by WorldTribune Staff, September 27, 2017 Iraqi Kurds by an overwhelming margin approved a referendum for independence, shrugging off warnings from the UN, U.S. and Turkey. Initial results showed more than 90 percent of Kurds voted “yes” on the independence referendum. “There is no precedent in diplomatic history for the whole world closing ranks against […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 24, 2017 Conditions created by Iran’s expanding influence have reached a point where war may be the only way to solve Yemen’s civil war, Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi said. “The military solution is the most likely because it is not their (Iran-backed Houthis’) decision to make,” Hadi said on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 21, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump is said to be leaning toward decertification of the Iran nuclear deal, reports said. “I have decided,” Trump told journalists when asked about an Oct. 15 deadline to re-certify the agreement. “I’ll let you know what the decision is.” NBC News, citing four sources, reported […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump “wants to redo” the Iran nuclear deal, assessing that the same “kick the can down the road” mistakes governments made with North Korea were made in negotiating the Iran deal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sept. 19. “I think we’re all well familiar […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2017 Egypt’s more than 40 years of peace with Israel can be repeated in the Palestinian territories if Palestinian Arabs are willing to overcome their differences with Israelis and one another, Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi said in an address to the UN General Assembly on Sept. 19. Addressing Israelis, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 17, 2017 Egypt’s Court of Cassation, in a final ruling issued on Sept. 16, sentenced Mohammed Morsi to 25 years in prison in a case accusing the former president of spying for Qatar. The court reduced Morsi’s sentence from an original 40 years in the case, which centered on the leaking […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 13, 2017 Islamic State (ISIS) has regrouped in Libya and is now “dangerously active” in the country, a report said. ISIS is now exploiting a standoff between the UN-backed government in Tripoli and a rival administration based in Tobruk in the country’s east to stage a comeback, Bloomberg reported on Sept. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 14, 2017 The U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 13 voted to prevent sales of commercial aircraft to Iran. Rep. Peter Roskam, Illinois Republican, said the move was necessary due to Iran’s use of commercial airliners to transport weapons and troops to Syria. Iran has also used commercial flights to smuggle […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 12, 2017 Israel will not allow Iran to establish weapons factories and ports in Syria, an Israeli official said on Sept. 11. Syrian President Bashar Assad must “keep Iran out if he wants to survive,” Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said. “Israel needs to pressure world powers to not allow [Iran to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 13, 2017 A U.S. National Security Council (NSC) member appointed by H.R. McMaster was asked by members of an Israeli delegation to leave a meeting at the White House, a report said. NSC Senior Director on Counter-Terrorism Mustafa Javed Ali was asked by the Israelis to leave the meeting in late August, […]
