China turns to fake news as Hong Kong crisis enters 3rd month

China turns to fake news as Hong Kong crisis enters 3rd month

by WorldTribune Staff, August 11, 2019 The Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda outlets are feeding China’s 1.386 billion citizens a much different story about Hong Kong than what is occurring on the streets. Demonstrators for a third consecutive month converged on Hong Kong for protests which started as opposition to an extradition bill but have evolved […]

U.S. media differ on leaked intel reports of bin Laden heir’s demise

U.S. media differ on leaked intel reports of bin Laden heir’s demise

FPI / August 8, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com The son of late Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S.-supported operation, according to reports citing U.S. intelligence officials. Separate reports said only that he was believed to have been killed. Hamza bin Laden, thought to be about age 30, had in recent years been […]

Iran showdown: Women activists demand regime change; UK joins U.S. in Gulf

Iran showdown: Women activists demand regime change; UK joins U.S. in Gulf

by WorldTribune Staff, August 6, 2019 A group of Iranian women’s rights activists are calling on supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to resign and for a “full transition” which would allow the adoption of a new constitution granting equal rights to women. “During the 40 years of Islamic rule, we have been marginalized through force, […]

Report: U.S. in 2016 ordered Ukraine prosecutor to drop charges against Soros group

Report: U.S. in 2016 ordered Ukraine prosecutor to drop charges against Soros group

by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2019 During the 2016 presidential campaign, U.S. officials pressured the prosecutor general of Ukraine to drop charges against a Ukrainian activist group tied to leftist billionaire George Soros that was co-funded by the Obama administration, a report said. The group known as Anticorruption Action Center (AntAC) “was part of a […]

Rise of China, demise of INF seen prompting missile migration on world’s chessboard

Rise of China, demise of INF seen prompting missile migration on world’s chessboard

by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2019 After the Trump administration on Aug. 2 pulled the United States out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, analysts say the U.S. may now seek to prioritize deployment of conventional medium-range missiles near China rather than Russia. The United States “has made it very clear” it is concerned […]

In first defense white paper in years, China targets U.S. Pacific Command, Taiwan

In first defense white paper in years, China targets U.S. Pacific Command, Taiwan

FPI / August 2, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com In the first defense white paper it has released in several years, China identifies the United States as its main adversary, warns that it is set to use military force against Taiwan and says that developing space weapons is among its vital strategic interests. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) […]

American flag embraced by Hong Kong protesters as U.S. tracks Chinese troop movements

American flag embraced by Hong Kong protesters as U.S. tracks Chinese troop movements

by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2019 Protesters in Hong Kong have increasingly brandished the American flag as a symbol of resistance amid the threat of force from military and paramilitary forces from communist China. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is closely monitoring a situation described by an administration official as a “congregation of Chinese forces on […]

Chinese covert op targets Trump re-election via Wall Street, K Street

Chinese covert op targets Trump re-election via Wall Street, K Street

by WorldTribune Staff, July 31, 2019 China plans on using “four weapons” to prevent President Donald Trump from winning a second term, Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan recently revealed. “China has been protesting western powers trying to interfere in the domestic politics of China but in fact China is not only trying interfere in the […]

Korean War veterans broadcast international appeal: ‘South Korea is in danger’

Korean War veterans broadcast international appeal: ‘South Korea is in danger’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 31, 2019 “A flower of democracy in South Korea is about to fall,” warned a group of more than 850 retired South Korean military officials in an open letter. Their appeal was addressed to Korean War veterans in the United States and other nations who fought under the UN Command against […]