Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranian police have arrested a couple for “outraging public decency” after they got engaged in front of a crowd at a shopping mall. Video of the public proposal in the western city of Arak appeared on social media on March 8, showing the pair standing amid […]
FPI, March 8, 2019 Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping and the Communist Party are stepping up demands for political loyalty from China’s 1.3 billion people. “Be on high alert to all kinds of erroneous thoughts, vague understandings, and bad phenomena in ideological areas,” the party warned earlier this year. “Keep your eyes open, see things […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump on March 6 said he would be “very, very disappointed” if reports that North Korea is rebuilding the Sohae Satellite Launching Station are true. The State Dept. announced it would be “seeking clarification” from North Korean counterparts. Two U.S. think tanks reported earlier this week […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2019 Then-Associate Deputy General Bruce Ohr maintained contact with anti-Trump dossier author Christopher Steele after Steele was fired by the FBI, documents obtained by a government watchdog group show. The records “show that Ohr served as a go-between for Steele by passing along information to ‘his colleagues’ on matters relating […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2019 Vice President Mike Pence on March 6 announced the U.S. would revoke the visas of 77 individuals tied to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and also called out Cuba for propping up Maduro’s brutal socialist regime. “We will continue to hold the Maduro regime accountable until ‘libertad’ is restored in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2019 As Democrats move on a resolution “opposing hate” which doesn’t mention Rep. Ilhan Omar by name for comments widely termed anti-Semitic, former Sen. Joe Lieberman warned Democrats that if they don’t root out bigotry in the party it could “take hold.” Omar, Minnesota Democrat, said at a recent town […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2019 A recent study reported in the peer-reviewed Organization Studies found that just 36 percent of earth scientists and engineers believe that humans are creating a climate change crisis. A majority of the 1,077 respondents in the survey believe that nature is the primary cause of recent global warming and/or […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2019 Pop star Taylor Swift was widely mocked by Republicans after her first foray into politics did not end well. Swift, 29, endorsed Democrat Phil Bredesen in Tennessee’s 2018 U.S. Senate race. Republican Marsha Blackburn won with 61.5 percent of the vote, while Bredesen was a distant second at 37.2 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 6, 2019 An overwhelming increase in the number of illegals rushing the U.S.-Mexico border has brought the U.S. immigration system to “the breaking point,” according to U.S. Border and Customs Protection (CBP). The United States has detained more immigrants traveling in family groups at the southern border in the last five […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 6, 2019 Law and order was once popularized by an unflappable detective on the TV series “Dragnet.” Sgt. Joe Friday was known for his laconic response to dramatic crimes: “All we want are the facts, ma’am.” House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff and his staff appear to have a different perspective […]
