Kurdish forces capture strategic air base in northern Syria
Exclusives, Mideast, Syria, Top Stories, World LinksSpecial to WorldTribune.com Kurdish forces have seized a key strategic airbase in Syria’s Aleppo province. Backed by Arab rebel allies,…
The Hammond family: Ranchers or domestic terrorists?
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Having set fire to cattle and homesteads, federal authorities today took the last of a group of armed protesters into…
UAE’s new ‘Minister of Happiness’ one of 8 women in cabinet
Exclusives, Mideast, Top Stories, UAE, World LinksSpecial to WorldTribune.com The United Arab Emirates has named an official “Minister of Happiness” who will be tasked with creating…
Iran blocks app that alerted youth to ‘morality police’
Exclusives, Iran, Mideast, Top Stories, World LinksSpecial to WorldTribune.com Iranian authorities have blocked a smartphone app that tracked the positions of the “morality police” in Teheran.…
Report: North Korea executes army chief of staff
Exclusives, NE Asia, North Korea, Top Stories, World LinksSpecial to WorldTribune.com North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un continued his series of purges as army chief of staff Ri Yong-Gil…
One in ten Syrians has been killed or wounded in conflict
Exclusives, Mideast, Syria, Top Stories, World LinksSpecial to WorldTribune.com Recently released statistics detail the grim toll of Syria’s civil war: more than 10 percent of the…
U.S. intel official: ISIL determined to attack on U.S. soil this year
Exclusives, Iraq, Mideast, Stateside, Syria, Terrorism, Top Stories, U.S. Intelligence, Washington, World LinksSpecial to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is likely to attempt “direct attacks on the U.S. homeland”…
Netanyahu plans fences ‘to surround all of Israel’ to protect it from ‘wild beasts’
Exclusives, Israel, Mideast, Terrorism, Top Stories, World LinksSpecial to WorldTribune.com The entirety of Israel should be surrounded by fences to protect against infiltration from “wild beasts,” Prime…
Nightmare scenario: Assault on Mosul could trigger dam disaster, 40-foot wave of death
Exclusives, Iraq, Mideast, Stateside, Terrorism, Top Stories, U.S. Military, World LinksSpecial to WorldTribune.com Any missteps in Iraq’s attempt to retake Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISL) could…
Israeli Arab lawmaker takes ‘our struggle’ to the White House
Exclusives, Israel, Mideast, Stateside, Top Stories, Washington, World LinksSpecial to WorldTribune.com After failing to make progress on the Israeli-Palestinian front, the Obama administration turned its attention this week…