by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2018 A Yazidi teenager who was kidnapped at age 15 by Islamic State (ISIS) and held for three months as a sex slave said she now feels safer in an Iraqi refugee camp than in Germany, where she was confronted earlier this year by her ISIS captor. Ashwaq Ta’lo, 19, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2018 During their summit last month in Helsinki, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed that Iran should withdraw from the Syrian conflict, a report said. Iran’s role in Syria was the dominant topic in the meeting between Trump and Putin, a U.S. administration official said, according […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 14, 2018 As many as 30,000 jihadists make up a “covert version” of the Islamic State (ISIS) terror organization in Syria and Iraq, according to a UN report. While a large number of ISIS fighters and commanders have been killed in battle, thousands of others and have left the immediate conflict […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 13, 2018 The Turkish government has vowed to “retaliate” against the U.S. for imposing new tariffs as Turkey struggles with an economic crisis that has seen its currency drop in value by 40 percent since the start of the year. U.S. President Donald Trump last week imposed higher tariffs on Turkish imports, including […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 12, 2018 A U.S. spy satellite detected an Iranian ballistic missile test last week. The test of the anti-ship Fateh-110 Mod 3 flew over 100 miles on a flight path over the Strait of Hormuz to a test range in the Iranian desert, U.S. officials said on Aug. 10. It was […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 10, 2018 Iran’s support of Houthi rebels in Yemen has diminished since President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal and re-imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic, Yemeni officials said. “Any way that support from Iran is lessened is helpful in stopping the war,” Abd-Rabbo Moftah, deputy governor […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 10, 2018 Turkey’s lira went into a tailspin on Aug. 10 after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose steep tariffs on the NATO country’s steel and aluminum. “I have just authorized a doubling of Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum with respect to Turkey as their currency, the Turkish Lira, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 9, 2018 North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho said during a visit to Teheran on Aug. 7 that Pyongyang’s “strategic policy is to deepen relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran and confront unilateralism.” Ri, who met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, arrived in Teheran […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 8, 2018 The U.S. ambassador to Germany has delivered a blunt message to German companies, either do business with the United States or Iran – but not both. Ambassador Richard Grenell is convincing German companies to go with the U.S. Grenell was instrumental in German car company Daimler’s decision to cancel […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2018 Osama bin Laden’s son has married the daughter of the lead hijacker in the 9/11 terror attacks, a report said. Hamza bin Laden, who has assumed a senior leadership position in Al Qaida, married the daughter of Mohammed Atta, according to a report by the UK’s Guardian. Hamza is […]
