First robot cop joins the force in Dubai; Here come the surgeons, authors of best-sellers

First robot cop joins the force in Dubai; Here come the surgeons, authors of best-sellers

by WorldTribune Staff, June 1, 2017 A new study says that artificial intelligence will outperform humans at all tasks within the next 50 years. Dubai is already making an AI investment in one of those tasks – policing. The largest city in the United Arab Emirates has assigned its first robocop for duty near the […]

Roots: Islam’s deep-seated legacy of slavery vs the new narrative from CNN

Roots: Islam’s deep-seated legacy of slavery vs the new narrative from CNN

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Liberals now argue America is — and always has been — a Muslim nation. Their goal is to make Islam an intrinsic part of the American experience, thereby hoping to present any criticism of Islamist behavior as being somehow “Un-American.” Leading the charge is CNN. It recently aired an […]

Wonder Woman premier set for Lebanon as Beirut plans ban over Israeli lead actress

Wonder Woman premier set for Lebanon as Beirut plans ban over Israeli lead actress

by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2017 Wonder Woman’s invisible jet isn’t in the first installment of the action hero film series, but she may need it to fly over Lebanon. The country, that is officially at war with Israel and has a law banning Israeli products, is seeking to ban Wonder Woman from its movie […]

Pew report: Islam to overtake Christianity as world’s No. 1 religion by 2050

Pew report: Islam to overtake Christianity as world’s No. 1 religion by 2050

by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2017 Islam will be the world’s No. 1 religion, surpassing Christianity by the end of the century, according to a Pew Research Center study. Pew projects that the Muslim population will grow by 70 percent worldwide between 2015 and 2060, compared with an overall population growth of 32 percent. That […]

Egypt launches airstrikes in Libya to answer attack on Christians

Egypt launches airstrikes in Libya to answer attack on Christians

by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2017 Egyptian jets hit the Libyan city of Derna on May 29 in attacks targeting terrorists in response to an ambush that killed 29 Egyptian Christians last week. Libyan operational commander Brig. Abdulsalam Al-Hasi told Reuters the strikes targeted Majlis Mujahideen Derna and Abu Salim brigade, two local Libyan groups […]

Trump triumphant on first foreign tour to the disappointment of his many enemies back home

Trump triumphant on first foreign tour to the disappointment of his many enemies back home

Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey Donald Trump may be his own worst enemy, but he has a great many others. The entire Democratic Party, the professoriat, the talking heads, the professional leftists and almost the entire media in the U.S. loath him and in cooperation with the “deep state” of career bureaucrats and Obama […]

U.S. lawmakers say Iran eyes military base near Syria-Israel border

U.S. lawmakers say Iran eyes military base near Syria-Israel border

by WorldTribune Staff, May 26, 2017 Iran is looking to establish a permanent military presence in Syria and is eyeing a potential base near the Syrian border with Israel or Jordan, two U.S. lawmakers said. “A permanent Iranian military base in Syria … would increase Iran’s operational capacity to inflict serious damage against two of […]

Iraqi forces report final assault on Mosul has started

Iraqi forces report final assault on Mosul has started

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S.-backed Iraqi forces launched a broad attack on the final districts held by the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group in west Mosul, military officials say. The Joint Operations Command on May 27 said security forces are attacking “what remains of the unliberated areas” on the west […]

Iran’s Khamenei, Rouhani issue sharply-contrasting responses to Trump’s visit

Iran’s Khamenei, Rouhani issue sharply-contrasting responses to Trump’s visit

by WorldTribune Staff, May 28, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump’s $110 billion defense and weapons deal with Saudi Arabia prompted vastly different reactions from Iran’s top leaders. While President Hassan Rouhani called for “more cooperation” with the Saudis in the wake of Trump’s May 20 visit, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei referred to the Saudis […]

Palestinian cultural center backed by UN, Norway named for terrorist

Palestinian cultural center backed by UN, Norway named for terrorist

by WorldTribune Staff, May 26, 2017 The Palestinian Authority (PA) has named a new cultural center after the terrorist who led the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history, a report said. The center in the PA town of Burqa was named in honor of Dalal Mughrabi, who headed the 1978 Coastal Highway murder of […]