by WorldTribune Staff, October 24, 2018 Two Iranian military officers were among nine individuals tied to Afghanistan’s Taliban who have been blacklisted by an international organization set up to combat the financing of terrorism. The U.S. Treasury Department on Oct. 23 said the seven-nation Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) blacklisted the individuals in order to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — What was expected to be a quiet but informational meeting on the plight of political prisoners in Cuba, was suddenly jolted into chaos by table thumping and harangues hurled at an American Ambassador by Cuban regime diplomats packing the audience. A sober human rights presentation […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2018 The United States plans to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty because Russia is violating the pact, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said. With Russia in violation, “there was only one country in the world bound by the INF Treaty and that was the United […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2018 Liberal President Moon Jae-In ratified last month’s summit agreement with North Korea without the consent of parliament, ignoring protests from Conservative opposition parties and concerns registered by the Trump administration. Dissenting media and political expression is being suppressed by the government in Seoul, according to reports in last week’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2018 The Hungarian government will no longer fund university gender studies programs, according to a decree signed last week by Prime Minister Viktor Orban. “The government’s standpoint is that people are born either male or female, and we do not consider it acceptable for us to talk about socially-constructed genders, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 22, 2018 Saying it was tired of being bullied by a “Democratic political agitator,” a California newspaper has endorsed incumbent Republican Rep. Steve Knight over Democrat challenger Katie Hill in California’s 25th congressional district. The Santa Clarita Valley Signal said in an Oct. 21 editorial titled “Fed Up with Bullies, We Endorse […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 22, 2018 An tireless President Donald Trump is living his dream and has revived the U.S. economy “faster than anyone imagined possible,” according to a new book. “I can tell you after a few months on the job, this man is indefatigable. Donald Trump doesn’t stop. He barely sleeps. It’s almost […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 22, 2018 As the migrant caravan heading north through Mexico grew in size to some 7,000, President Donald Trump on Oct. 22 said he has notified border patrol and the military of what he called a “national emergency.” Trump tweeted: “Sadly, it looks like Mexico’s Police and Military are unable to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 19, 2018 The Washington Post ran with a story suggesting that Georgetown Prep was hiring a director of alumni relations to handle the fallout from the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh despite a spokesperson for the school telling the Post the job posting was listed before any accusations […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 19, 2018 Faculty and staff at the eight Ivy League universities as of Oct. 1 had contributed more than $190,000 to Democrats in eight midterm election races that are considered toss-ups, a report said. Only one Republican received an Ivy infusion – Sen. Ted Cruz got $750 from a Yale librarian. […]
