by WorldTribune Staff, September 12, 2017 Islamic State (ISIS) holds some 11,100 blank Syrian passports which German authorities fear could be used to bring potential terrorists into Europe, a report said. The passports, stolen from Syrian government sites, are genuine identity papers that have not yet been filled out with an individual’s details, making them […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, September 12, 2017 Since the mid-Twentieth Century, it has fallen to the United States of America to deal with apocalyptic and devastating crises around the world including the World Wars and the Cold War. The emergence on the world stage in 2017 of North Korea — a belligerent communist rogue state […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 12, 2017 A Chinese billionaire who received death threats after exposing corruption in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) leadership has a “strong claim” for asylum in the United States, the businessman’s lawyer said. Guo Wengui, a Chinese real estate magnate now living in New York, announced the decision to seek political […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 12, 2017 Marking the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the United States “never asked for this fight” but is “steadfastly committed to seeing it through.” “Maniacs disguised in false religious garb thought, by hurting us, they could scare us that day,” Mattis said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 12, 2017 Sens. Tim Kaine and Elizabeth Warren are among several top-ranking Democrats who accepted campaign donations from the political action committee of New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez, records show Menendez is facing trial on 12 counts of corruption on allegations that he accepted campaign contributions and free trips from […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The United Nations Security Council on September 11 voted to tighten sanctions on North Korea over the country’s sixth and most powerful nuclear test, imposing a ban on the country’s textile exports and setting a limit on imports of crude oil. It was the ninth sanctions […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 11, 2017 The FBI’s damage-control role discouraged the Justice Department from prosecuting former IRS official Lois Lerner in the tax agency’s targeting of conservative groups, a watchdog group said. The decision not to reopen the Lerner investigation “comes as no surprise considering that the FBI collaborated with the IRS and is […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 11, 2017 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sternly directed President Donald Trump’s team in a meeting at Trump Tower to “back off” on “this ‘drain the swamp’ talk,” former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told “60 Minutes”. “The Republican establishment is trying to nullify the 2016 election,” Bannon told CBS […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 11, 2017 Thousands of same-day registrants, most from Massachusetts, illegally voted in the Nov. 8 election in New Hampshire and tipped the state in Hillary Clinton’s favor, voter integrity groups say, citing data released by New Hampshire officials. More than 6,500 people using out-of-state driver’s licenses registered to vote in New […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Will there be conflict on the Korean peninsula? Shall the long simmering tinderbox finally explode in a nuclear flash? Or shall everybody step back from the brink, take a deep breath and allow diplomacy to finally defuse this ticking time bomb in Korea? The answer […]
