Ex-Turkish intelligence official charges Turkey using ISIL as ‘geopolitical tool’

Ex-Turkish intelligence official charges Turkey using ISIL as ‘geopolitical tool’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is sponsoring Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), using the terror group as a “geopolitical tool to expand Turkey’s regional influence and sideline his political opponents at home, a former top Turkish counter-terror official said. Ahmet Sait Yayla, in interviews with a crowdfunded journalism […]

Report: Veterans face hostility, discrimination in federal workplace

Report: Veterans face hostility, discrimination in federal workplace

by WorldTribune Staff, October 3, 2016 American military veterans who are now working for the federal government are facing resentment and hostility from co-workers, a report said. Some, including many who were wounded in action, have also been denied promotions and pay raises, security correspondent Rowan Scarborough wrote for The Washington Times on Oct. 2. […]

Divorce rate spikes in Saudi Arabia’s Wahhabi Islamic culture

Divorce rate spikes in Saudi Arabia’s Wahhabi Islamic culture

by WorldTribune Staff, October 3, 2016 Saudi Arabia has one of the highest rates of divorce in the world. In the kingdom, which follows strict guidelines of Wahhabi Islam, 30 percent of marriages now end in divorce. “The society and laws (of Saudi Arabia) prevent any kind of interaction between males and females (before marriage), […]

Report: Clinton ally Gov. McAuliffe stifles probe of voter fraud in Virginia

Report: Clinton ally Gov. McAuliffe stifles probe of voter fraud in Virginia

by WorldTribune Staff, October 3, 2016 More than 1,000 non-citizens in eight Virginia localities have voted in recent elections in the key swing state and the Democrat governor is reportedly stonewalling an investigation that could uncover an even larger election fraud problem. “One thousand votes or so is enough to swing a close election in […]

End of checks and balances: Majority GOP capitulated on every major spending issue

End of checks and balances: Majority GOP capitulated on every major spending issue

by WorldTribune Staff, October 3, 2016 What difference has it made that Republicans held a majority in both houses of the 114th Congress? The GOP gave Democrats all they asked for in the budget, then beat a retreat back home to run for re-election in hopes of maintaining that majority – to what end? Why […]

Bolton: ‘Slow-rolling’ fight against ISIL will drag on if Hillary wins

Bolton: ‘Slow-rolling’ fight against ISIL will drag on if Hillary wins

by WorldTribune Staff, October 3, 2016 Hillary Clinton would continue President Barack Obama’s “slow-rolling” fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) while Donald Trump would look to “rapidly” defeat the terror organization, former U.S. ambassador to the UN John Bolton said. “Hillary Clinton is going to be Barack Obama’s third term,” Bolton, who […]

Michael Moore: People don’t trust Democrats anymore

Michael Moore: People don’t trust Democrats anymore

by WorldTribune Staff, October 3, 2016 Voters no longer trust the establishment and many will vote for Donald Trump out of frustration, filmmaker Michael Moore said. “I don’t think people do trust the Democrats anymore,” Moore said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Oct. 2. “How else does a socialist win 22 states?” “I mean, […]

Brexit unleashed: First step to make UK a ‘sovereign and independent country once again’

Brexit unleashed: First step to make UK a ‘sovereign and independent country once again’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 2, 2016 UK Prime Minister Theresa May and her “three Brexiteers” – Boris Johnson, Liam Fox and David Davis – have taken the first step toward implementing Britain’s exit from the European Union. May and the Brexiteers announced the “Great Repeal Bill” at the Oct. 2 Tory conference. The bill will […]

Sudan reported to use chemical weapons in Darfur

Sudan reported to use chemical weapons in Darfur

by WorldTribune Staff, October 2, 2016 The Sudanese regime has disputed a report that it used chemical weapons in the Darfur region. A report by Amnesty International on Sept. 27 said that people in 32 villages in the Jebel Marra area of Darfur reported symptoms consistent with exposure to “blister agents” — a banned class […]

Gender chaos hitting home in North Carolina public schools

Gender chaos hitting home in North Carolina public schools

by WorldTribune Staff, October 2, 2016 Administrators in a North Carolina school district are allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their gender identity, which is prohibited under House Bill 2 (HB2), a report said. Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison said a transgender student who was born a boy was seen […]