Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 7, 2025 China’s growing naval power is regularly and systematically harassing the waters around Taiwan in what appears to be rehearsal exercises for a future invasion of the self-ruled democratic island. Units of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) as well as swarms of military aircraft regularly […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 31, 2025 Two powerful earthquakes jolted and devastated Myanmar, aka Burma, causing widespread death, destruction and dislocation for a country already reeling from the effects of ongoing civil conflict. The 7.7 Scale quakes created stunning devastation in central Myanmar as well as into neighboring Thailand killing 1,700 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2025 Real World News Israel’s defense minister on Friday said his forces are prepared to systematically take Gaza one piece at a time. “If the Hamas terror organization continues to refuse to release the hostages, I have instructed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to capture additional areas, evacuate the population, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 23, 2025 Amidst the unpredictable arc of crisis shadowing the Middle East persists the systemic and sustained merchant shipping attacks in the Red Sea. The culprits are a shadowy but lethal Iranian proxy force, the Houthis, who use their control of mountainous parts of the Yemeni coast […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 19, 2025 Real World News President Donald Trump warned Iran that it would pay a heavy price for any continued support of the Yemen-based Houthi terrorist organization. Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Reports are coming in that while Iran has lessened its intensity on Military Equipment and General Support to the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 16, 2025 Real World News [Updated, March 17, 1:30 pm EST] Warning that “hell will rain down upon” the Houthi terrorist organization, President Donald Trump ordered strikes against the Iran-backed group on Sunday. The Houthis claimed at least 31 people were killed in Sunday’s strikes. On March 17, Trump underlined that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 16, 2025 The darkening rule of the Taliban regime over Afghanistan continues to dim prospects for Women’s rights as well as any chances for the war-torn country to overcome an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. Currently more than 50 percent of the population, some 23 million people in this […]
FPI / March 12, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct Iran has been adamant about not wanting to open diplomatic channels with U.S. President Donald Trump. But the regime of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be pressed to abandon that stance if Trump works out some kind of deal with one of Iran’s top allies, Russia. In fact, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2025 Real World News When Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) ousted long-time Syria dictator Bashar Assad, its leader, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, also known as Ahmed al-Sharaa, was hailed by major media as a moderate who vowed to uphold “religious diversity.” In the last week, more than 1,000 Alawites and Christians were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 7, 2025 LONDON — A made for TV political smackdown in the White House between two uneasy allies, a flood of recriminations, followed the incendiary face-off during the high stakes meetings between President Donald Trump’s team and the visiting Ukrainian delegation. The fear that the pending Ukrainian […]
