by WorldTribune Staff, June 27, 2017 “For those of us who work in marbled halls, guarded constantly by a vigilant and dedicated police force, the guarantees of the Second Amendment might seem antiquated and superfluous,” Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote after most members of the high court declined to hear a case challenging a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 27, 2017 Did the Obama administration leave U.S. citizen Otto Warmbier to die in North Korea?. Warmbier, a 22-year-old U.S. college student who, while visiting North Korea as a tourist in January 2016, was arrested and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor after being convicted of stealing a propaganda banner […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A U.S.-backed Arab-Kurd coalition fighting Islamic State (ISIS) militants near Raqqa has captured the district of Al-Qadisia outside of the extremists’ self-declared capital in Syria, military officials say. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took Al-Qadisia, west of Raqqa, after three days of intense fighting, the SDF […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 26, 2017 The “Dyke March” is not as “inclusive” as it claims to be. During LGBT Pride festivities in Chicago over the weekend, three women were booted from the march because their rainbow flags featured a Jewish Star of David. The Dyke March, which is separate from Chicago’s main Pride Parade, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 25, 2017 Israel, which has for the most part stayed out of the civil war in Syria, launched airstrikes on Assad regime targets on June 24 in response to wayward mortar shell fire in Syria that landed in Israeli territory. Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Israeli warplanes attacked a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 25, 2017 Russia has warned Norway that its hosting of a deployment of 330 U.S. Marines could lead to “escalated tensions” in the region. The Marines arrived in Norway in January and are based near the western city of Trondheim, 900 miles from the Russian border. Russia said it sees the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 23, 2017 A top Al Qaida leader and two of his associates were killed in a June 16 U.S. airstrike on a jihadist stronghold in Yemen’s Shabwa province, the Pentagon said. Abu Khattab al-Awlaqi was emir for Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Shabwa, and was responsible for planning […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Liberal terrorism is on the march. James T. Hodgkinson, the rabid progressive who deliberately gunned down congressional Republicans at a baseball practice in Virginia, is a product of anti-Trump leftist hatred. Just like Islam, liberalism has a radical strain that embraces violence and terror. And just like moderate Muslims […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 21, 2017 Egyptian airstrikes on the stronghold of the Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate in North Sinai killed 12 jihadists, the Egyptian military said on June 20. The strikes also destroyed several four-wheel-drive vehicles belonging to Sinai Province, which swore allegiance to ISIS in 2014. Egypt says Sinai Province is responsible for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi visited Saudi Arabia on June 19 in the first leg of a tour of the Persian Gulf region that will also include Iran and Kuwait, his office said. Abadi’s visit to Saudi Arabia aims to promote reconciliation between the Sunni Muslim […]
