Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Even the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIO) militants in Iraq and Syria will not extinguish the extremist group’s threat to the civilized world, top U.S. intelligence officials say. “The threat that I think will dominate the next five years for the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk You have to credit the North Koreans with chutzpah ― the Yiddish word for “nerve,” brazen arrogance or insolence, all in untranslatable exclamation. The leaders of the world’s 20 strongest, most powerful nations were gathered in a solemn conclave in China, and in Pyongyang North Korea’s Supreme Leader did […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct The Russian intelligence service, and those acting on its behalf, constitutes one of the biggest threats to the Internet’s integrity and security. Along with China and Iran, Russia is one of the most aggressive nations in exploiting Internet security vulnerabilities around the globe. Russian hacking activities have […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders It would be hard to exaggerate the mess in the Middle East that President Barack Obama is leaving his successor. While the five-year Syrian civil war continues unabated, pitting a number of different armed groups against each other with their foreign sponsors, Washington is caught in its own […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 31, 2016 Turkey’s military operation in Syria is a violation of that country’s sovereignty and the Turks should quickly complete their mission and get out, an Iranian official said on Aug. 30. “Although the fight against terrorism… is a principle for all peace-seeking governments, it cannot and must not justify military […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 31, 2016 A Sudanese refugee and LGBT activist at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington plans to sue the college after the Secret Service paid her a visit regarding a Facebook post in which she wrote: “Expect to see me at the Trump rally … Y’all are not prepared for what I’m […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 30, 2016 Hillary Clinton said Edward Snowden should be “facing the music” for revealing NSA secrets, but her campaign has no problem with using a “Snowden-approved” encrypted messaging app, a report said. An individual close to the DNC and the Clinton campaign said that, following the release of hacked DNC emails, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 29, 2016 The FBI’s Cyber Division has issued a “flash” alert warning state officials that foreign hackers may be targeting their election databases. The FBI said in the alert it has “uncovered evidence that foreign hackers penetrated two state election databases in recent weeks,” according to federal and state law enforcement […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 23, 2016 The U.S. State Department on Aug. 22 said that “it’s not clear” that Russian warplanes have stopped using an Iranian air base to carry out bombing runs in Syria. Iran on Aug. 22 had insisted that Russia’s use of the base was finished “for now.” Teheran also accused Moscow […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 23, 2016 The State Department has warned Americans against traveling to Iran, citing “the risk of arrest and detention of U.S. citizens, particularly dual national Iranian-Americans.” The travel warning, issued on Aug. 22, emphasizes that “the U.S. government’s ability to assist U.S. citizens in Iran in the event of an emergency […]