by WorldTribune Staff, June 23, 2017 A top Al Qaida leader and two of his associates were killed in a June 16 U.S. airstrike on a jihadist stronghold in Yemen’s Shabwa province, the Pentagon said. Abu Khattab al-Awlaqi was emir for Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Shabwa, and was responsible for planning […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 22, 2017 In elevating his son Prince Mohammed to next in line to the throne, Saudi King Salman approved a strategic realignment with the U.S. under Donald Trump and handed sweeping new powers to the 31-year-old who has been highly critical of regional rival Iran. The decision by King Salman to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 22, 2017 How some news organizations chose to cover the 2016 election forever changed journalism, said Michael Goodwin, chief political columnist for the New York Post. “The behavior of much of the media, but especially The New York Times, was a disgrace,” Goodwin said. “I don’t believe it ever will recover […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 22, 2017 In the minds and actions of the Left, “not all anger is created equal,” investigative journalist Daniel Greenfield notes. “If you want to know who has privilege in a society and who doesn’t, follow the anger,” Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, wrote for Front Page […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 21, 2017 In a move Washington observers see as an attempt to ensure the Trump-Russia investigation, which has yet to produce any evidence, drags on for many months, if not years, the top Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said Democrats need more time to prepare their case. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 21, 2017 Campaign appearances in Georgia’s 6th House District by several high-profile Trump-bashing celebrities, plus a boatload of money, couldn’t save a “terrible candidate” in Democrat Jon Ossoff from sinking under the weight of the “Obama effect”, an analysis said. Republican Karen Handel, who spent about $30 million less on her […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 21, 2017 Parents are outraged that a North Carolina school district which faces a nearly $6 million budget shortfall is paying for so-called “equity training” for school staff which includes topics such as “structural racism” and “white privilege.” Rockingham County Schools is paying OpenSource Strategic Consulting a flat fee of $45,000 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 21, 2017 Egyptian airstrikes on the stronghold of the Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate in North Sinai killed 12 jihadists, the Egyptian military said on June 20. The strikes also destroyed several four-wheel-drive vehicles belonging to Sinai Province, which swore allegiance to ISIS in 2014. Egypt says Sinai Province is responsible for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 20, 2017 UK officials since 1999 had warned of the risks of using environmentally friendly exterior insulation on buildings, only to be ignored by environmentalists. A blog post by the Grenfell Action Group in November 2016 warned that “only a catastrophic event” would bring attention to the issue. That “catastrophic event” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 20, 2017 Students at Chinese academic institutions in the United States are getting a heavy course of political indoctrination along with their regular studies, a report said. The Chinese Confucius Institutes are “operating without oversight and promoting a dangerous political agenda,” the National Association of Scholars (NAS) said. NAS director of […]
