by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on March 31 continued to press the harder line taken by the Trump administration on North Korea. “Right now, [North Korea] appears to be going in a very reckless manner … and that has got to be stopped,” Mattis said at a press conference in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2017 The United States has “not seen any improvement in Iran’s behavior” since the nuclear deal was signed and the Islamic Republic continues to pose the “most significant threat” in the Middle East, the top U.S. military commander in the region told Congress on March 29. U.S. Central Command leader […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The failure of Ryancare is a watershed in Donald Trump’s presidency. Trump is now at a crossroads: Continue down the dead-end road with the establishment GOP or ditch House Speaker Paul Ryan. If early signs are an indication, the president has learned the wrong lessons from Ryan’s decision on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 28, 2017 A blast in Mosul in which 200 civilians were killed, which was attributed to a U.S. airstrike in some reports, was the result of an Islamic State (ISIS) bomb, Iraq’s military said. U.S. Central Command spokesman Col. John Thomas told The New York Times that the U.S. was investigating […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2017 U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis favors lifting prohibitions put in place by former President Barack Obama on military support for Saudi-led coalition operations in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Mattis, in a memo earlier this month to National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, said that “limited support” for Yemen […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2017 An Army public affairs sergeant’s career is in jeopardy after he included information about a special operation unit’s role in the killing of Osama bin Laden in an unclassified email, a report said. “The irony in the narrative of Staff Sgt. Ricardo Branch is that his motive was to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2017 An Al Qaida operative responsible for several terror attacks was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan earlier this month, the Pentagon confirmed on March 25. “The death of Qari Yasin is evidence that terrorists who defame Islam and deliberately target innocent people will not escape justice,” U.S. Defense […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2017 A group of North Carolina Republican lawmakers is seeking a 3-year moratorium on the construction of wind farms that they say pose potential safety risks to the state’s military installations. NC Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown and other lawmakers said that unchecked wind farm development could interfere with radar […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2017 A U.S. aircraft carrier on March 21 deployed helicopter gunships to track two sets of Iranian fast-attack vessels during a confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Navy said. Navy commanders told Reuters the USS George H.W. Bush confronted the Iranian boats after they approached a U.S.-led, five-vessel […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The sight of the American Stars and Stripes among the Taegukgi held high by loyalists to Park Geun-Hye is a reminder of the historical depth of ties among mostly aging Koreans to the country that rescued the South from annihilation by North Korea and China in the Korean War. […]
