Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. President Barack Obama has personally intervened in a dispute between Turkey and Iraq involving the battle against the Islamic State (IS) extremist group, asking Turkey’s leader to coordinate his actions with both Washington and Baghdad. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to join the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 28, 2016 A young Yazidi woman from Iraq said she considered suicide after the brutality she and her two sisters were subjected to after they were abducted and sold into slavery by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Marwa Al Aliko, in an Oct. 26 event at the Israeli Mission […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 28, 2016 Critics have greatly exaggerated the military’s role in Egypt’s economy, President Abdul Fatah Sisi said on Oct. 25, one day after Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said the military’s involvement in the economy would be reduced in the next two to three years. The military’s economic activities are equivalent to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Rodrigo Duterte was reputed as a killer long before his election as president of the Philippines five months ago. He countenanced the slaughter of hundreds of drug addicts and dealers while mayor of Davao, the major port city on the rebel-infested southern island of Mindanao, and has applauded the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2016 A company with direct ties to George Soros is providing voting machines to 16 states, including key swing states such as Florida and Pennsylvania. The balloting equipment tied to Soros comes from UK-based Smartmatic, whose chairman Mark Malloch-Brown is a former UN official and sits on the board of Soros’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2016 Years of Democratic rule is responsible for leaving black Americans behind, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Oct. 26 in Charlotte, North Carolina. In calling for a “new deal for black America,” Trump said that “whether you vote for me or not, I will be your greatest champion. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2016 Tax cuts have delivered more jobs and higher pay for North Carolina residents, with the Tar Heel state’s economy growing faster than the national average in each of the last three years. Such data is of no concern to the George Soros-funded Budget & Tax Center, a project of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2016 Judaism and Jerusalem are all but identical i the minds of older Americans schooled in the Bible and history. Not so, say revisionists at the United Nations where Islamist regimes hold increasing sway. On Oct. 26, an Israeli official said an ancient Hebrew script that dates to the 7th […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2016 The British economy has been quite the corker over the past three months considering the gloomy forecasts after the vote to leave the European Union. The UK economy grew by 0.5 percent in the three months after Brexit, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), more robust than […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The Reuters news agency is reporting that Republican leaders of the U.S. House plan to vote after the Nov. 8 elections on reauthorizing the Iran Sanctions Act, setting up a potential showdown with the White House. The law, which authorizes sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program and […]
