Media runs with Hamas’s casualty numbers in Palestinian-Israel border fight

Media runs with Hamas’s casualty numbers in Palestinian-Israel border fight

by WorldTribune Staff, April 1, 2018 International news outlets including NBC and BBC relied on numbers provided by the Hamas terror organization for reports that hundreds of Palestinians were injured by live fire in clashes with Israeli forces at the Gaza Strip border, according to Israel’s military. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry claimed that over […]

Report: Israeli F-35s entered Iranian airspace undetected, locked on suspected nuclear sites

Report: Israeli F-35s entered Iranian airspace undetected, locked on suspected nuclear sites

by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2018 Two Israeli F-35 stealth fighters flew undetected over Iranian airspace in the past month, according to a report. Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on March 29 that the two F-35s flew over Syrian and Iraqi airspace to reach Iran and circled at high altitude above Persian Gulf sites suspected of being […]

OPEC backs 10- to 20-year oil deal between Saudi and Russia

OPEC backs 10- to 20-year oil deal between Saudi and Russia

by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2018 A deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia that could extend the two nations’ control over crude oil supplies for the next two decades has OPEC’s blessing. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman told Reuters earlier this week: “We are working to shift from a year-to-year agreement to a 10-20 […]

Saudis intercept seven missiles fired by Houthis

Saudis intercept seven missiles fired by Houthis

by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2018 Seven missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels were intercepted by Saudi forces on March 25. Houthi jihadists in Yemen fired three missiles at Riyadh and four others at the southern cities of Khamis Mushait, Jizan and Najran. The Saudi-led coalition said it used Patriot missile batteries to target the […]

Erdogan ally to acquire prestigious Turkish media group

Erdogan ally to acquire prestigious Turkish media group

by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2018 A businessman and close confidante of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to purchase Turkey’s largest media group, which includes CNN-Turk, a report said. The Demiroren Group of magnate Erdogan Demiroren will buy Dogan Media Group for around $1 billion (810 million euros), AFP reported. Along with CNN-Turk, […]

Saudis reviewing school curricula and books to combat ‘extremist ideologies’

Saudis reviewing school curricula and books to combat ‘extremist ideologies’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 21, 2018 Saudi Arabia is removing all traces of the Muslim Brotherhood from its school curricula and will fire any education personnel who sympathize with the group, the kingdom’s education minister said. The move is part of the education ministry’s plan to “combat extremist ideologies by reviewing school curricula and books […]

Security tab for Hillary’s misadventures in India was picked up by U.S. taxpayers

Security tab for Hillary’s misadventures in India was picked up by U.S. taxpayers

by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2018 During her recent trip to India, Hillary Clinton said white women who voted for Donald Trump were essentially Stepford wives while others who voted against her don’t like “black people getting rights” or “women getting jobs.” Prominent former supporters of the former First Lady were quick to suggest she […]

Turkish official goes public with Erdogan’s vision for Muslims, ‘the future of Europe’

Turkish official goes public with Erdogan’s vision for Muslims, ‘the future of Europe’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 19, 2018 Turkey is waging “demographic jihad” in Europe, a U.S.-based Turkish journalist wrote. The attempt by Ankara “to guarantee that Muslims outnumber Christians globally has been accompanied by the erection of mosques – ‘from Europe to Africa, from the Balkans to the Central Asia’ – by Turkey’s government-funded Diyanet (Religious Affairs General Directorate),” […]

Turkish-led forces drive Kurds from Afrin in northern Syria

Turkish-led forces drive Kurds from Afrin in northern Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, March 18, 2018 Turkish troops and Ankara-backed rebels drove Kurdish militia from the city of Afrin in northern Syria on March 18. Turkey’s flag was flying over the city as Turkey claimed victory in a two-month operation against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), AFP reported. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced […]

Mattis charges Iran ‘using money’ to influence Iraq elections

Mattis charges Iran ‘using money’ to influence Iraq elections

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has accused Iran of “mucking around” in Iraq’s parliamentary elections, in which Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi is seeking another term in office in May. “Iran is following Russia’s example of mucking around in Iraq’s elections,” Mattis told reporters as he returned […]

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