by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2016 A dozen people who work in Iran’s fashion industry have been handed prison sentences for “spreading prostitution” and a “Western-style culture of nudity” via their posting of what the judiciary considers “obscene” images online. The eight women and four men were given sentences of between 5 months and 6 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2016 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now targeting American Christians in retaliation for the U.S.’s refusal to extradite cleric Fethullah Gulen for his alleged role in the July coup attempt, a report said. Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown has resulted in the arrest of tens of thousands of people and the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 5, 2016 For the second time in a month, a Russian fighter jet crashed into the Mediterranean after attempting to land on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier. “After carrying out its military assignment in Syrian airspace, a Su-33 fighter rolled beyond the deck of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier during landing […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 5, 2016 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will work with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on solutions to the Iran nuclear deal which the Israeli leader insists paves Iran’s path to nuclear weapons. “The problem of how to deal with this deal is something I will discuss with president Trump when he […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 2, 2016 Iraq’s effort to liberate Mosul is being significantly slowed by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) use of remotely-guided car bombs. The terror group is sending out vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) “at the astounding rate of 14 per day” around Mosul, according to the Washington Post. “The group […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2016 Israel expects to have total air dominance in the Middle East for the next four decades with the arrival on Dec. 12 of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. “The future is here,” Israeli Air Force (IAF) Chief of Staff Brig.-Gen. Tal Kalman said, adding that “the F-35 will allow […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2016 While the Islamic Republic’s regime reaps a windfall of cash from the lifting of sanctions, it has only increased repression of its people, dissidents say. “Nothing changed in Iran’s people’s life” since the nuclear deal was signed, says Shabnam Madadzadeh, 29, a student organizer at Teheran’s Tarbiat Moalem University […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 An Iranian gunboat pointed its loaded machine gun at a U.S. Navy helicopter flying over the Gulf of Hormuz on Nov. 25, U.S. defense officials said. In the latest of a series of incidents between Iranian and American forces in and around the Persian Gulf, the officials told Fox […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists used 4-wheel drive vehicles rigged with explosives to attack a North Sinai checkpoint on Nov. 24, killing at least 12 Egyptian soldiers. “A number of caliphate soldiers attacked a checkpoint belonging to the apostate Egyptian army in the Sabeel village, southwest […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 Crocodiles have been roaming Egypt for millions of years. Cairo’s leaders figured it was about time they cashed in on it. Egyptian Environment Minister Khalid Fahmi outlined a plan to export crocodiles as a new source of foreign currency for a country whose tourist industry has suffered after major […]
