Iraqis stunned as death toll from blast in upmarket Baghdad shopping mall reaches 213

Iraqis stunned as death toll from blast in upmarket Baghdad shopping mall reaches 213

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iraq observed the first of three days of mourning for at least 213 people killed in a massive Baghdad truck bombing claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) group. With anger rising that government protection was not strong enough to deter the single […]

Turkey blames Istanbul attack on jihadists from ‘northern Caucasus countries’; One drawn to ISIL via Facebook

Turkey blames Istanbul attack on jihadists from ‘northern Caucasus countries’; One drawn to ISIL via Facebook

by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2016 Jihadists from the North Caucasus region and two former Soviet states were largely responsible for the attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport last week, Turkish officials said. “There are people from Dagestan, from Kyrgyzstan, from Tajikistan,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “Unfortunately, people from neighboring northern Caucasus countries are […]

Iran media covers up anti-war demonstration in Esfahan

Iran media covers up anti-war demonstration in Esfahan

by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2016 State media ignored thousands of frustrated Iranians who gathered in the city of Esfahan on July 1 to protest Teheran’s costly involvement in the Syrian war. Footage obtained by Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya network and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) shows a massive demonstration in […]

Olympics hell: Unpaid Rio police say visitors ‘will not be safe’

Olympics hell: Unpaid Rio police say visitors ‘will not be safe’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2016 Visitors to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympic Games “will not be safe” according to the city’s police officers, who say they have not been paid for months. “Welcome to Hell,” a sign held by a protesting police officer said outside Rio’s main airport. “Police and firefighters don’t get […]

ISIL slaughtered hundreds throughout Muslim world in Ramadan attacks

ISIL slaughtered hundreds throughout Muslim world in Ramadan attacks

by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2016 An organization that U.S. President Barack Obama had said was the “junior varsity” and later had been “contained” managed to carry out mass casualty attacks that killed hundreds throughout the Muslim world during the holy month of Ramadan. Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has claimed responsibility for, […]

Millennial Latina ‘Trump Girl’ pushes his message on South Texas border

Millennial Latina ‘Trump Girl’ pushes his message on South Texas border

by WorldTribune Staff, July 4, 2016 It can be tough being a Latina “Trump girl” in an area that went for Barack Obama by 70 percent in 2012. Pretty much every time Miriam Cepeda puts up a sign for the GOP candidate, anti-Trump thugs tear it down. But the 24-year-old knows what life is like […]

Signers of the Declaration of Independence paid high price; ‘for if we stumble and fall …’

Signers of the Declaration of Independence paid high price; ‘for if we stumble and fall …’

July 4, 2016 Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Federer, www.AmericanMinute.com 38-year-old King George III ruled the largest empire that planet earth had ever seen. The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, listed the reasons why Americans declared their independence from the King: __ He has made judges dependent on his will alone… __ He has […]

Turkey, Ukraine plan secret jihad to reclaim Crimea from Russia

Turkey, Ukraine plan secret jihad to reclaim Crimea from Russia

Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs Turkey’s President Reçep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko by the end of June 2016 had embarked on a further escalation of their confrontation with Russia through the sponsorship of jihadism on the Crimean Peninsula. This campaign is […]