Iran cyber offensives abroad distract attention from worsening homefront

Iran cyber offensives abroad distract attention from worsening homefront

by WorldTribune Staff, July 30, 2019 Iran’s leadership has deployed an army of hackers to launch cyber attacks and spread false news abroad as a distraction from an economy in shambles and an increasingly angry citizenry which seeks to break free from the shackles of mullah rule and re-join the international community, analysts say. While […]

Target Singapore: Beijing aims relentless influence ops at Chinese in neighboring states

Target Singapore: Beijing aims relentless influence ops at Chinese in neighboring states

by WorldTribune Staff, July 29, 2019 Singapore is the only nation in Southeast Asia with a majority ethnic Chinese population. The island city-state is also a global financial center and plays a large role in regional diplomacy. So it should come as no surprise that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long had Singapore in […]

Brainwashing America: Hollywood sells out to authoritarian China

Brainwashing America: Hollywood sells out to authoritarian China

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, July 29, 2019 Well known Hollywood celebrities like to complain that President Donald Trump is an aspiring dictator. All the while, they are bowing down to one of the most authoritarian regimes on the planet, a columnist noted. Communist China is about to become the largest film market on Earth. Last […]

Iran not talking to ‘Great Satan’; Is talking to those who talk to U.S.

Iran not talking to ‘Great Satan’; Is talking to those who talk to U.S.

by WorldTribune Staff, July 28, 2019 Iranian officials over the weekend met with representatives of several nations who have the Trump administration’s ear. The meetings followed comments on July 24 by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who hinted that Iran was open to indirect talks with the United States over its nuclear program and U.S.-imposed sanctions […]

‘Chilling’: Pacific Commander Davidson interprets China’s recent military actions

‘Chilling’: Pacific Commander Davidson interprets China’s recent military actions

FPI / July 25, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com China’s recent initial test of a new anti-ship ballistic missile sent a “chilling” message and spotlighted the “long-term strategic threat” posed by the communist nation, the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said. Adm. Philip Davidson, speaking at a security conference in Aspen, Colorado on July 18, revealed that […]

New Amb. James Gilmore finds unexpected warmth in Europe that ‘really isn’t … secure and peaceful’

New Amb. James Gilmore finds unexpected warmth in Europe that ‘really isn’t … secure and peaceful’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 25, 2019 The situation in Ukraine illustrates how Europe is not “secure and peaceful,” the Trump administration’s newly appointed ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said. “I think what’s on the U.S. mind at this point is working hard to preserve Ukraine’s sovereignty, because it’s under […]

Israel: Our military ‘only one in the world to fight Iran’; Changing of the guard at IAEA

Israel: Our military ‘only one in the world to fight Iran’; Changing of the guard at IAEA

FPI / July 25, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com An Israeli official said, when asked if he feared that the Jewish state would not receive the backing of the United States should conflict with Iran erupt, that Iran would avoid such a scenario because Israel “has been killing Iranians for two years.” “We strike the Iranians hundreds of […]

Boris Johnson seen following Trump’s lead, withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal

Boris Johnson seen following Trump’s lead, withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal

by WorldTribune Staff, July 24, 2019 The Boris Johnson government will likely withdraw Great Britain from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, a member of UK parliament said. Matthew Offord, an MP of the Conservative party, told i24News on July 23 that he believes Johnson will follow U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead and withdraw from the […]

Mexico, a strict gun-control nation, had more than 3,000 murders in June

Mexico, a strict gun-control nation, had more than 3,000 murders in June

by WorldTribune Staff, July 24, 2019 In the first six months of 2019, there were 17,608 murders in Mexico. In June alone, there were 3,080 homicides in the heavily gun-controlled nation, according to The Associated Press. “Mexico has only one gun store and stringent gun controls, neither of which prevented the murders,” Breitbart News Second […]

Joint China-Russia patrol shocks South Korea; Aimed at U.S. ‘military alliance’ including Japan

Joint China-Russia patrol shocks South Korea; Aimed at U.S. ‘military alliance’ including Japan

by WorldTribune Staff, July 23, 2019 South Korea scrambled jets and reportedly fired hundreds of warning shots as a Russian A-50 aircraft, which was engaged in a joint air patrol with China on July 23, entered South Korean air space. Just before the Russian aircraft entered South Korean airspace, two Russian Tu-95 bombers and two […]