by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2018 The political leader and second in command of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels was killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Yemen, the Houthi-run Saba news agency confirmed on April 23. Saleh Al-Sammad, head of the Houthis’ so-called Supreme Political Council, was killed in the eastern province of Hodeida on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2018 Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council is pressing citizens to abandon the popular Telegram messaging app and embrace a new mobile app which comes with a “Death to America” emoji. The domestically-produced Soroush app includes a series of emojis featuring a chador-clad woman clutching a picture of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2018 After conducting what it called a “proactive risk assessment,” Penn State University has concluded that it is too risky for an outdoor recreation club to go outdoors. The Penn State Outing Club (PSOC) announced last week that, starting next semester, it will no longer be permitted by the university […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2018 The number of immigrants on U.S. welfare rolls has tripled over the last 10 years, according to a new study. “Welfare and Medicaid use by new immigrants, even those with college degrees, has surged to new levels, an indication that the jobs they came to America to take aren’t […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2018 Newly released emails from Hillary Clinton’s unsecure non-state.gov email system contain classified information and “detail collusion between the Clinton State Department and the Clinton Foundation,” a government watchdog group said. Ten of the emails obtained by Judicial Watch in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit contain classified information […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2018 North Korea, if it chooses “to pivot” can become the “Switzerland of the East,” Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams wrote on his blog. U.S. President Donald Trump “understands the mental game like no president before him,” Adams wrote. “And Kim Jong-Un appears to have a similar toolset. Never have we […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2018 In 1 year and 94 days, President Donald Trump’s policies have created economic momentum, increased consumer confidence, and the possibility of a denuclearized North Korea. “Yet good news is bad news to the Resistance and its strange continued efforts to stop an elected president in a way it failed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2018 Though he “hopes we are entering a new era with North Korea,” Paul Wolfowitz, former U.S. deputy defense secretary, said he remains skeptical the Kim Jong-Un regime will follow through with its pledge of denuclearization. Wolfowitz, who served as deputy defense secretary from 2001-2005, also said it will be […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2018 “In a panic” following the election victory of Donald Trump, China appointed the sister-in-law of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to the Bank of China’s board of directors, the author of a new book on the monetizing of political influence said. Angela Chao was named to the Bank […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2018 Facebook spent a record $3.3 million on lobbying the U.S. government in the first quarter of 2018, a report said. “While that’s a lot for Facebook, it’s not far from what its peers spend,” Recode noted in an April 22 report. “Amazon spent slightly more, $3.38 million, last quarter as […]
