by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 The entire western region of Libya is on the verge of a total power blackout after an armed group closed off the gas pipeline that feeds the area’s main electric generation unit. Officials at Al-Zawiya Oil Refinery said on Jan. 9 that the group had not named any demands […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2017 Fueled by racism and $10 million, Franklin Graham’s Decision America Tour helped Donald Trump reach the White House with overwhelming support from white evangelicals, a North Carolina church leader said. In a November Washington Post commentary titled “The racist history of Southern white evangelicalism and the rise of Donald […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2017 A hunting guide is in critical condition after being shot in what sources believe was a kidnapping attempt on his clients near the Texas-Mexico border. Walker Daugherty, 26, of Chloride, New Mexico was wounded when he tried to stop the assailants from taking an RV with his clients inside. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The establishment is now looking to finish off Donald Trump. The presumptive Republican nominee is under intense criticism for his comments about the federal judge presiding over the Trump University class-action lawsuit. Our political and media elites are trying to turn this into Trump’s version of Mitt Romney’s infamous […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2017 Two suspected jihadists, including one who was making explosive belts, were killed by Saudi security forces on Jan. 7. The suspects were shot and killed during a police operation in the north of the capital Riyadh, the Saudi Interior Ministry said, according to AFP. Tayeh al-Saihari and Talal al-Saidi, who […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2017 Nat Hentoff, who described himself as “a Jewish, atheist, civil libertarian, left-wing pro-lifer,” died on Jan. 7 at the age of 91. Hentoff was a Village Voice contributor and columnist for 50 years and also wrote for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Down Beat and the Wall […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The page has been turned. And the new UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres of Portugal has assumed office with a stoically realistic vision of both the crises and opportunities facing the international community. In his first remarks to staff Guterres stated, “I think we should […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2017 Virginia’s governor says a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks would be bad for business in the state and he plans to veto it. “I can’t sit back and have that sitting out the same time I am traveling the globe recruiting businesses to Virginia,” Gov. Terry […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2017 A drastic drop in tourism revenue combined with an unstable economy is exacting a heavy toll on Egypt’s museums, monuments and antiquities. As tourists stay away following a series of terror attacks culminating in last year’s apparent explosion downing EgyptAir Flight 84 as it approached Cairo, budgets are shrinking […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2017 President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 3 named a former Reagan administration official and current critic of Chinese trade practices to be his chief trade negotiator. Trump said Robert Lighthizer, a veteran steel industry trade lawyer, will help “fight for good trade deals that put the American worker first.” “He […]
