by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2025 Real World News Why does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regard the conquest of Taiwan as essential to its quest for global dominance? That the regime sees the island nation and democracy as an existential threat is poorly understood outside of the mainland and China-focused think tanks, an analyst […]
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 […]
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 […]
FPI / July 3, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct Iran had been a key cog in the emerging anti-American axis in the Middle East led by China and including Russia. Then Israel quickly dismantled Iran’s warfighting structure via a series of targeted strikes known as Operation Rising Lion. The United States followed by bombing Iran’s nuclear strongholds at […]
FPI / June 25, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct It is possible that North Koreans were in Iran and even at its nuclear sites as U.S. B-2 bombers dropped massive bunker buster bombs on the facilities. North Korea has long assisted Iran with its nuclear programs. “North Koreans are still in Iran helping Iran with its nuclear weapon […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 24, 2025 Real World News President Donald Trump on Tuesday was none too happy about Israel and Iran continuing to attack each other just hours after he had announced a ceasefire. “I think they both violated it,” President Trump said before heading to a NATO summit in the Netherlands. “I don’t […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 19, 2025 Real World News Israel’s defense minister issued a direct threat to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Thursday after an Iranian missile struck a hospital in Beersheba, Israel. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has been instructed and know “that in order to achieve all of its goals, this man […]
FPI / June 18, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct China’s rise in the Middle East was punctuated in March 2023 when it brokered a pact that led Iran to reestablish relations with long-time enemy Saudi Arabia. Just over two years later, Beijing’s foothold in the region is on shaky ground amid Israel’s devastating attack on the Islamic Republic, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2025 Real World News The U.S. knows the exact location of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and has “total control of the skies over Iran,” President Donald Trump said on Monday as he called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender.” Trump, who made the comments after he left the G-7 summit […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2025 Real World News When President Donald Trump on Monday urged people to “immediately evacuate Teheran,” Iran’s capital city, many jumped to the conclusion that he was setting the stage for the U.S. entering the Israel-Iran conflict. Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social: “Iran should have signed the […]
