Chinese spyware found on 700 million Android phones

Chinese spyware found on 700 million Android phones

by WorldTribune Staff, November 17, 2016 Chinese-authored spyware that can be used to track a user’s movements and communications has been found on some 700 million Android smartphones, security researchers said. The spyware, discovered by Virginia-based Kryptowire, was reportedly authored by Chinese startup Shanghai Adups Technology Company. “The Department of Homeland Security was recently made […]

House to block Obama’s sale of U.S. planes to Iran

House to block Obama’s sale of U.S. planes to Iran

by WorldTribune Staff, November 17, 2016 The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass new legislation that would block the sale of American-made aircraft to Iran. “The American people gave us a mandate to fight radical Islamic terrorism. Preventing aircraft sales to the world’s leading terror state is a pretty good start,” a senior […]

Kuwait to supply Egypt with 2 million barrels of oil per month

Kuwait to supply Egypt with 2 million barrels of oil per month

by WorldTribune Staff, November 16, 2016 Kuwait has agreed to supply Egypt with up to two million barrels of crude oil per month at the global price, a report said. The Kuwait deal will fill the gap in Egypt’s oil needs after Saudi Aramco suspended its shipments to Cairo in October. Kuwait’s cabinet on Nov. […]

Hate crimes more prevalent in blue states, FBI report reveals

Hate crimes more prevalent in blue states, FBI report reveals

by WorldTribune Staff, November 16, 2016 Hate crimes are most likely to be committed in traditional blue states, according to newly released FBI data. In 2015, over 800 of the 5,850 hate crimes reported nationwide were committed in California. Other blue states with high numbers of incidents included New York (500), Massachusetts (411), New Jersey […]

Let’s be honest: We’re going to miss the Clintons

Let’s be honest: We’re going to miss the Clintons

by WorldTribune Staff, November 16, 2016 Since when could any serious journalist take a London Daily Mail piece based on one anonymous source as Gospel? The easy answer is “never”. But what if the source claims to have overheard Bill Clinton screaming at his wife Hillary about who was to blame for her imploding campaign? […]

Trump could derail European oil giants’ return to Iran

Trump could derail European oil giants’ return to Iran

by WorldTribune Staff, November 15, 2016 Donald Trump’s pledge to scrap the Iran nuclear deal may lead Europe’s major oil companies to reconsider returning to Iran’s energy sector. With the Trump administration in place, European energy firms looking to develop Iran’s massive oil and gas reserves face the risk that he will snap sanctions back […]

Iran aims for million barrels per day from three new oilfields

Iran aims for million barrels per day from three new oilfields

by WorldTribune Staff, November 14, 2016 Iran has dramatically increased its monthly oil output after opening three oilfields since international sanctions were lifted in January . President Hassan Rouhani officially launched the first phases of the Yadavaran and North Azadegan fields as well as the North Yaran field, which are shared with neighboring Iraq, the […]

Pro-Russia candidates win presidential elections in Bulgaria, Moldova

Pro-Russia candidates win presidential elections in Bulgaria, Moldova

by WorldTribune Staff, November 14, 2016 Candidates who pledged to forge closer ties to Russia won presidential elections in Bulgaria and Moldova on Nov. 13. In Bulgaria, exit polls showed Socialist party candidate Rumen Radev garnered 58 percent of the vote compared to 35 percent for Tsetska Tsacheva of the ruling GERB party. The result […]

Palestinian Authority threatens UN action if Trump moves embassy to Jerusalem

Palestinian Authority threatens UN action if Trump moves embassy to Jerusalem

by WorldTribune Staff, November 13, 2016 Palestinians will “make life miserable” for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump if he moves the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority’s ambassador to the UN warned. “If people attack us by moving the embassy to Jerusalem, which is a violation of Security Council resolutions, […]

Netanyahu: Israel won’t allow Iran to establish itself militarily in Syria

Netanyahu: Israel won’t allow Iran to establish itself militarily in Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, November 11, 2016 Israel will not allow Iran to establish a military foothold in Syria “on the ground, in the air or at sea,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Nov. 10. Israel will also continue to intervene in Iran’s effort to […]