As UN sanctions hit, N. Korea’s ‘No. 2’ pays 10-day visit to Iran

As UN sanctions hit, N. Korea’s ‘No. 2’ pays 10-day visit to Iran

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct In the same week the United Nations Security Council unanimously voted on new sanctions on North Korea, a delegation of economic and military officials from Pyongyang, including the country’s “No. 2” leader, arrived in Teheran for a 10-day visit. Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported that Kim Yong-Nam, chairman of […]

Analysts: Don’t assume N. Korea will play by doomsday rules; China seen exploiting crisis

Analysts: Don’t assume N. Korea will play by doomsday rules; China seen exploiting crisis

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct, June 14, 2017 Targets of a nuclear North Korea should not assume the Kim Jong-Un regime would adhere to the rules of war that constrain Russia and the United States, analysts say. Pyongyang would likely ignore the Outer Space Treaty prohibiting the deployment or use of nuclear weapons in orbit […]

Venezuela’s upheaval making waves as far North as Mexico

Venezuela’s upheaval making waves as far North as Mexico

Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall Venezuela, in South America, is a beautiful country and rich in natural resources, possessing the world’s largest known oil reserves. For many years it was a stable country, but the past several decades have brought it to disaster. The economy is in shambles, with a drastic shortage of consumer […]

Tough diplomacy: U.S. rallies UN on N. Korea sanctions, Tillerson huddles with Russia

Tough diplomacy: U.S. rallies UN on N. Korea sanctions, Tillerson huddles with Russia

by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump’s diplomatic team has been operating in overdrive as it tries to ensure new UN sanctions against North Korea will be enforced while confronting Russia over allegations of its meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The U.S. on Aug. 7 moved quickly to ensure new UN […]

UN sanctions on N. Korea opens way to new talks about talks

UN sanctions on N. Korea opens way to new talks about talks

by WorldTribune Staff, August 6, 2017 Yet another American president is enlisting China to put the squeeze on North Korea. And China has again agreed to play along with what the Trump Administration earlier branded as a failed exercise. Therefore on Aug. 6, Beijing called on the Kim Jong-Un regime to stop its missile and […]

Election software firm confirms Venezuela altered outcome by one million votes

Election software firm confirms Venezuela altered outcome by one million votes

by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2017 The vote for Venezuela’s new National Constituent Assembly was manipulated “without any doubt,” according to a company which has worked with the country on its voting system since 2004. “We estimate the difference between the actual participation and the one announced by authorities is at least 1 million votes,” […]

Report: Justice Dept. blacks out talking points on Loretta Lynch-Bill Clinton tarmac meeting

Report: Justice Dept. blacks out talking points on Loretta Lynch-Bill Clinton tarmac meeting

by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2017 The Justice Department refused to disclose talking points developed by the Obama administration to help it respond to press inquiries about the June 27, 2016 tarmac meeting between then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton, a government watchdog group said. The Justice Department heavily redacted the documents […]

Abedin emails reveal Clinton Foundation donors received special treatment from Clinton State Dept.

Abedin emails reveal Clinton Foundation donors received special treatment from Clinton State Dept.

by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2017 Donors to the Clinton Foundation received special favors from the State Department under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to emails obtained by Judicial Watch from the unsecure, non-government account of Huma Abedin. The 1,606 pages of documents released by Judicial Watch on Aug. 2 also revealed the repeated […]

ISIS seen ‘regrouping’ in Libya in town near Tunisian border

ISIS seen ‘regrouping’ in Libya in town near Tunisian border

by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2017 The continuing chaos in Libya is enabling Islamic State (ISIL) to “regroup” and renew its recruiting efforts in the Maghreb, analysts say. Reports have said the terror organization recently moved its Libyan base to the town of Sabratha, 60 miles from the Tunisian border. “The majority of their fighting […]

U.S. ‘assessing’ Putin demand to cut 755 diplomats In Russia

U.S. ‘assessing’ Putin demand to cut 755 diplomats In Russia

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The U.S. State Department called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demand that U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia be slashed by 755 personnel “regrettable and uncalled for act” and said Washington was considering a possible response. “We are assessing the impact of such a limitation and how we […]