China pulls out of Iran energy project amid pressure from U.S.

China pulls out of Iran energy project amid pressure from U.S.

Geostrategy-Direct.com China has withdrawn from a $5 billion deal to help develop Iran’s massive South Pars natural gas field. The action, announced by Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh on the ministry’s SHANA website, came during continued intense pressure on both nations from the Trump administration and follows a series of military confrontations in the Persian […]

Unreported: Two collusion investigations in a race with time

Unreported: Two collusion investigations in a race with time

by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2019 Democrats are racing to get articles of impeachment written before details are released by U.S. Attorney John Durham on his investigation into the origins of the Democratic Party-fueled Russia hoax, radio host Rush Limbaugh said. Democrats “want to get this done by Thanksgiving, they want to get two articles […]

Clapper implicates Obama: We only did ‘what we were told to do by the president’

Clapper implicates Obama: We only did ‘what we were told to do by the president’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2019 Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that the Department of Justice’s investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe is “disconcerting” because he and his intelligence community colleagues had only “done what we were told to do by the president.” That president would be Barack Obama. In […]

Who is Adam Schiff? Spotlight shifts to Intelligence Committee chairman’s credibility

Who is Adam Schiff? Spotlight shifts to Intelligence Committee chairman’s credibility

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2019 Those who aren’t fans have plenty of ways to describe Rep. Adam Schiff: Deceptive. Disingenuous. Eternal evangelist for the bogus dossier. The Jussie Smollett of Congress on steroids. Puppet of George Soros. Pencil neck. But as the Ukraine whistleblower saga unravels in real time, so, critics say, does […]

Pompeo counters Graham on Syria; Netanyahu slams Turkey

Pompeo counters Graham on Syria; Netanyahu slams Turkey

by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2019 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded to critics of President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria by saying the mission to eradicate ISIS was a success and adding the move was not an authorization for Turkey to invade Syria. Pompeo, in an interview with […]

Senate Intelligence Committee echoes discredited Mueller report

Senate Intelligence Committee echoes discredited Mueller report

by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2019 In what analysts say was a move to shift the spotlight off Ukraine’s meddling in the 2016 election on behalf of Hillary Clinton, the Senate Intelligence Committee on Oct. 8 released a so-called “bipartisan” report on Russia’s social media efforts during the 2016 election. The irony is that the […]

Durham adds agents as investigation of Russia probe expands

Durham adds agents as investigation of Russia probe expands

by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2019 U.S. Attorney John Durham has expanded his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, senior Trump administration officials told Fox News. Durham has added agents and resources and is looking into a wider timeline than previously known, reviewing the days leading up to the 2016 election through the […]

Text of White House counsel’s letter: ‘Put simply, you seek to overturn the results of the 2016 election’

Text of White House counsel’s letter: ‘Put simply, you seek to overturn the results of the 2016 election’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2019 White House counsel Pat Cipollone’s Oct. 8 letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: I write on behalf of President Donald J. Trump in response to your numerous, legally unsupported demands made as part of what you have labeled contrary to the Constitution of the United States and all past […]

U.S. imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials for repression of Muslims

U.S. imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials for repression of Muslims

by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2019 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Oct. 8 announced Visa restrictions on Chinese government and Communist Party officials who the State Department believes are “responsible for, or complicit in, the detention or abuse of Uighurs, Kazakhs, or other members of Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang, China.” Reports from […]

Trump: Removal of 50 U.S. troops puts heat on Turkey

Trump: Removal of 50 U.S. troops puts heat on Turkey

by WorldTribune Staff, October 8, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump said he will be watching closely what Turkey does militarily in northern Syria after the U.S. announced it will pull its troops out of the area. Trump said there would be “big trouble” if Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s forces do anything inhumane. The president […]