by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 A U.S. destroyer fired warning shots when five Iranian vessels approached it and two other American ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Jan. 8. The latest in a series of incidents between U.S. and Iranian ships saw the Iranian boats come “within 900 yards or so” of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. media are reporting that the White House and other global powers have approved a large shipment of natural uranium from Russia to Iran in an exchange authorized by the Iran nuclear deal. Diplomats told the Associated Press and Fox News that the transfer recently agreed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Hizbullah and other terror organizations are operating freely in Latin America and have entered into a “marriage of convenience” with drug cartels to raise huge amounts of cash for terror attacks in the United States, Spain’s Defense Ministry reported. “Latin America represents […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 With just days left in his final term, President Barack Obama is seeking to re-institute an executive order on transgender bathrooms that was shot down by a district court. Lawyers for the Obama administration asked an appeals court to overturn a judge’s ruling that suspended enforcement of Obama’s order […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 ABC News is set to broadcast a Diane Sawyer “20/20” special which shines a light on the “forgotten” American middle class that struggled mightily in the eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency. The special, which took over a year to make, is called “My Reality: A Hidden America”, and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 14, 2016 The following is a Dec. 13 post by Emily Roden on the five days she spent serving jury duty in Denton, Texas with Donald Trump’s Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson. (Emily Roden is the wife of Denton City Councilman Kevin Roden.) “Nine years ago, I showed up to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 The entire western region of Libya is on the verge of a total power blackout after an armed group closed off the gas pipeline that feeds the area’s main electric generation unit. Officials at Al-Zawiya Oil Refinery said on Jan. 9 that the group had not named any demands […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2017 Can one be nominated for an Emmy for a Golden Globes presentation performance? Many of Meryl Streep’s elite cohorts in Hollywood are praising the venerable star after her smackdown of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 8 in remarks that did not mention him by name. Streep’s performance at the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2017 Hamas hailed the jihadist who carried out a deadly truck attack in Jerusalem on Jan. 8 as “heroic” and called for continued terror attacks in Israel. “These attacks will continue and any attempt to stop the intifada is doomed to failure,” an official Hamas statement said. Hamas also handed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2017 President Barack Obama has opted to keep his presidential records under wraps for 12 years after he leaves office on Jan. 20. Obama sent a letter to the National Archives in July authorizing close aide Anita Decker Breckenridge to act as his representative in the release of his White […]
