by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2018 The Department of Justice on June 12 issued a press release announcing a nationwide, three-month operation resulted in the arrest of more than 2,300 suspected online child sex offenders. The DOJ’s announcement was ignored by most major media, including MSNBC, CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2018 An internal review conducted by the U.S. Navy following two deadly collisions last year found that only a small number of junior officers fully passed competency checks, a report said. The review, written by Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander of Naval Surface Force Pacific, identified concerns with 137 of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2018 Smugglers who “prioritize profit over people” are raking in some $500 million a year bringing illegal aliens into the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said. “To be clear – human smuggling operations are lining the pockets of transnational criminals. They are not humanitarian endeavors,” Nielsen told the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 15, 2018 Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney for President Donald Trump, said on June 14 that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation should be suspended “tomorrow” and FBI agent Peter Strzok “should be in jail by the end of next week.” Giuliani made the comments in an appearance on Fox News’s Hannity following […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 15, 2018 Components from missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen at Saudi Arabia were manufactured in Iran, the United Nations said. However, UN officials said they were unable to determine when the components were sent to Yemen, AFP reported on June 14. The UN’s inability to determine when the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 15, 2018 Peter Strzok, who headed the FBI’s Clinton email and Russia-Trump investigations, and Lisa Page were not the only FBI agents involved in the agency’s controversial probes who were romantically involved and had texted support for Clinton’s presidential candidacy, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report revealed. The report, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 14, 2018 Then-FBI Director James Comey was “insubordinate” in public statements he made regarding the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz said in his long-awaited report released on June 14. Although the report balked at finding “bias” in FBI procedures relating to the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 14, 2018 North Korean state media has adjusted its attitude toward U.S. President Donald Trump in its post-summit coverage. Previously, the U.S. president had been referred to only as “Trump”, with no honorifics or signs of respect, Associated Press Pyongyang bureau chief Eric Talmadge noted in a June 14 report. At […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 14, 2018 One of the top female chess players in India has withdrawn from the Asia Chess Championship in Iran over the Islamic Republic’s requirement that she wear a headscarf. Soumya Swaminathan, the No. 5 ranked female grandmaster in India, said the rule was a violation of her personal rights. “Under […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2018 A draft resolution by the UN which condemns Israel for Palestinian deaths in Gaza is “fundamentally imbalanced” and “ignores basic truths about the situation in Gaza,” U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said. The Arab-backed draft resolution condemns Israel’s use of “excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate force” against Palestinian […]