by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2019 North Korea will need international “security guarantees” before it considers ending its nuclear program, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on April 25 after meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. Such guarantees would have to be international, legally binding, and secure North Korea’s sovereignty, said Putin following the end […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2019 Rep. Ilhan Omar said that American forces were responsible for killing “thousands” of Somalis during the 1993 battle for Mogadishu made famous by the “Black Hawk Down” incident. The Minnesota Democrat, in a 2017 tweet, painted the United States Army as the villain in the incident. Omar, a Somali […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2019 Before the April 21 vote, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky could always say “I’m not the president of Ukraine, but I played him on TV.” Now – Zelensky can also say he’s the president of Ukraine. Zelensky won in a landslide victory over President Petro Poroshenko in Ukraine’s April 21 runoff […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2019 In the wake of the potential loss of Notre Dame Cathedral to fire, The New York Times published an article by Pamela Druckerman stating “we’ve failed, as a civilization, to be the caretakers of something priceless.” “Priceless? Where in the New York Times over the past ten years […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2019 The global economy is losing $3.2 trillion per year due to corruption which includes bribery and theft of funds, according to the United Nations. Corruption “robs societies of schools, hospitals and other vital services, drives away foreign investment and strips nations of their natural resources,” said UN Secretary General […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2019 Christian places of worship in France and Germany are being torched and vandalized on a daily basis, according to news reports in Europe. In nearly all instances of attacks on churches, authorities and media obfuscate the identity of the vandals, German news site PI-News reported. Fox News hosts Shep […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2019 Nigel Farage said he launched the Brexit Party to “finish the job” on Great Britain leaving the European Union, which, he said, is being held up by the “arrogant elite” in parliament. In an April 14 op-ed for the Express, Farage noted that “the overwhelming majority of MPs agreed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2019 The Catholic Church’s abuse crisis was fueled by the sexual revolution of the 1960s, former Pope Benedict XVI has written. Benedict, who resigned the papacy in 2013, says in a newly-drafted 6,000-word document – titled “The Church and the Scandal of Sexual Abuse” – that many in the ’60s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — For nearly two months, large popular demonstrations have rocked Algeria protesting the candidacy of incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who planned to run for a fifth five-year term in national elections. The protests evoked the so-called Arab Spring in which demonstrations and later armed revolts reverberated […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 8, 2019 Ukrainian officials say their efforts to deliver evidence of Democratic Party interference in the 2016 presidential election have been brushed off by the U.S. Department of Justice, a report said. “Ukrainian law enforcement officials believe they have evidence of wrongdoing by American Democrats and their allies in Kiev, ranging […]
