Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. Special to WorldTribune.com Joe Schaeffer Three-time Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep recently expressed “shock” that her former co-star Clint Eastwood is supporting Donald Trump, declaring that she hoped he would be “more sensitive” than that. She has also been quoted as saying that “all the women […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 26, 2017 The commander of Iran’s Quds Force has pledged to support Hamas in the fight for Jerusalem, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar said on Dec. 25. Sinwar claimed the promise was made in a phone conversation he had with Qassem Suleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 25, 2017 Guatemala has confirmed it will follow U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead and move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, after speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote to Guatemalans in a Dec. 24 post on Facebook that “one of the most important topics was […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 25, 2017 At least 10,000 civilians were killed in the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 4, 1989, according to files that were only recently declassified. The documents from the UK National Archives in London were declassified in October and obtained by the news site HK01. Included in the files were telegrams […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 25, 2017 Christian conservatives overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, turning the tide in key swing states and delivering Trump to the White House, according to the author of the new book “The Day Christians Changed America”. “When all the hyperbole is stripped away, and the countless actors who […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 24, 2017 Christians in Mosul and surrounding areas in northern Iraq are openly celebrating Christmas again after three years under the brutal rule of Islamic State (ISIS). “The last Christmas mass here was in 2013. Now, the cross is lifted again over the Church of St. Paul,” Rev. Martin Banni, a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 25, 2017 A group of supporters has gathered more than 12 million signatures from Egyptians urging President Abdul Fatah Sisi to seek a second four-year term. Sisi, who won a landslide victory four years ago after the army, which he led, ousted former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, November 19, 2017 Robert Mugabe, the only head of state in Zimbabwe’s history as an independent nation, has agreed to step down and will be replaced by the vice president who he had sacked. Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party removed Mugabe as its leader […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, August 24, 2017 The United States doesn’t need a third political party because it is currently being ruled by one “Uni-party,” an analyst said. What America needs is a “New Party,” that would be dedicated to “returning America to the rule of law […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, August 14, 2017 India’s sale to Vietnam of a short-range, supersonic anti-ship missile has opened a new conflict in an already tense situation with China, an analyst said. Vietnam will receive the BrahMos which is considered one of the most effective and lethal […]
