Syrian media claim ISIS leader killed in artillery strike

Syrian media claim ISIS leader killed in artillery strike

by WorldTribune Staff, June 11, 2017 Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported by Syrian media to have been killed on June 10 in a U.S.-lead coalition artillery strike. Syrian state television said the terror group’s leader, the world’s most wanted terrorist, was killed in an artillery strike on the group’s headquarters in […]

Struggling with its own terrorism crisis, Iran lashes out at Saudis, Trump

Struggling with its own terrorism crisis, Iran lashes out at Saudis, Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, June 8, 2017 The attacks by Islamic State (ISIS) that killed 17 people in Teheran on June 7 were “backed by U.S. clients,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, pointing the finger squarely at Saudi Arabia. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) vowed revenge for the attacks at parliament and Ayatollah […]

How Trump outsmarted Comey: Talk show host helps connect the dots

How Trump outsmarted Comey: Talk show host helps connect the dots

by WorldTribune Staff, June 5, 2017 The “desperate denizens” of the Washington, D.C. swamp began “sweating bullets” after the firing of FBI Director James Comey and quickly began to “realize they are roadkill,” Salem Radio host Kevin Jackson said citing a toughly-worded post. Comey “is a deep-water Swamp Denizen who has been highly paid to […]

Londonistan is the future: PC paralysis in the West will never stop radical Islam

Londonistan is the future: PC paralysis in the West will never stop radical Islam

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The Islamic terrorist attack in London represents the future. This is what happens when a nation allows unlimited immigration and Muslim extremism to take root. Multicultural Britain is no match for radical Islam. Like a Trojan horse, the invading enemy has entered within. On Saturday night, Islamists rampaged at […]

China now has base in Africa, eyes Pakistan for future site, Pentagon says

China now has base in Africa, eyes Pakistan for future site, Pentagon says

by WorldTribune Staff, June 7, 2017 On the heels of establishing its first naval base in Africa, China is now said to be looking to Pakistan as the possible site of the future military base, the Pentagon said in an annual report to Congress released on June 6. The Pentagon report forecast that Beijing would […]

Dangerous, deadly, daring: Remembering the day when young Americans put it all on the line

Dangerous, deadly, daring: Remembering the day when young Americans put it all on the line

Special to WorldTribune.com By Dennis Jamison, Fairfax Free Citizen, June 6, 2017 Today is the day that many around the world remember as D-Day, and many Americans will not easily forget those who lost their lives on the beaches of Normandy on that day. Those of the “greatest generation” who served their country in the […]

When push comes to shove: Montenegro joins NATO

When push comes to shove: Montenegro joins NATO

by WorldTribune Staff, June 5, 2017 Moscow had long attempted to derail Montenegro’s entrance into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), but those attempts came to a crashing halt on June 5 when the tiny Balkan nation became the alliance’s 29th member. With the former Yugoslav republic now in the fold, NATO controls the entire […]

ISIS gives up town in northern Iraq that was a known hideout of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

ISIS gives up town in northern Iraq that was a known hideout of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

by WorldTribune Staff, June 5, 2017 The Islamic State (ISIS) caliphate continues to crumble in Iraq with the surrender of the town of Baaj. ISIS’s withdrawal from Baaj leaves just a pocket of Mosul and the town of Bukamal as the only remaining urban centers in the country under the terror group’s control. Bukamal is […]

UN Security Council merry go round selects rights abuser

UN Security Council merry go round selects rights abuser

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The annual election to choose five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council produced both the expected and the near preposterous. The elections, actually selections by the 193 member General Assembly, saw no opposition for any of the two- year Council terms. Candidates were […]

Frustrated competitors take legal route against Google

Frustrated competitors take legal route against Google

by WorldTribune Staff, June 2, 2017 Has Google become too big to sue? Saying that Google rigged search results to favor its own shopping service, the European Union plans to slap a heavy fine on the Internet giant. Over a seven-year investigation, EU antitrust regulators say the distortion of search results harmed both rivals and […]