Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Amid a widening food shortfall affecting up to forty percent of its population, North Korea has resumed testing short-range missiles in a risky bid for humanitarian aid and political attention. The rocket tests, which don’t directly violate UN resolutions or prior diplomatic agreements, are nonetheless […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 14, 2019 The shutting down of two secondary Border Patrol checkpoints in a major drug smuggling corridor has been disastrous for a New Mexico county and, by extension, the nation, an official said. The checkpoints were removed to focus more on processing illegals pouring over the border, Couy Griffin, chairman of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 14, 2019 With Kim Jong-Un observing, North Korea on May 4 launched a series of projectiles featuring a short-range ballistic missile and large-caliber multiple launch rocket systems from Hodo peninsula in the Wonsan area. A group of retired Korean military officials condemned the North’s latest missile test and, at the same […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 14, 2019 The politically unaffiliated director of the North Carolina Board of Elections has been removed and replaced by a partisan Democrat, state Republican lawmakers say. Kim Strach, who has led the elections board since 2013, will be replaced by Karen Brinson Bell. Brinson Bell currently works for the Ranked Choice […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 14, 2019 Could classic movies and newer flicks which trigger the ire of the politically correct be banned from theaters or pulled from home video and streaming services? Actually, “it’s already being done,” an entertainment industry analyst says. Two years ago, a Memphis theater canceled a screening of the 1939 classic […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 13, 2019 Crimes committed by immigrants were the top offenses in federal courts last year, accounting for 34.4 percent of all sentencing cases, according to the United States Sentencing Commission. Nearly all of the cases involved illegal, Hispanic male immigrants, the federal commission said. The commission said that immigration cases included […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 13, 2019 A Maltese professor reportedly in the know on the 30,000 emails that Hillary Clinton ordered destroyed played a little-reported but key role in the launching of the Trump investigation. Joseph Mifsud, an academic from Malta with alleged high level connections to the Russian government, was, according to some reports, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 13, 2019 Despite freedom of religion being enshrined in the First Amendment, many today “have little tolerance for traditional Christian beliefs,” Vice President Mike Pence said on May 11 in a commencement address at Liberty University. Pence told the graduates: “Because we live in a time when it’s become acceptable and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 13, 2019 Rep. Rashida Tlaib on May 11 claimed that Palestinians had tried to “create a safe haven for Jews” after the Holocaust, an assertion which historians and analysts say is false. The Michigan Democrat, speaking on the “Skullduggery” podcast in an episode titled “From Rashida with Love”, said: “There’s always […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 13, 2019 A potential terrorist training camp linked to the son of a prominent Brooklyn imam has been discovered near Tuskegee, Alabama, authorities say. The FBI reported the camp contained a “makeshift military-style obstacle course” and the remains of a child. “Just because you’re in a small town or a small […]
