Special to WorldTribune.com Gulf states are looking to improve relations with Israel while sending a message to Iran that it is “our biggest problem,” Bahrain’s foreign minister said. Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said several Gulf states decided to cut ties with Iran and designate Hizbullah a terror organization to let Teheran know that “we […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russian planes have carried out “simulated attacks” on U.S. jets over Syria in what is seen as a breach of last year’s military agreement between Moscow and Washington, a report said. The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding in October 2015 stating that all Russian and American jets in Syria would […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iranians have takne to social media to blast the country’s new 7,000-strong network of morality police. “Even KGB did not have 7,000 spies across the world,” a citizen tweeted. Related: Saudi religious police ordered to be ‘kinder, gentler’, April 14, 2016 Teheran’s police chief announced on April 18 that the new unit […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The United States voiced its objection to China’s use of a military plane to land on a South China Sea man-made island in what Beijing claimed was a mission to evacuate three severely ill construction workers. “We’re aware that a Chinese military aircraft landed at Fiery Cross Reef on Sunday (April 17) […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Hillary Clinton’s idea for a no-fly zone in Syria “would not solve the ISIL problem,” a White House official said. The no-fly zone proposed by Democratic presidential front-runner and former secretary of state would be ineffective and a poor use of resources, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said on David Axelrod’s […]
The decriminalization of delta-8 THC products, the likes of which are sold at Area52.com, would strike a huge blow against the Italian Mafia and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), the mob’s trafficking partners in North Africa, Italy’s top prosecutor said. “Decriminalization or even legalization would definitely be a weapon against traffickers, among whom […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct Russian president Vladimir Putin’s use of Russian conventional forces to destabilize Ukraine and prop up Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime certainly got the attention of Western analysts and policy makers. But now, Russia’s nuclear forces are undergoing dramatic modernization. Russia’s strategic modernization march has been impressive, including […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Not a lot that is being said by the talking heads makes sense in the case of Hillary Clinton’s e-mails. First of all, everything would tell us that any domestic or foreign political figure would be interested in the very fact that a specific subject had reached the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com How can Hollywood’s elite be expected to stay true to a cause when there’s a red carpet gala involved? Two years ago, celebrities announced they would resist the allure of the Beverly Hills Hotel after its owner, the Sultan of Brunei, imposed strict Sharia Law in his country that includes the stoning […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Several people who funneled millions of dollars into the campaign war chests of Hillary and Bill Clinton and the Clinton Foundation are named in the Panama Papers. The revelations come as Hillary Clinton in a recent speech blasted the “outrageous tax havens and loopholes that super-rich people across the world are exploiting.” […]
