Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Two Chinese bodyguards appointed by Beijing to protect the half-brother of North Korea’s dictator were mysteriously absent at the moment when he was accosted by two female agents in Kuala Lumpur on the day before Valentine’s Day. Kim Jong-Nam was the oldest known son of the late dictator Kim Jong-Il […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 20, 2017 The media was quick to jump on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments on the “problems” Sweden is having with Muslim migrants. Meanwhile, Swedish police say the wave of crime committed by migrants from Muslim-majority countries is all too real. Riots reportedly broke out in the highly immigrant concentrated Stockholm […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 20, 2017 Russia, with nearly 40 icebreakers, is dominating the battle for the Arctic over the United States, which has just two of the vessels, a key Congressional leader said. Rep. Duncan Hunter, a California Republican and chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on Coast Guard and maritime transportation, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 19, 2017 The U.S. deployed an aircraft carrier group to the South China Sea on Feb. 18, one day after China completed naval exercises in the disputed waters. The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson along with guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer were sent as part of “routine operations,” the U.S. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2017 The major media’s narrative of inappropriate, even treasonous, ties between ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Russia is receding as the facts begin to emerge. CNN reported that the FBI will not be pursuing any criminal investigation involving Flynn’s phone call with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. “The […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 16, 2017 The CIA’s apparent ongoing war with the White House is not only stalling security appointments by the new administration but also generating concerns among U.S. allies, according to reports in The Washington Times. The White House is denying security clearances to members of President Donald Trumps’s national security team […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Chinese officials and analysts said Beijing remains “uncertain” about the Trump administration and its strategy on the two Koreas. “The prolonged silence” from the Trump administration “is making Beijing increasingly uncertain and uncomfortable, and complicating its plans to reduce the threat that the United States and its network of alliances […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 15, 2017 Intelligence agencies, national security honchos and former Obama administration officials used leaks to the major media to bring down a man, Michael Flynn, who had the audacity to blow the whistle on U.S. intel failures, analysts say. Sen. Chuck Schumer last month warned the Trump administration what would happen […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct China’s Supreme Leader Xi Jinping has ordered a drastic reduction in the speed and volume of buying influence in foreign countries due to China’s economic slowdown and the meager payback from many recipient nations. China has the world’s largest hard currency reserve, currently at a staggering amount of $3 trillion, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 14, 2017 The Obama administration’s refusal to discuss religion in a “religiously inspired” war was “absurd” and “in fact asinine,” a senior aide to President Donald Trump said. “The Obama administration in 2011 prohibited discussion of religion, expressly Islam, in all counter-terror training for federal agents and military,” Sebastian Gorka said […]
