ISIL justifies Istanbul massacre ‘for sake of Allah’s religion’

ISIL justifies Istanbul massacre ‘for sake of Allah’s religion’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2017 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) said one of its jihadists carried out the New Year’s Eve terror attack in Istanbul “to take revenge on Turkey, who serves the cross.” The attack at the Reina nightclub killed 39 people and wounded at least 150 others. The terrorist who […]

Losers: How the Party of Jefferson became the ‘Party of Soros’

Losers: How the Party of Jefferson became the ‘Party of Soros’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2017 Blinded by their desire to defeat George W. Bush’s re-election bid in 2004, Democrats allowed leftist billionaire George Soros to buy out their party, an analyst said. Defeating Bush “is the central focus of my life,” Soros declared at the time. It was “a matter of life and death.” […]

ESPN’s New Year’s eve nightmare: College football ratings in free fall

ESPN’s New Year’s eve nightmare: College football ratings in free fall

by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2017 Is it too late for the 24/7 sports network to return to being a network that focuses primarily on . . . sports? ESPN’s broadcast of the College Football Playoffs on Dec. 31 received just a 10.4 rating, down 32 percent from two years ago. The ratings may be […]

Iran has pocketed $10 billion in cash and gold since signing nuclear deal

Iran has pocketed $10 billion in cash and gold since signing nuclear deal

by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2017 In the three years since it signed a preliminary nuclear deal with world powers, Iran has received more than $10 billion in sanctions relief in the form of cash and gold, a report said. Large payouts in gold and cash from oil funds unfrozen in numerous countries “represent the […]

Obama’s unprecedented bid to undercut president-elect said to sacrifice U.S. interests

Obama’s unprecedented bid to undercut president-elect said to sacrifice U.S. interests

Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Year-end 2016 saw something never before publicly witnessed in the U.S. political scene: a most direct and open attempt by an outgoing U.S. Administration to damage and limit the prospects of a newly-elected incoming Administration in such a way that U.S. global strategic […]

China to re-brand itself in new year with ‘soft power’ media offensive

China to re-brand itself in new year with ‘soft power’ media offensive

by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2017 China’s largest television network has re-launched its international on-air and online presence in an effort to promote “positive propaganda” overseas. Central China Television (CCTV) launched the new overseas offensive on Jan. 1 via the newly-named China Global Television Network (CGTN). The move is part of Beijing’s push to extend […]

Swamp-drainer Kellyanne Conway hints at concerns D.C. private schools may blacklist her children

Swamp-drainer Kellyanne Conway hints at concerns D.C. private schools may blacklist her children

by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2017 Private schools in the nation’s capital who present themselves as beacons of diversity may not be so open-minded when it comes to the kids of a top Donald Trump adviser. “Kellyanne Conway is worried establishment elites in Washington … are so prejudiced against Trump that she won’t be able […]

New UN chief sets 2017 resolution for world: ‘Put peace first’

New UN chief sets 2017 resolution for world: ‘Put peace first’

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Newly installed United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he wants to make 2017 a year to “put peace first.” Guterres, who replaced Ban Ki-moon on Jan. 1 as UN chief, said in a message that he will be working to resolve people trapped in wars […]

After all the hype, North Carolina Democrats refused to repeal HB2

After all the hype, North Carolina Democrats refused to repeal HB2

by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2017 House Bill 2 turned out to be “too powerful a political issue and too lucrative a fundraising tool” for North Carolina Democrats who ultimately refused to repeal the “bathroom bill” they claimed to despise, according to the state senate’s leader. All of North Carolina’s Democratic state senators voted against […]

Chaotic Middle East to be without U.S. aircraft carrier for months

Chaotic Middle East to be without U.S. aircraft carrier for months

by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2017 The United States will be without an aircraft carrier presence in the Middle East for up to two months. The return of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to its Norfolk homeport comes “amid a heated fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria and a slew of burgeoning […]