by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 Japan is considering following South Korea’s lead in deploying the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system. The move comes amid a heightened threat from North Korea, which has conducted more than 20 ballistic missile tests this year and has made steady progress in its quest to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 The Left is out to “silence opposing views” by unleashing an avalanche of stories and lists on “fake news” and how it supposedly influenced the 2016 presidential election, columnist Kelly Riddell wrote on Nov. 24. Lists of fake news sites have included conservative (not liberal) news sites, including Red […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump in many ways faces the most circumscribed strategic options of any modern U.S. President entering office. Not only has the global context changed — and will change rapidly even further — so also has the United States’ abilities, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 Teachers unions, who dumped $108.2 million into the 2016 political cycle (nearly all of which went to Democrats) are still trying to figure out how so many of their members joined the Trump revolution on Nov. 8. More than one in three of the National Education Association’s (NEA’s) members […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 Progressive lawmakers and the elite media were quick to heap praise on the “courageous” Marxist leader who they insist created a socialist paradise in Cuba. Miami Herald columnist Andres Oppenheimer was having none of it – characterizing Fidel Castro as an “egocentric coward who never dared to allow his […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 British Independence Party leader and Brexit champion Nigel Farage “can’t go anywhere” these days without being physically threatened by angry leftists. The 52-year-old father of four, whose family was chased out of a pub and had their car attacked by protesters last year, said the “aggro” had become worse […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 In a move that was boycotted by Sunni lawmakers, Iraq’s parliament has granted legal status to Shi’ite militias. The legislation guarantees militias from the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces the right to keep their “identity and character as long as that does not threaten Iraqi national security.” The new law […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 Even Bernie Sanders gets it. The socialist senator and 2016 presidential candidate blew up at a reporter who asked a familiar question. The boiling point for Sanders was reached when he was asked about who he thought would run for president in 2020. “This is incredible,” Sanders shot back. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Frank Calzon Fidel Castro, 90, is dead, his brother Raul announced Friday. The following was published on Jan. 19, 2016. President Barack Obama announced his visit to Cuba on Feb. 18, 2016 following the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Obama did not attend Scalia’s funeral and he has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — It’ s not often a senior UN official leaves a prepared and rigid script to emotionally describe a situation to delegates in the Security Council. But when Humanitarian Chief Stephen O’Brien told diplomats, “I am more or less at my wit’s end as a human […]
