Special to WorldTribune.com A large bipartisan majority in the U.S. Senate is calling on President Barack Obama to immediately sign an agreement on a new defense package that includes an increase in aid to Israel. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democrat Sen. Chris Coons penned a letter to Obama that was signed by 51 Republican […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A resourceful Yazidi girl managed to escape her Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) captors after slipping sleeping pills into their tea, a report said. The 12-year-old girl and her 17-year-old aunt escaped after being held for fourth months in Tel Afar, Iraq by the terror group, the Daily Mail reported […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Drudge-Select — April 24, 2016 c/o DrudgeReport.com Cannes simulates ISIL attack ahead of film fest…200 extras, fake car bombs… London mayor slams ‘ridiculous and weird’ Obama… White House set to release restricted portions of 9/11 inquiry Journalist who criticized Erdogan held in Turkey…
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan needs to chill out and grow a thicker skin when it comes to criticism against him, the European Union’s Donald Tusk said. “The line between criticism, insult and defamation is very thin and relative. The moment politicians begin to decide which is which can mean the end of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com China is looking to build nuclear power platforms to “sail” to remote areas and provide a stable power supply for its ongoing military and construction activities in the South China Sea, a report said. China Shipbuilding Industry Corp is currently designing and building the platforms, according to a report by the Global […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Saudi Arabia has taken out a $10 billion loan from several major banks to plug a growing budget deficit caused by falling crude oil prices. The five-year loan is Saudi Arabia’s first international debt issuance in 25 years, Financial Times reported on April 20. Participating lenders include U.S. banks JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The provocative, sometimes raunchy music mega-star Prince was also deeply spiritual and reportedly opposed gay marriage, according to a Washington Post commentary piece. One of the “steamiest pop culture figures in the past quarter-century was a conservative Christian. Religious and spiritual themes ran through a huge amount of his work,” Post religion […]
Special to WorldTribune.com While Donald Trump has the Republican establishment running scared, world leaders are said to be in full-blown panic mode. “However much people recoiled from George W. Bush or have been disappointed by Obama, they see Trump as off the Richter scale,” Peter Mandelson, a member of the British Cabinet under Prime Ministers […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran has denounced as “theft” a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Tehran must pay nearly $2 billion in frozen assets to victims and families of those killed in Iran-sponsored terrorist attacks. The court on April 20 ruled 6-2 in favor of relatives of the 241 Marines […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Leaders of Gulf Arab states have pledged solidarity with Morocco in its dispute with the UN over the fate of Western Sahara. Morocco expelled dozens of UN staff from the mission in Western Sahara, known as MINURSO, last month after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon referred to Morocco’s 1975 annexation of the region […]
