World News [Update: President Donald Trump at 6:04 p.m. on Aug. 8, 2025: “The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025, in the Great State of Alaska. Further […]

Ukrainians over age 60 get green light from Zelenskyy to serve in military

Ukrainians over age 60 get green light from Zelenskyy to serve in military

by WorldTribune Staff, July 30, 2025 Real World News As the casualties in Ukraine’s war with Russia continue to mount, the nation’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has give the green light under martial law for citizens over the age of 60 to serve in the military. According to the website of Ukraine’s parliament, the new conscription […]

Ukraine war: Geopolitical realignment by U.S.-NATO puts heat on Russia, China

Ukraine war: Geopolitical realignment by U.S.-NATO puts heat on Russia, China

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, July 17, 2025 President Donald Trump has had it with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Gone are the days where it appeared that the Russians were ready for a negotiated “deal” or “ceasefire’ in the bloody Ukraine war. Now Donald Trump has openly said that “Putin has been bull**ing him” […]

Trump talks tough on peace to Putin: ‘100 percent secondary tariffs’ in 50 days

Trump talks tough on peace to Putin: ‘100 percent secondary tariffs’ in 50 days

by WorldTribune Staff, July 14, 2025 Real World News President Donald Trump on Monday warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin that he would impose 100% “secondary tariffs” on Moscow’s trading partners if no peace agreement with Ukraine is reached in the next 50 days. During his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Trump used the […]

BRICS, bromides and the big question: Where was Xi Jinping

BRICS, bromides and the big question: Where was Xi Jinping

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, July 13, 2025 Tis’ that time of the year when the BRICS economic Summit comes round to state the obvious; “We are the Rest of the World,” and powerful members of the global developing economies too. So, when the 17th BRICS Summit launched in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, […]

‘Let’s not be naïve’: Coordinated invasions by China, Russia loom as plausible scenario

‘Let’s not be naïve’: Coordinated invasions by China, Russia loom as plausible scenario

FPI / July 10, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The idea of a joint China-Russia threat is not new; During his first term, President Trump’s December 2017 National Security Strategy stated: “China and Russia challenge American power, influence, and interests, attempting to erode American security and prosperity.” In its October 2022 National Security Strategy, the […]

Trump says he’s sending more weapons to Ukraine because of Putin’s BS

Trump says he’s sending more weapons to Ukraine because of Putin’s BS

by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2025 Real World News U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday explained why he is sending more weapons to Ukraine: “We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin — He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.” .@POTUS on Ukraine: “They had the […]

For Iran’s Mullahs, ‘a dead-end of their own making’

For Iran’s Mullahs, ‘a dead-end of their own making’

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 19, 2025 Well, it seems to have started. Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear research and development sites have ushered in the new phase of the rolling Middle East conflicts which began when Teheran’s Hamas terrorist proxies invaded Israel on October 7, 2023 triggering a murderous pogrom against Jewish […]

Russian chess masters playing the long game amid shift in NATO’s alignment

Russian chess masters playing the long game amid shift in NATO’s alignment

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 15, 2025 The stunningly successful Ukrainian drone attacks on multiple airbases across Russia’s deep interior last week by hitting and likely destroying a sizable portion of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, proved the audacity of the beleaguered Kyiv government not to surrender. Operation “Spider Web,” hit grounded Russian […]

Reports: Most M1 Abrams tanks sent to Ukraine have been destroyed or disabled

Reports: Most M1 Abrams tanks sent to Ukraine have been destroyed or disabled

by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2025 Real World News In 2023, the Biden-Harris Administration and their major media allies insisted that the U.S. sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine would be a “game-changer” in the Ukraine-Russia war. According to Russian and U.S. media reports, the majority of the 31 M1 Abrams tanks the U.S. delivered […]