Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty About 400 additional U.S. forces have been temporarily deployed to Syria with heavy artillery in preparation for a fight to oust the extremist group Islamic State (IS) from its self-declared headquarters in the northern city of Raqqa. U.S. Air Force Colonel John Dorrian, a spokesman for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Suddenly the outlook for keeping the peace on the Korean peninsula has taken an alarming turn for the worse. We’ve long been accustomed to the threat of Korean War II, but now it’s looking like more than a scary mirage. China is up in arms over the arrival of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2017 The U.S. Marines have established America’s first artillery base in Syria as the fight to drive Islamic State (ISIS) from its de facto capital at Raqqa intensifies. A U.S. defense official would not speak to the size of the detachment deployed to Syria, but said it included elements of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2017 Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch signed off on both FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance) Court requests to wiretap the Trump campaign, according to reports. All applications to the FISA Court were signed off on by the attorney general, ABC news confirmed. This “means that she chose not to investigate the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2017 Shi’ite terrorism led by Iran must not be allowed to replace the Sunni terrorism of Al Qaida and Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed to Russian President Valdimir Putin. At their meeting in Moscow on March 9, Putin wished Netnayahu a happy Purim. The […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2017 An America-based aid group that was assisting Syrian refugees in Turkey has been forced to shut down its operations by the Ankara government. Mercy Corps, one of the world’s largest humanitarian groups, was informed by the Turkish interior ministry that it no longer had permission to work in Turkey, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2017 Japanese lawmakers called on their nation to develop the ability to pre-emptively strike North Korean missile facilities, two days after three of four missiles fired from the communist nation landed in waters near Japan. “It is time we acquired the capability,” said Hiroshi Imazu, the chairman of the Liberal […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2017 Americans have grown “weary” of the seemingly non-stop negative coverage the major media is raining down upon President Donald Trump, according to a new poll. The Investors Business Daily/TIPP poll found the 55 percent are turned off by the coverage of the president and that a roughly equal share […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2017 Israel’s Knesset has passed legislation to bar supporters of the boycott movement from entering Israel. Critics compared the bill to U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban and said it would thwart legitimated political dissent. The legislation prevents foreign nationals who have publicly called for a boycott of the Jewish […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2017 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to Twitter on March 7 to blast House Republicans’ proposed replacement for Obamacare, which will cut funding to abortion provider Planned Parenthood. “#Trumpcare cuts @PPFA funds, hurting millions of women who turn there for mammograms, maternity care, cancer screenings & more,” Schumer tweeted. The problem with […]
