Shinzo Abe’s legacy lives: New party challenges ‘globalism’, CCP, Japan’s LDP

Shinzo Abe’s legacy lives: New party challenges ‘globalism’, CCP, Japan’s LDP

by WorldTribune Staff, July 22, 2025 Real World News The unique legacy of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of challenging “globalism” and the subtle but pervasive political influence of the Chinese Communist Party is alive and well in an upstart populist party which got its start on YouTube during the Covid pandemic. In […]

BlackRock’s hyped ‘Development Fund’ bombs in bombed-out Ukraine

BlackRock’s hyped ‘Development Fund’ bombs in bombed-out Ukraine

by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2025 Real World News In 2023, BlackRock launched its Ukraine Development Fund aimed at rebuilding that nation when its war with Russia ended. Two years later, with a bombed-out Ukraine set to be on the losing end of the conflict, the BlackRock fund has yet to attract any investors, an […]

‘Blood Covenant’: Iran’s state media back bounty on President Trump’s head

‘Blood Covenant’: Iran’s state media back bounty on President Trump’s head

FPI / July 16, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct Two death warrants against President Donald Trump issued within Iran, and broadcast on state media have morphed into a “Blood Covenant” in which more than $40 million has reportedly been raised as a bounty on the U.S. president. Iran’s senior religious clerics made it clear that “every cell of […]

Report: Election transparency ‘required’ in South Korea; Leftist president looks North

Report: Election transparency ‘required’ in South Korea; Leftist president looks North

by WorldTribune Staff, July 16, 2025 Real World News When then-President Yoon Suk-Yeol briefly declared martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, it seemed to come out of nowhere and took many by complete surprise. Except, that is, to “those who have been following what’s happening to the Korean electoral system,” an analysis said. “As a […]

Analysis: Groupthink blinded Israel’s military in advance of October 7, 2023

Analysis: Groupthink blinded Israel’s military in advance of October 7, 2023

FPI / July 15, 2025 By David Isaac, Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) The term “conceptzia” (literally “conception”) in Israeli military history refers to the overarching Israeli strategic misconception about Israel’s enemies on the eve of the 1973 Yom Kippur War that they were weak and would not dare to attack Israel. — Aliyah Organization The […]

Trump talks tough on peace to Putin: ‘100 percent secondary tariffs’ in 50 days

Trump talks tough on peace to Putin: ‘100 percent secondary tariffs’ in 50 days

by WorldTribune Staff, July 14, 2025 Real World News President Donald Trump on Monday warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin that he would impose 100% “secondary tariffs” on Moscow’s trading partners if no peace agreement with Ukraine is reached in the next 50 days. During his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Trump used the […]

Miles Yu: ‘Midnight Hammer’ bunker ‘busted’ China’s Iran proxy strategy

Miles Yu: ‘Midnight Hammer’ bunker ‘busted’ China’s Iran proxy strategy

by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2025 Real World News When the Biden Administration abandoned U.S. assertiveness in the Middle East, it opened the door for China to rapidly increase its influence. Seizing on Biden-era weakness, the communist regime of Xi Jinping “sought to transform Iran into a critical proxy for its grand strategy” in the […]

‘Let’s not be naïve’: Coordinated invasions by China, Russia loom as plausible scenario

‘Let’s not be naïve’: Coordinated invasions by China, Russia loom as plausible scenario

FPI / July 10, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The idea of a joint China-Russia threat is not new; During his first term, President Trump’s December 2017 National Security Strategy stated: “China and Russia challenge American power, influence, and interests, attempting to erode American security and prosperity.” In its October 2022 National Security Strategy, the […]

Is South Korea in play? Rubio visit canceled after new president’s invitation to Xi Jinping

Is South Korea in play? Rubio visit canceled after new president’s invitation to Xi Jinping

by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2025 Real World News In his first major appearance on the world stage, South Korea’s newly elected leftist President Lee Jae-Myung failed to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit in Canada last month. Not meeting with Trump has already undermined Lee’s standing at home. “The South […]

Trump says he’s sending more weapons to Ukraine because of Putin’s BS

Trump says he’s sending more weapons to Ukraine because of Putin’s BS

by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2025 Real World News U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday explained why he is sending more weapons to Ukraine: “We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin — He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.” .@POTUS on Ukraine: “They had the […]