U.S., citing Iran’s arming of Hizballah, urges UN to enforce arms embargo

U.S., citing Iran’s arming of Hizballah, urges UN to enforce arms embargo

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power on January 18 expressed concern that Iran is supplying weapons to Lebanon’s Hizballah in violation of an arms embargo imposed by the United Nations Security Council. Power said Iran’s arming of Hizballah “continues to destabilize the Middle East” and urged the council […]

New files released by FBI may revive criminal charges against Hillary

New files released by FBI may revive criminal charges against Hillary

by WorldTribune Staff, January 18, 2017 The FBI on Jan. 8 released another 300 documents from its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server that analysts say could spur the revival of criminal charges against the former secretary of state. The documents, the fifth release of Clinton investigation records from the FBI, deal with the […]

Conservative North Carolina Republicans consequential in new Congress

Conservative North Carolina Republicans consequential in new Congress

by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2017 North Carolina’s congressional delegation in the era of Trump will be one of its most influential in decades with several lawmakers in key positions. The delegation, consisting of 12 Republicans and 3 Democrats, includes chairmen of key committees, members of the leadership and congressmen who are seen as in […]

Turkey’s parliament moves on reforms granting Erdogan more power

Turkey’s parliament moves on reforms granting Erdogan more power

by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2017 Constitutional reforms that will significantly boost the powers of the presidency moved a step closer to approval in Turkish parliament on Jan. 15. In a late-night session in Ankara, a majority of lawmakers voted in favor of the final article in the reform package presented by President Recep Tayyip […]

Polls: Israelis don’t share Obama’s self-assessment that he is ‘good friend’

Polls: Israelis don’t share Obama’s self-assessment that he is ‘good friend’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 15, 2017 U.S. President Barack Obama insists he was a “good friend” to Israel during his tenure, it’s just that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu “did not recognize it.” A pair of polls published last week showed that the majority of Israelis did not feel that Obama was their friend. In […]

Syria accuses Israel of bombing airport near Damascus, threatens to retaliate

Syria accuses Israel of bombing airport near Damascus, threatens to retaliate

by WorldTribune Staff, January 13, 2017 Syria on Jan. 13 accused Israel of bombing a major military airport southwest of Damascus and warned it would retaliate for what it said was a “flagrant” attack. Syrian state television quoted the army as saying several rockets were fired from an area near Lake Kinneret in northern Israel […]

Tillerson backs ‘full review’ of Iran nuclear deal

Tillerson backs ‘full review’ of Iran nuclear deal

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state says he supports a “full review” of the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, which the incoming president has previously pledged to renegotiate or scrap altogether. Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson said during a January 11 […]

‘Unverified’ Trump allegations included in U.S. intelligence reports, will dominate news cycles

‘Unverified’ Trump allegations included in U.S. intelligence reports, will dominate news cycles

by WorldTribune Staff, January 11, 2017 In running with a hoax story about Donald Trump, Russia and “golden showers,” CNN and BuzzFeed violated “every code of ethics in the world of journalism,” a media critic said. But they accomplished their goal of attacking the president-elect with a piece of “fake news” likely to dominate the […]

Hillary Clinton waged an extremely expensive campaign

Hillary Clinton waged an extremely expensive campaign

by WorldTribune Staff, January 11, 2017 In October, Hillary Clinton tore into Donald Trump: “What kind of genius loses a billion dollars in a single year?” The final tally of campaign funds spent on the 2016 election shows the Clinton machine dropped a whopping $1.2 billion on her losing presidential bid, a new record. The […]

In waning days of presidency, Obama moves to save transgender bathrooms

In waning days of presidency, Obama moves to save transgender bathrooms

by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 With just days left in his final term, President Barack Obama is seeking to re-institute an executive order on transgender bathrooms that was shot down by a district court. Lawyers for the Obama administration asked an appeals court to overturn a judge’s ruling that suspended enforcement of Obama’s order […]