by WorldTribune Staff, November 4, 2016 Iraq’s prime minister warned Turkey of a possible confrontation after Turkish tanks, artillery and troops were deployed near the Iraqi border. “We do not want war with Turkey, and we do not want a confrontation with Turkey,” Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Iraqi state TV on Nov. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 4, 2016 One of the few conservative voices on the Rutgers University student newspaper staff has been fired for his use of the term “illegal alien” in an opinion piece. Aviv Khavich published his final column for The Daily Targum on Oct. 30. In his piece, Khavich argued that immigration enforcement is not “anti-immigrant.” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 3, 2016 Among the avalanche of new and damning evidence in the Hillary Clinton email scandal comes the news that the former secretary of state’s private email server was almost certainly hacked by at least five foreign intelligence agencies. There was a “99 percent accuracy that it (private server) had been […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 3, 2016 Donald Trump told supporters in Florida on Nov. 2 that he would cancel billions in U.S. payments to the UN’s Green Climate Fund (GCF). “We will also cancel billions in global warming payments to the United Nations, and use that money to support America’s vital environmental infrastructure and natural […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct When those in London are not fixated on the U.S. presidential election, they are immersed in their own set of controversial political issues. In late October a Geostrategy Direct editor was in the city to chair a multilateral cyber security conference and to participate in a series […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk [Editors’ note: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, the country’s first female president, is facing her biggest political crisis since coming to power in 2013. A close female friend, Choi Soon-Sil, 60, is accused of selling influence. She is the daughter of late religious leader Choi Tae-Min, who befriended Park […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 3, 2016 The lords of Hollywood are in full hyperventilation mode as they come to grips with the possibility that a peasant revolt will deliver Donald Trump to the White House. The almost daily revelations coming from WikiLeaks and the FBI’s re-opening of its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The leader of the Islamic State extremist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has called on his fighters to resist as Iraqi forces enter the city of Mosul where he declared a “caliphate” two years ago. “Do not retreat,” said a voice presented as Baghdadi’s in an audio […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 3, 2016 Egypt, looking elsewhere to fill its energy needs amid a row with Saudi Arabia, signed an agreement with a Kuwaiti firm that will give Cairo a 20 percent stake in an Iraqi oil field. Kuwait Energy Plc signed an agreement with Egypt General Petroleum Corp. (EGPC) for a 20 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 3, 2016 The UN force commander for South Sudan was relieved of his duties on Nov. 1 after a report confirmed UN troops under his command failed to protect civilians during outbursts of violence in July. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked for the removal of Force Commander Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa […]
