by WorldTribune Staff, October 7, 2016 The “Middle East is burning” and the Obama administration is obsessing over “a few housing units” in Israel, the Israeli Justice Minister said in response to the U.S. State Department’s scolding over new settlements. On Oct. 5, the State Department released a statement saying it “strongly condemn[s] the Israeli […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says his country is negotiating with Iran about purchasing oil. Speaking at a session of parliament in Minsk on October 7, Lukashenka said talks with Tehran are under way amid differences with Russia on the importing of oil and gas. “We are […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2016 The dire predictions by the anti-Brexit crowd that a vote to leave the European Union would quickly send Britain’s economy crashing into the dark ages is looking like, well, rubbish. In fact, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) outlook for the UK’s immediate post-Brexit economy is upbeat. The UK will […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The late Don Oberdorfer would surely have had qualms with the award named for him and presented by U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert to Noh Hyo-dong, the longtime diplomatic and Washington correspondent for Yonhap News Agency. Why would a top U.S. diplomat be handing out a prize in the name […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2016 After admitting it targeted tea party groups for special scrutiny in 2013, the IRS promised to process the groups’ applications in a timely fashion. Three years later, tea party groups say the tax agency has begun a new round of harassment. The IRS has sent a new set of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2016 Hillary Clinton is a “coarse, profane political operative … with no moral compass,” according to former White House staffer Linda Tripp, whose workspace was located directly adjacent to the then-first lady’s second floor West Wing office. “The voting public will never see behind the Clinton mask. But if they […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2016 In a turn of events that resembled Russia’s penchant for harassing American envoys during the Cold War, two U.S. diplomats who were in St. Petersburg for a UN event were slipped the date-rape drug, a report said. The U.S. diplomats, one male and one female, had their drinks spiked […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2016 The entities at Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) are not cat people. The terrorist organization’s religious authorities have issued a new law banning the nurturing of pet cats as they are against ISIL’s “vision, ideology and beliefs”, according to the group’s propaganda network. The anti-cat law has […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2016 The Obama administration forged a secret deal to lift sanctions on an Iranian bank that was a primary funding stream for the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile program, a report said. The deal called for the immediate lifting of sanctions on Iran’s Bank Sepah – eight years before the sanctions […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2016 Mike Pence’s debate performance on Oct. 4 trumped that of Democratic candidate Tim Kaine, according to media analysts from both conservative and liberal media outlets. GOP vice presidential candidate Pence was triumphant with a “measured” approach while Kaine continued his campaign’s focus on petty “name-calling,” political commentator Dick Morris […]
