by WorldTribune Staff, October 28, 2016 Revelations from emails released by WikiLeaks show Hillary Clinton is what amounts to the new figurehead of an organized crime family clamoring to return to the White House, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Oct. 27. The latest blockbuster emails show how a close Bill Clinton aide helped […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 28, 2016 Clouds of toxic sulfur dioxide from a fire set by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) are moving across central Iraq and have reached southeastern Turkey. The toxic clouds formed after ISIL jihadists on Oct. 21 set fire to a sulfur plant 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) south of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 28, 2016 All seven defendants in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge armed standoff case were found not guilty by a federal jury on Oct. 27. Ammon Bundy, Shawna Cox, David Lee Fry, Jeff Wayne Banta, Kenneth Medenbach and Neil Wampler were found not guilty on all counts. The jury found Ryan […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS—Autumn brings falling temperatures, chill winds, and mournful memories which swirl like fallen leaves on the historical landscape. Darting shadows hide in the golden sunlight to reappear as the specter of the past in the late afternoons. History needs retelling as the calendar tells us it is […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 28, 2016 Clinton confidant John Podesta ignored a warning against associating with clients that were “likely criminal,” according to a newly released email from WikiLeaks. In an April 2015 email, Joe Littlefield admonishes his friend Podesta for misplaced loyalty to Hillary and Bill Clinton. “John – you are loyal to a fault,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. President Barack Obama has personally intervened in a dispute between Turkey and Iraq involving the battle against the Islamic State (IS) extremist group, asking Turkey’s leader to coordinate his actions with both Washington and Baghdad. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to join the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 28, 2016 A young Yazidi woman from Iraq said she considered suicide after the brutality she and her two sisters were subjected to after they were abducted and sold into slavery by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Marwa Al Aliko, in an Oct. 26 event at the Israeli Mission […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 28, 2016 Critics have greatly exaggerated the military’s role in Egypt’s economy, President Abdul Fatah Sisi said on Oct. 25, one day after Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said the military’s involvement in the economy would be reduced in the next two to three years. The military’s economic activities are equivalent to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Rodrigo Duterte was reputed as a killer long before his election as president of the Philippines five months ago. He countenanced the slaughter of hundreds of drug addicts and dealers while mayor of Davao, the major port city on the rebel-infested southern island of Mindanao, and has applauded the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2016 A company with direct ties to George Soros is providing voting machines to 16 states, including key swing states such as Florida and Pennsylvania. The balloting equipment tied to Soros comes from UK-based Smartmatic, whose chairman Mark Malloch-Brown is a former UN official and sits on the board of Soros’s […]