by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un complimented CIA Director Mike Pompeo for his “guts” during their recent meeting, a report said. Pompeo, whose nomination for secretary of state was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 23, had a secret meeting with Kim in Pyongyang over Easter weekend. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2018 The oppression and forced emigration of Jews resulted in a major loss to the “Arab economy and society,” a Saudi journalist wrote. Jews living in “the Mashriq,” the eastern part of the Arab world, were systematically oppressed, had their property confiscated and were forced to leave despite being “pillars […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2018 The repeal of Obama-era net neutrality became official on April 23. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai said the Restoring Internet Freedom Order ends the Obama administration’s “heavy-handed” rules and will mean less regulation and a more free and open Internet. “Americans will still be able to access […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2018 An opposition candidate and vocal critic of Hizbullah was attacked as he put up a campaign poster in his southern Lebanon hometown, a report said. A group of men assaulted the candidate, journalist Ali al-Amin, who is challenging the Hizbullah party in the May 6 legislative election. “I was […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2018 The civil lawsuit filed by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) against the Trump campaign, WikiLeaks and Russia was more an act of desperation than anything else, a New York Post columnist wrote. “It’s not just Hillary Clinton who can’t quit Russia. The whole Democratic Party keeps going back to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2018 The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reported $136 million in contributions and grants for 2017, more than doubling its intake from the previous year. The reported revenue is “the latest indication that the Trump era has been a financial boon for the left-wing nonprofit,” Peter Hasson noted in an […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2018 The founder of the U.S. Concealed Carry Association said membership and interest in its training classes have increased substantially since the Parkland, Florida school shooting. “I think that the massive news coverage of events like that gets people to realize, at least admit to maybe their own vulnerabilities,” Tim […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Thousands of jubilant Armenians have poured into Yerevan’s main square to celebrate the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian, who stepped down amid widespread street protests over his election to the newly powerful post following 10 years as president. In a dramatic turn of events a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — For as long as I can remember, the phrase Castro’s Cuba was synonymous with a Caribbean island ruled by one Family. Indeed for sixty years the phrase had a certain, if unfortunate, political ring. So when Raul Castro, the second member of the ruling dynasty, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2018 The Democratic National Committee’s (DNC’s) civil RICO lawsuit against the Trump campaign for alleged Russia collusion is 66 pages long. None of the pages references the dossier by ex-British spy Christopher Steele, according to a report by Rowan Scarborough for The Washington Times. The dossier played a key role […]
