Gulf states join U.S.-led sanctions on Taliban sponsors; Iran accuses Saudis of Khashoggi distraction

Gulf states join U.S.-led sanctions on Taliban sponsors; Iran accuses Saudis of Khashoggi distraction

by WorldTribune Staff, October 24, 2018 Two Iranian military officers were among nine individuals tied to Afghanistan’s Taliban who have been blacklisted by an international organization set up to combat the financing of terrorism. The U.S. Treasury Department on Oct. 23 said the seven-nation Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) blacklisted the individuals in order to […]

Bolton in Moscow: U.S. bound by INF but Russia, China, Iran, N. Korea are not

Bolton in Moscow: U.S. bound by INF but Russia, China, Iran, N. Korea are not

by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2018 The United States plans to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty because Russia is violating the pact, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said. With Russia in violation, “there was only one country in the world bound by the INF Treaty and that was the United […]

Soros money funds all-out push by Left in Florida’s gubernatorial race

Soros money funds all-out push by Left in Florida’s gubernatorial race

by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2018 The Left is pumping millions of dollars via billionaires George Soros and Tom Steyer, into the Florida gubernatorial campaign of Andrew Gillum, graduate of “an Oakland, California-based training school for progressive revolutionaries.” Polls are calling the race a toss-up. After pulling off an upset win in the Democratic primary, […]

South Korean president ratifies agreement with North without parliament approval

South Korean president ratifies agreement with North without parliament approval

by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2018 Liberal President Moon Jae-In ratified last month’s summit agreement with North Korea without the consent of parliament, ignoring protests from Conservative opposition parties and concerns registered by the Trump administration. Dissenting media and political expression is being suppressed by the government in Seoul, according to reports in last week’s […]

Report: Democrats to outspend Republicans for midterms with outside help

Report: Democrats to outspend Republicans for midterms with outside help

by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2018 Democrats are projected to spend $2.5 billion on the midterms, compared to $2.2 billion for Republicans. If the projection holds, it would be the first time in 10 years Democrats have outspent the GOP, a report said. As of Oct. 17, Democrats had poured $1 billion into the 2018 […]

Hungary bans gender studies programs at universities

Hungary bans gender studies programs at universities

by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2018 The Hungarian government will no longer fund university gender studies programs, according to a decree signed last week by Prime Minister Viktor Orban. “The government’s standpoint is that people are born either male or female, and we do not consider it acceptable for us to talk about socially-constructed genders, […]

‘Fed up’ California newspaper answers Democrat ‘agitator’, endorses opponent

‘Fed up’ California newspaper answers Democrat ‘agitator’, endorses opponent

by WorldTribune Staff, October 22, 2018 Saying it was tired of being bullied by a “Democratic political agitator,” a California newspaper has endorsed incumbent Republican Rep. Steve Knight over Democrat challenger Katie Hill in California’s 25th congressional district. The Santa Clarita Valley Signal said in an Oct. 21 editorial titled “Fed Up with Bullies, We Endorse […]

President’s economists reveal the 10 points of ‘Trumponomics’

President’s economists reveal the 10 points of ‘Trumponomics’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 22, 2018 An tireless President Donald Trump is living his dream and has revived the U.S. economy “faster than anyone imagined possible,” according to a new book. “I can tell you after a few months on the job, this man is indefatigable. Donald Trump doesn’t stop. He barely sleeps. It’s almost […]

‘Deep concern’: U.S. Treasury reminds Seoul that sanctions on N. Korea still in effect

‘Deep concern’: U.S. Treasury reminds Seoul that sanctions on N. Korea still in effect

by WorldTribune Staff, October 22, 2018 The U.S. Treasury Department said it has notified South Korean banks that “UN and U.S. sanctions on North Korea remain valid” after media reports surfaced saying the South was planning renewed financial cooperation with the North. A document drafted by South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) that was released […]

Kazakh man says Father one of millions in China’s reeducation camps in Xinjiang

Kazakh man says Father one of millions in China’s reeducation camps in Xinjiang

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty ALMATY — An ethnic Kazakh man from China, Omirbek Bekaly, says his 80-year-old father died in a so-called “reeducation camp” in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang. Bekaly told RFE/RL on October 22 that his father, Ibrahim, died a month ago but that he had only learned […]