by WorldTribune Staff, August 29, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing attack in Yemen on Aug. 29 that left more than 60 people dead. Dozens more were wounded after a terrorist drove a car packed with explosives into an army facility in the southern coast city of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2016 Turkey confirmed its F-16s launched airstrikes on both Kurdish and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria on Aug. 27. Turkish security sources said the strikes targeted U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG militia, which makes up the majority of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Jarablus Military Council, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com For just one week, I perused 14 newspapers and found 119 anti-Trump articles – 25 from the New York Times, 16 from The Wall Street Journal, 22 from The Washington Post, 19 from USA Today (7 in one paper), 9 from the Los Angeles Times, and 8 from The Boston Globe… What they […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2016 The American black community is “being pimped like prostitutes” by the Democratic Party, the leader of the New Black Panther Party said on Aug. 27. Meanwhile, Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has endorsed Trump for president, saying the GOP candidate’s plan for the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro focused on stabilizing world oil prices and strengthening OPEC. “We continue to build common ground and a new consensus on stabilizing oil markets, strengthening industries, strengthening OPEC,” Maduro said on state television […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2016 The Obama administration’s $400 million cash payment, delivered to Teheran on the same day American hostages were released, may be unprecedented in U.S. history. Historians had to go back to 1848 to find an incident that could even come close. The Obama administration “has been ambiguous from the start” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2016 Google is trying to convince users that Hillary Clinton’s health is not a trending issue – even though it is. A reporter for the New York Times who writes about tech issues called on Google to “fix” the search results that might be damaging to the campaign of Clinton, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2016 Iran said that a cyberattack on two of its petrochemical plants is not related to recent fires at the facilities. A military official said on Aug. 27 that malware was discovered and removed from two of its petrochemical complexes, Reuters reported. “In periodical inspection of petrochemical units, a type […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A top Iranian judiciary official says the death penalty hasn’t deterred drug trafficking, which is in fact on the rise. “The truth is, the execution of drug smugglers has had no deterrent effect,” Mohammad Baqer Olfat, deputy head of judiciary for social affairs, was quoted as […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2016 The United States has deployed AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters to Libya to join U.S. operations against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), begun this month. The SuperCobras, the Marines’ twin-engine gunships, carried out operations against ISIL targets in Sirte in the past few days, according to U.S. Africa […]
