by WorldTribune Staff, February 15, 2017 Saudi Arabia will begin granting licenses to female-only gyms by the end of February, the kingdom’s sports authority said. Princess Reema bint Bandar, vice president for women’s affairs at the General Authority of Sports, told Saudi daily Okaz that the sports authority also plans to open a female-only gym in every district in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 14, 2017 The Obama administration’s refusal to discuss religion in a “religiously inspired” war was “absurd” and “in fact asinine,” a senior aide to President Donald Trump said. “The Obama administration in 2011 prohibited discussion of religion, expressly Islam, in all counter-terror training for federal agents and military,” Sebastian Gorka said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 14, 2017 Saudi Arabia over the past four months has deported some 40,000 Pakistani workers, many of whom were said to be linked to Islamic State (ISIS) and other terror groups. The foreign workers were deported for visa violations, security concerns and being involved in crimes such as theft and drug […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 13, 2017 Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah has joined the chorus that includes Iran and U.S. leftists who say an “idiot” is running the White House. Nasrallah, who heads up a terrorist organization that is funded by Iran, said “we are very optimistic that when an idiot settles in the White House […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 13, 2017 Members of Sweden’s self-declared “first feminist government in the world” were blasted for wearing hijabs and long coats for a meeting on Feb. 11 in Teheran with President Hassan Rouhani. In a statement that has gone viral on Twitter and Facebook, UN Watch, a non-governmental human rights NGO in Geneva, expressed disappointment […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 10, 2017 There are terrorists among the waves of refugees that have fled Syria, President Bashar Assad said on Feb. 9. Assad, in an exclusive interview with Yahoo News at a presidential office in Damascus, said U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order that temporarily banned refugees from Syria “is an American […]
by William R. Hawkins, FamilySecurityMatters.org The massive opposition to President Donald Trump’s executive order pausing for a few months immigration from seven war-torn countries, failed states and adversarial regimes seems totally irrational. Normal partisanship cannot account for the extreme rhetoric and violent actions that erupted within hours of the order being issued. What, after all, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Afghanistan’s seemingly endless conflict continues as civilian causalities in the protracted war are nearly double what they were a decade ago. According to a UN report there were 11,418 conflict related causalities documented, which includes 3,500 killed. Over 900 children died and another 2,600 were […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 10, 2017 In a letter to former President Barack Obama, Khalid Shaikh Mohammad said the United States “reaped what it sowed” on 9/11 due to its attacks on Muslim countries and its unwavering support for Israel. A judge ruled the letter, written in 2015, could be sent to the White House […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 10, 2017 Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) attacked an air base in central Libya on Feb. 9 while two other rival factions battled in the capital Tripoli. The UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) that was installed last year has struggled to assert its authority over the various armed […]
