Geostrategy-Direct Widespread anti-government protests that broke out in Iran early this year were fueled in part by what protesters say is the government’s failure to monitor and manage the country’s sparse water resources. While anger over government corruption sparked demonstrations in major cities, lack of access to water was the main point of contention in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2018 France could become a “target of Turkey” if it follows through on a pledge to send troops to northern Syria in support of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Turkish official warned. French President Emmanuel Macron met an SDF delegation on March 29 and gave assurances of French […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 1, 2018 A group of more than 1,000 mostly Honduran illegal aliens were being assisted by Mexico as they headed to the U.S. border to demand asylum on Easter Sunday, reports said. The Center for Immigration Studies reported that Mexican authorities allowed the illegals to drive north “with relative ease.” Researcher […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2018 Two Israeli F-35 stealth fighters flew undetected over Iranian airspace in the past month, according to a report. Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on March 29 that the two F-35s flew over Syrian and Iraqi airspace to reach Iran and circled at high altitude above Persian Gulf sites suspected of being […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Among the articles in the new edition of Geostrategy-Direct.com are the following: State of Kim Jong-Un: Graffiti on landmark building rocks Pyongyang regime Secrecy suggested North Korean train to Beijing was on urgent mission Israeli intelligence discovered North Korean reactor in Syria, longtime secret alliance High-level official visits shake Beijing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct President Donald Trump is cracking down on China’s “economic aggression” via upcoming tariffs and will next move to prevent China from controlling the “industries of the future,” a senior White House official said. “The next action on the president’s plate will be the Section 301 action which is designed, in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2018 The Trump administration’s foreign policy successes have been accomplished “because” of President Donald Trump, “not in spite of him,” as many of his mainstream media critics claim, an analyst wrote. And, now, with John Bolton as his new national security adviser, and Mike Pompeo nominated as secretary of state, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2018 Former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper provided misleading testimony to Congress regarding information he allegedly leaked to CNN on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, the House Intelligence Committee said. The committee’s final report, which it approved on March 22, found no evidence of Russian collusion […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. President Donald Trump is replacing National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster with former UN Ambassador John Bolton, an outspoken hawk who has advocated using military force against Iran and North Korea. Trump tweeted late on March 22 that McMaster, 55, had done “an outstanding job and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 22, 2018 Moscow continues to deny any culpability in the poisoning in Britain of a former Russian intelligence officer and his daughter. Sergei Skripal, who betrayed numerous Russian agents to Britain, and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, continue to fight for their lives after the March 4 poisoning in the southern English […]
