by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2017 Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock carried out “mass murder-as-public-policy-advocacy,” sending a message that guns are far too easy to obtain in America and must be controlled, according to one analyst’s theory. Author and conservative political commentator Mark Steyn introduced a correspondent of his who propounded the theory on Oct. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has suggested that U.S. military forces in the Middle East could be in danger of an Iranian missile attack if Washington imposes new sanctions against Teheran. Jafari’s comments on October 8 follow several media reports saying that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2017 In this corner: Republican Sen. Bob Corker and the New York Times. Opposing those once powerful forces is President Donald Trump and his twitter account. As the world watches how the U.S. president will handle nuclear proliferation crises in Iran and North Korea that he correctly says he inherited […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2017 South Korea is set to deploy graphite “blackout bombs” capable of crippling North Korea’s electrical power plants, a military official in Seoul said. The bombs are a part of a long-term South Korean defense plan that is being expedited under pressure from a mounting nuclear weapons threat from North […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2017 In battling the establishment and its “lobbyist buddies” former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is “taking over the role of the Republican Party,” Rush Limbaugh said. “The Republican Party is obviously not with [President] Trump on balance – you have some in the House who are – but […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2017 Paper or plastic to pay for something? That is so 2013. In China, mobile pay is the way to go in 2017 and beyond, and is even rumored to be the preferred method of payment for street beggars, Evelyn Cheng wrote for CNBC on Oct. 8. In 2016, mobile […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 8, 2017 The United States has increased U-2 reconnaissance operations over the Korean peninsula after ominous warnings from North Korea watchers in several nations and a first-hand report from Pyongyang. Anton Morozov, a member of the Russian lower house of parliament’s international affairs committee, revealed North Korea’s plans after he returned […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 8, 2017 The U.S. government has said the Las Vegas massacre was not connected to “international terrorism.” FBI special agent Aaron Rouse told a press conference on Oct. 2 about the mass shooting: “We have determined to this point no connection with an international terrorist group.” But the attack carried out […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 8, 2017 Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists are running out of food, money – and the will to be martyred. More than 1,000 desperate ISIS fighters surrendered last week after fleeing their Iraqi stronghold at Hawija. “Instead of the martyrdom they had boasted was their only acceptable fate, they had voluntarily ended […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The Pentagon says the U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of the advanced THAAD missile-defense system to Saudi Arabia for $15 billion, citing Iran among threats in the Middle East. The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in an October 6 statement that it […]
