by WorldTribune Staff, November 14, 2016 Candidates who pledged to forge closer ties to Russia won presidential elections in Bulgaria and Moldova on Nov. 13. In Bulgaria, exit polls showed Socialist party candidate Rumen Radev garnered 58 percent of the vote compared to 35 percent for Tsetska Tsacheva of the ruling GERB party. The result […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. officials said on Nov. 10 that President-elect Donald Trump can devastate Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers by walking away from it as he has vowed to do. Their assessment contradicted Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s assertion on Nov. 9 that there is “no possibility” Trump […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 13, 2016 Democrats, reeling from Hillary Clinton’s defeat and multiple revelations of corruption including collusion to defeat Bernie Sanders in the primary, may look to a Muslim to lead their shattered party. Sen. Chuck Schumer, who will replace Harry Reid as Senate minority leader, and Sanders are backing the candidacy of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 13, 2016 Anti-globalism forces are on a roll and leaders of such movements in Europe are looking to ride the wave of momentum created by Donald Trump to a revolutionary new order. Trump’s victory is “the emergence of a new world,” said Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Front. “It’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 13, 2016 An attorney for the campaign of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has filed a formal protest, seeking a recount of 90,000 ballots in Durham County that appeared to have been tabulated from corrupted memory cards. “It appeared that some of the data from prior elections had not been cleared […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 13, 2016 Russian has sent several military advisers to Libya to assist forces loyal to Gen. Khalifa Haftar. “The Russian support is conducted through UAE and Egyptian mediation assistance,” the London-based New Arab newspaper reported last week. “There are tens of them (Russian advisers) and they are specialized in different war-related […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 13, 2016 Palestinians will “make life miserable” for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump if he moves the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority’s ambassador to the UN warned. “If people attack us by moving the embassy to Jerusalem, which is a violation of Security Council resolutions, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 11, 2016 Egyptian parliament members said Donald Trump’s election victory is a positive development for Egypt and a major setback for the Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood was “eager to see Clinton become the new president to use it as a tool for exerting pressure on Egypt, but their hopes were seriously […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 11, 2016 Protests that erupted after Donald Trump’s election victory, many of them organized and stocked with paid agitators, were “incited by the media,” the president-elect said on Twitter. “Just had a very open and successful presidential election,” Trump tweeted. “Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler New York — A jarring electoral earthquake has rocked America with a stunning upset win by Donald J. Trump, the Republican insurgent candidate. The epicenter of the quake was centered in the South as expected, but reverberations and shockwaves went deep into the once industrial heartland of the […]
