by WorldTribune Staff, February 16, 2017 CIA Director Mike Pompeo met with Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas on Feb. 14 to discuss “political and security issues in addition to the future of the peace process,” a report said. A Palestinian security source told The Jerusalem Post that the two sides met at the Mukata, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Kim Jong-Nam showed the warm and human face of North Korea’s dynastic family. You had to like the guy, judging from sightings in the gambling enclave of Macau, across the Pearl River estuary from Hong Kong off China’s southeastern coast. One time he was spotted in a Macao bus. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 16, 2017 Immigrants in California planned to hold a “Day Without Immigrants Boycott” on Feb. 16 to show just how vital they believe they are to the United States and its economy. A flyer for the event proclaims: “Without us and our contribution this country is paralyzed … We might lose […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 16, 2017 Sudan has reportedly been expelling Muslim Brotherhood members in an effort to mend ties with Egypt. Khartoum in the past two months has expelled “tens” of Muslim Brotherhood members who sought refuge in Sudan following the ouster of Mohammed Morsi, according to a report by the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper. The […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 16, 2017 The Pentagon is conducting a “30-day review” of its strategy in Syria and is floating the idea of sending in ground troops. U.S. commanders have said there is an urgent need to liberate Raqqa, the de facto capital of Islamic State (ISIS). Intelligence has indicated ISIS jihadists in Raqqa […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Chinese officials and analysts said Beijing remains “uncertain” about the Trump administration and its strategy on the two Koreas. “The prolonged silence” from the Trump administration “is making Beijing increasingly uncertain and uncomfortable, and complicating its plans to reduce the threat that the United States and its network of alliances […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 15, 2017 Intelligence agencies, national security honchos and former Obama administration officials used leaks to the major media to bring down a man, Michael Flynn, who had the audacity to blow the whistle on U.S. intel failures, analysts say. Sen. Chuck Schumer last month warned the Trump administration what would happen […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 15, 2017 The chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence wants an explanation from the FBI as to why Michael Flynn’s phone conversations were recorded. Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican, said on Feb. 14 that the most significant development in the resignation of Flynn as national security adviser is why intelligence […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 15, 2017 Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is depicted as an example of an “insider threat” in a U.S. Army operational security PowerPoint presentation, according to a report. Judicial Watch on Feb. 15 released the PowerPoint presentation, produced as part of a lecture on cybersecurity. It also includes Gen. David […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 15, 2017 The “Drive-By” media, which now sees a Russian under every bed, gleefully trotted out the charge that Michael Flynn was open to blackmail due to his phone conversation with Russia’s ambassador, Rush Limbaugh noted in his Feb. 14 broadcast. “Are we serious about this? Flynn was open to blackmail? […]
