White House spokesman Sean Spicer’s sanity check

White House spokesman Sean Spicer’s sanity check

by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2017 Simply Googling Sean Spicer gets unsurprising results. White House spokesman has “worst week in Washington,” photo of Spicer as White House Easter Bunny, Melissa McCarthy’s “epic Sean Spicer sketch on SNL.” You’ll have to go six pages into the results to find out that “Commander Sean Spicer reports for […]

Feminists march against Trump but go silent on female genital mutilation in the U.S.

Feminists march against Trump but go silent on female genital mutilation in the U.S.

by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2017 Feminists, who have been “absorbed into the amorphous social justice blob” that is American leftism, as a writer for the Daily Caller put it, have failed to take a stand on the horrific news that a Michigan doctor allegedly performed female genital mutilation (FGM) on multiple young girls. Protecting […]

Rouhani: Iran doesn’t need permission from any country to manufacture missiles

Rouhani: Iran doesn’t need permission from any country to manufacture missiles

by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2017 Iran will continue to manufacture missiles and fighter jets and does not need any other country’s permission to do so, President Hassan Rouhani said on April 15. “We have repeatedly declared that strengthening the defensive prowess of Iran’s armed forces is only aimed at defending the country and will […]

Turkey’s referendum could create ‘one-man rule,’ threatens EU ties

Turkey’s referendum could create ‘one-man rule,’ threatens EU ties

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began to set post-referendum strategy for the country after declaring a “clear victory” in the April 16 vote that gave him sweeping new powers but was also challenged as illegitimate by the opposition. Turkey’s Central Election Committee (CEC) on late April […]

Egypt’s Sisi uses social media, puts heat on imams in campaign to reform Islam

Egypt’s Sisi uses social media, puts heat on imams in campaign to reform Islam

by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2015, Republished April 26, 2017 After placing Egypt at the forefront of a “religious revolution” in a New Year’s speech, President Abdul Fatah Sisi has tasked clerics with combating radicalism in schools, mosques and the media. “You, imams, are responsible before Allah. The entire world is waiting. The entire world […]

U.S. cites ‘consensus’ with China on North Korea; Reports suggest missile test sabotaged

U.S. cites ‘consensus’ with China on North Korea; Reports suggest missile test sabotaged

by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2017 An “international consensus” that now includes China’s leader, asserts North Korea can’t be allowed to continue its missile tests, U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster said in Kabul on April 16. McMaster’s comments came after a North Korea missile test failed in what reports say may have been an […]

Iraqi Christians celebrate Easter in town near Mosul for first time since 2014

Iraqi Christians celebrate Easter in town near Mosul for first time since 2014

by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2017 Christians in the town of Tel Esqof celebrated Easter on April 16 for the first time since Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the terror group’s “caliphate” from a mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014. “God willing, the celebration of the resurrection of Christ […]

Study: 215 million Christians worldwide are experiencing extreme persecution

Study: 215 million Christians worldwide are experiencing extreme persecution

by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2017 More than 215 million Christians worldwide face heavy persecution, the majority of whom reside in Middle Eastern nations, a new study said. One in 12 Christians today experiences high, very high or extreme persecution for their faith, according to Open Doors USA, a nonprofit organization focused on serving persecuted […]

Trump at Easter: For a nation of ‘believers’, life ‘triumphs over death’

Trump at Easter: For a nation of ‘believers’, life ‘triumphs over death’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2017 “Many around the globe do not enjoy” the same freedom to worship as Americans, President Donald Trump said on April 16. “This Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ and the promise of eternal salvation,” Trump said in his weekly address. “It is a holy day of reverence and […]

China and Iran are world leaders in executions; Data on North Korea is lacking

China and Iran are world leaders in executions; Data on North Korea is lacking

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS—The People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran top the global charts for executions according to a newly released report by Amnesty International. Iran accounted for 55 percent of all recorded death sentences according to Amnesty. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Pakistan are tragically part […]