by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2016 The director of a Christian charity in the Gaza Strip has been arrested and charged with funneling millions in donations meant to ease suffering in Gaza to Hamas for military operations. Israeli investigators arrested Mohammed El-Halabi, a Hamas operative who they say infiltrated the charity World Vision and rose […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2016 Hizbullah will stand by Syrian President Bashar Assad “until the end,” Hizbullah’s deputy leader said, adding that he expects Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) will increase the number of attacks in Europe and beyond. Sheikh Naim Qassem, who is the deputy of Hassan Nasrallah, said on Aug. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 A Turkish lawyer has accused top U.S. military officials of conspiring with Turkish coup plotters at Incirlik air base. The lawyer on Aug. 2 filed a criminal complaint against Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. Joseph Votel, the top U.S. commander for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has vowed that a wall will be put up at the U.S. southern border and that Mexico will pay for it. And, now, an Israeli firm says it will build Trump’s wall. Magal Security Systems Ltd. said it is ready, willing and able to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 The Obama administration airlifted $400 million in cash to Iran just as the Islamic republic was freeing four American hostages, a report said. Wooden pallets stacked with Euros, Swiss francs and other foreign currencies were transported to Iran on an unmarked cargo plane, the Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 2, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 Germany’s vice chancellor said the EU “will not be blackmailed” after Turkey threatened to walk away from its agreement to reduce the flow of migrants into Europe. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Ankara would bail on the agreement if it does not receive visa-free travel for Turks in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 Syrian government forces launched a massive counter-attack to reclaim a number of strategic areas in the southwest suburbs of Aleppo on Aug. 2. Backed by heavy Russian air support, Assad-regime forces took back a series of hilltops and villages on the southwest edges of Aleppo that had been seized […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2016 Significant cost-cutting measures and the ability to quickly erect new rigs has enabled Texas shale oil producers to “compete with anything Saudi Arabia has,” a report said. Scott Sheffield, the outgoing chief of Pioneer Natural Resources, told Bloomberg that pre-tax production costs in the massive Permian Basin of West […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2016 Russia continues to tip the scales in its ally Bashar Assad’s favor as Vladimir Putin’s air force has led the way in repelling a rebel offensive in Aleppo, Syria. Russian warplanes pounded the southern edges of Aleppo on Aug. 1, slowing a “last chance” rebel offensive against Assad’s forces, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2016 The United States conducted airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targets as forces loyal to Libya’s unity government advanced on the terror group’s stronghold at Sirte on Aug. 1. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook confirmed that airstrikes were authorized by President Barack Obama on the recommendation of […]
