Saudis intercept seven missiles fired by Houthis

Saudis intercept seven missiles fired by Houthis

by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2018 Seven missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels were intercepted by Saudi forces on March 25. Houthi jihadists in Yemen fired three missiles at Riyadh and four others at the southern cities of Khamis Mushait, Jizan and Najran. The Saudi-led coalition said it used Patriot missile batteries to target the […]

Citigroup becomes first U.S. financial institution to impose gun restrictions on commercial partners

Citigroup becomes first U.S. financial institution to impose gun restrictions on commercial partners

by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2018 Citigroup is now requiring its business partners to ban the sale of firearms to any customers under the age of 21 and to those who have not passed a background check. In becoming the first major U.S. bank to impose the restrictions, Citigroup said the new policy applies to […]

Parents sue San Diego schools over pro-Muslim Brotherhood curricula

Parents sue San Diego schools over pro-Muslim Brotherhood curricula

by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2018 A legal organization has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the San Diego Unified School District over an “anti-Islamophobia” curricula being taught by a group which critics say supports the Muslim Brotherhood terror organization. The Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund (FCDF) filed the suit on behalf of parents […]

Iran calls Bolton’s appointment ‘a matter of shame’

Iran calls Bolton’s appointment ‘a matter of shame’

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to appoint former UN Ambassador John Bolton as national-security adviser, with a senior official saying that it is shameful and is a sign that Washington hopes to overthrow the government in Teheran. A spokesman for Bolton dismissed such […]

Erdogan ally to acquire prestigious Turkish media group

Erdogan ally to acquire prestigious Turkish media group

by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2018 A businessman and close confidante of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to purchase Turkey’s largest media group, which includes CNN-Turk, a report said. The Demiroren Group of magnate Erdogan Demiroren will buy Dogan Media Group for around $1 billion (810 million euros), AFP reported. Along with CNN-Turk, […]

Not ‘political’? March for Our Lives rally was anti-gun, anti-Trump, anti-GOP

Not ‘political’? March for Our Lives rally was anti-gun, anti-Trump, anti-GOP

by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2018 According to the March for Our Lives website “School safety is not a political issue.” But many of the thousands who took part in the march in Washington, D.C., on March 24 “carried signs revealing their anti-gun, anti-Trump, and pro-left wing agenda,” Penny Starr reported for Breitbart News. Signs […]

Bolt out of the blue: Trump’s new national security adviser ruffles dovish feathers in Seoul

Bolt out of the blue: Trump’s new national security adviser ruffles dovish feathers in Seoul

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The appointment of John Bolton as President Trump’s national security adviser portends a tough U.S. policy toward the North even as South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In is planning to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un in late April and Trump is to see Kim in May. Conservatives in the U.S. […]

House Committee report finds Director of National Intelligence Clapper misled Congress

House Committee report finds Director of National Intelligence Clapper misled Congress

by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2018 Former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper provided misleading testimony to Congress regarding information he allegedly leaked to CNN on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, the House Intelligence Committee said. The committee’s final report, which it approved on March 22, found no evidence of Russian collusion […]

CNN’S monopoly on ‘public spaces’, especially airports, comes under attack

CNN’S monopoly on ‘public spaces’, especially airports, comes under attack

by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2018 CNN pays airports nationwide to broadcast its content, in many cases even paying for the airport TVs. Since the network shifted to a 24/7 anti-Trump propaganda machine, however, many travelers are asking the airports to turn CNN off. Some have started online petitions. According to Trip Savvy, 20 of […]