Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Consulting my crystal snow globe reveals a blizzard of events, many of them unpredictable which await us in the New Year. And after 2017’s roller coaster and often bizarre political events, it’s difficult to believe that 2018 may hold many unexpected surprises. UN Secretary General […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2017 Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch signed off on both FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance) Court requests to wiretap the Trump campaign, according to reports. All applications to the FISA Court were signed off on by the attorney general, ABC news confirmed. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk This article by WorldTribune.com columnist Donald Kirk was first published today at the South China Morning Post. The timing of the Winter Olympics, in the South Korean mountain district of Pyeongchang in February, could not be better – or worse. By hinting at sending a team, North Korea’s leader […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2017 Rep. Trey Gowdy, in a blistering rebuke of an appeals court’s decision that blocked President Donald Trump’s temporary immigration ban, said “there is no right to come to this country for non-citizens.” Gowdy, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Crime, […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2017 Supporters of conservative, Indian-American commentator Dinesh D’Souza, believe he went to jail on trumped up charges because he produced the hit film “Obama’s America” in 2012. Upon being released, D’Souza produced “Hillary’s American” in 2016. And in an interview with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty An Iranian woman raises her fist amid the smoke of tear gas at the University of Teheran during a protest on Dec. 30. / AFP Iranian authorities have blocked popular social-media websites as protesters attempted to gather for a fourth day of anti-government demonstrations that have […]
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Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. Special to WorldTribune.com GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, Roseau. U.S. national security officials were, on the night of Feb. 7, trying to determine whether an opening had arisen because of the sudden eruption of political unrest in Dominica to reverse the major diplomatic and intelligence gains of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Police in Iran’s capital of Teheran said they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code and instead send them to classes at counseling centers. The Teheran Times on Dec. 28 quoted Brigadier Gen. Hossein Rahimi as saying that “those who […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. [Note: This story was also on the 2016 Greatest Hits list.] by WorldTribune Staff, September 16, 2016 The U.S. State Department waited over a year before producing emails stored on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server despite 17 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. […]
