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As the world yawns: Growing arc of chaos in the Middle East »

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Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey Recently much has been made of the so-called “Arc of Shi’ism”, from Lebanon to Iran, through Syria and Iraq. I submit that what is more significant is…

Khamenei ally elected after campaigning for reconciliation with world »

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Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran’s next president is a cleric regarded as an ally of supreme leader Ali Khamenei. The Teheran regime has named Hassan Rowhani Iran’s next president. The Interior Ministry…

Egypt launches stealth war with Ethiopia and its allies over the Nile »

A photo of the Blue Nile in Guba, Ethiopia, during its diversion ceremony on May 28.  /William Lloyd-George/AFP/Getty Images

Special to WorldTribune.com Gregory R. Copley, Global Information System/Defense & Foreign Affairs Egypt’s Morsi government has initiated a return to covert war against Ethiopia, which controls the source of the Blue Nile, Egypt’s…

Assad seen winning back territory; U.S. intel ‘on Syria was totally wrong’ »

Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz.  /Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has begun preparing for the prospect of a victory by Syrian President Bashar Assad over Sunni rebels. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

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Israel installs digital ‘Multi-Sensor’ system on Lebanon border »

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Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has been installing a digital security system along the border with…

Japan poised to shift huge investment, factories from China to India »

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Japanese investment in China last year exceeded $70 billion. There are…

Sudan and South violate border agreement, deploy forces in buffer zone »

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Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Sudan and its new southern neighbor have reinforced troops along their contested border. The…

Chevron signs 3rd Kurdistan oil deal after being banned by Iraq »

Kurdistan's Qara Dagh oil block.

Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Kurdistan has overseen another major energy project. The Kurdish Regional Government has signed…

We the people have allowed a Big Brother-Internet monolith to usurp our freedom »

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Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto For centuries, in every society around the world, citizens have by and large…

As the world yawns: Growing arc of chaos in the Middle East »

Rioting in Instanbul.  /AFP

Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey Recently much has been made of the so-called “Arc of Shi’ism”, from Lebanon…

Rebels say U.S. weapons have finally reached units in northern Syria »

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires at Assad regime forces near Kindi hospital in Aleppo.  /Reuters

Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syrian rebels have begun receiving arms supplies to block the offensive of President Bashar…

Report: Jordan’s focus on Air Force increasing its vulnerability »

Fighters of the Royal Jordanian Air Force based at Shaheed Mwaffaq Airbase in Jordan.  /interkultur.de

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been urged to pressure Jordan to reduce its military budget.…

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Who needs the Fourth Amendment? Don’t you trust your government? »

Wesley Pruden Trust us. Would your government – and the private contractors your government hires to do the work – do anything bad? Snooping into the intimate details of the lives of everyone is not nice. Besides, it could be worse, and that’s all the proof anyone needs to see that it’s not really bad…

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Loser: Socialist Francois Hollande picked the wrong time to win the presidency »

John J. Metzler PARIS — Just a year after the Socialist Party regained the presidency, the winner and unassuming new occupant of the Elysee Palace (White House) Francois Hollande, may have wished he was still in the political opposition. After all, it is easier after to critique than to govern, especially in a country battered…

Francois Hollande and "companion" Valérie Trierweiler.  /Stephane Mahe/Reuters

Welcome to Soviet America! (Was my 1975 1-act play prophetic?) »

Lev Navrozov “Lev, this is Julie. Do you remember me?” The voice on the phone sounded familiar. She went on: “Almost forty years ago, I believe the year was 1975, I went to see your play ‘Welcome to Soviet America!’ at Carnegie Hall. It was a one-actor play, in which you played all the roles,…

Life and Look magazines herald the 50th Anniver­sary of the USSR, 1967.

The real scandal: According observer status to the world’s most powerful leader »

Sol W. Sanders   One of the more bizarre aspects of the current deluge of Washington scandals is that their very numbers permit President Barack Obama to finesse and continue to play a role as No. 1 observer and chief political fundraiser. The almost weekly additions to news of the administration’s dereliction of duty and…

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How much longer will nation’s top law enforcement officer be above the law? »

Jeffrey T. Kuhner Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has disgraced his office and engaged in a systematic abuse of power. He has also lied under oath. He can no longer remain as our nation’s chief law enforcement office. If anything, he should be facing criminal prosecution for numerous misdeeds. Mr. Holder is in trouble.…

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Japan poised to shift huge investment, factories from China to India »

Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Japanese investment in China last year exceeded $70 billion. There are 14,000 Japanese companies in China. But that may be about to…

N. Korean defectors, said to be orphans, are betrayed in Laos, may get elite propaganda roles »

Nine young North Korean defectors in Laos in May. /AP

Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — The surprising expulsion of young North Korean asylum-seekers by the Laotian government was a result…

The sons also rise: Xi Jinping grooms more and more princelings for top slots »

Deng Xiaoping gets a kiss from Deng Zhuodi in this 1986 file photo.  /Xinhua

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Given the apparent ease with which President Xi Jinping has consolidated his hold on power,…

Kim Jong-Un’s uncle emerges from shadows as regime shifts from threats to diplomacy »

Jang Song-Thaek.

Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s powerful uncle Jang Song-Thaek, who has been in the background…

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Egypt launches stealth war with Ethiopia and its allies over the Nile »

A photo of the Blue Nile in Guba, Ethiopia, during its diversion ceremony on May 28.  /William Lloyd-George/AFP/Getty Images

Special to WorldTribune.com Gregory R. Copley, Global Information System/Defense & Foreign Affairs Egypt’s Morsi government has initiated a return to covert war…

Sudan breaks from Egypt, supports Blue Nile dam in Ethiopia »

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Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — In a surprise move, Sudan has broken away from Egypt in the latter’s campaign to stop a…

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Sudan and South violate border agreement, deploy forces in buffer zone »

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Sudan and its new southern neighbor have reinforced troops along their contested border. The Satellite Sentinel Project said Sudan and South Sudan deployed their militaries…

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