by WorldTribune Staff, September 30, 2016 The world’s top female chess players will have to sacrifice more than pawns at the 2017 world championships in Iran. Many of the players reacted with shock after being told they must compete for the world title while wearing a hijab. They accused Fide, the game’s governing body, of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Justin Trudeau, Canada’s media star Prime Minister, in his first address to the General Assembly, presented a wide-ranging tableaux of liberal platitudes and glowing feel good commitments. Proclaiming an almost theological commitment to diversity, an acceptance of Syrian refugees, and climate change policies, Trudeau presented […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The exchanges between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in their first debate left an uneasy feeling about U.S. foreign policy. While Trump worried about all the money the U.S. has been squandering overseas, Clinton came through with ritual affirmation of U.S. treaty commitments. Their words were empty, less than […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2016 Hillary Clinton’s claims that on her watch as secretary of state Iran was “weeks away” from building a nuclear weapon and was building “covert facilities” were false, analysts say. “With respect to Iran, when I became secretary of state, Iran was weeks away from having enough nuclear material to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2016 During a campaign stop in Raleigh on Sept. 27, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton blasted North Carolina’s House Bill 2 (HB2) and scolded the state’s elected leaders for passing it. “The very mean-spirited, wrong-headed decision by your legislature and governor to pass and sign House Bill 2 has hurt […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2016 A Donald Trump presidency would be “constrained by realities” and could not seriously impact the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said. “I think whoever gets into the … office of the president in the United States will have to move […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2016 The United States has deployed 615 additional troops to Iraq as preparation intensifies for the battle to liberate Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The new deployment puts the number of American troops on the ground in Iraq at over 5,000 for the first time since […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2016 Terrorist Omar Mateen told a police negotiator that his attack on an Orlando nightclub was motivated by a U.S. drone strike in Iraq, transcripts made public by police show. The conversations between Mateen, who killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub, and an Orlando police negotiator on June 12 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2016 The U.S. accused Russia of “barbarism” and European leaders alleged war crimes were committed as Moscow launched heavy airstrikes in recent days to back Syrian regime forces attempting to take full control of Aleppo. “Russia has decided to go all out because it no longer believes in the possibility […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2016 America’s partners in the coalition fighting Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) have been disappointed in the Obama administration’s leadership in the effort to defeat the terror organization, a report said. Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, told the Washington Free Beacon on Sept. 27 that members of the […]
