by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2017 Syria’s national soccer team continued its improbable run in World Cup qualifying on Sept. 5 with a 2-2 draw against Iran. Iran had taken a 2-1 second half lead and seemed headed for victory when Syria scored in injury time, a goal that kept alive Syria’s hopes of qualifying […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner President Trump may have just committed political suicide. He announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA, will be rescinded, but only after a six-month delay. The reason: Trump wants to give Congress the opportunity to pass a legislative amnesty for the so-called “Dreamers.” This […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 5, 2017 Hurting financially, racked by internal turmoil and with its troops deployed across the Middle East, Hizbullah is not likely to engage in conflict with Israel in the near future, a top Israeli military official said. “It is an internal crisis over what they are fighting for, an economic crisis […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 5, 2017 The liberal Moon Jae-In administration has launched a “politically motivated” investigation into the only major broadcaster in South Korea that covered protests and evidence in support of former President Park Geun-Hye, conservative lawmakers say. MBC provided coverage of the growing pro-Park demonstrations earlier this year in which older South […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 5, 2017 The commander of Iran’s air defense force said Teheran warned away two U.S. spy aircraft in recent months and “would not hesitate” to shoot down such craft in the future. Brig. Gen. Farzad Esmaili said an unmanned U.S. RQ-4 drone was diverted near Iranian air space on Aug. 26. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2017 Sebastian Gorka, who late last month stepped down as deputy adviser to the president, said he can better serve the winning Trump’s campaign public mandate away from a cramped atmosphere marked by “two different world views.” Gorka told SiriusXM host Alex Marlow last week that he resigned because “people […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on August 31 that Iran is showing its “true colors” by renewing ties with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and providing it with arms. Yahya al-Sinwar, the new head of Hamas, said this week that Iran has […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 3, 2017 The show of force by the U.S. and its allies in response to North Korea’s intermediate-range ballistic missile test on Aug. 28 included U.S. Marine Corps F-35s and U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers joined for the first time in a “sequenced bilateral mission” that included Japan and South Korea’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 30, 2017 Iran and Turkey must halt their “colonial behavior” in Syria, the UAE’s foreign minister said on Aug. 29. “If Iran and Turkey continue the same historical, colonial and competitive behavior and perspectives between them in Arab affairs, we will continue in this situation not just in Syria today but […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 27, 2017 North Korea continues to brutalize those who practice religion in the country, the U.S. State Department said in a report. The Kim Jong-Un regime “continued to deal harshly with those who engaged in almost any religious practices through executions, torture, beatings, and arrests,” the 2016 Annual Report on International […]
