by WorldTribune Staff, March 16, 2017 Hizbullah is producing its own missiles in well-protected factories in Lebanon and has raised its level of preparedness for a massive attack on Israel, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander said. Iran has opened factories in Lebanon to manufacture long-range missiles as well as other munitions and has […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2017 In a heated debate with Prime Minister Mark Rutte on March 13, Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders said “we need to choose for our own people … and not for the asylum seekers.” “You are not the prime minister of the Netherlands, but of the foreigners,” Wilders said of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2017 The NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) engaged in political and lobbying activity when they canceled events in North Carolina over opposition to House Bill 2 and should be investigated for a possible violation of their tax-exempt status, a lawmaker said. “The NCAA and ACC have allegedly engaged in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2017 An Iranian couple who were accused of “throwing mixed parties” and forming a “new cult” have been sentenced to death. The couple, an Iranian and a U.S.-Iranian dual national, were arrested last July after being accused of promoting moral corruption, Financial Times reported on March 12. Teheran prosecutor-general Abbas […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2017 A group of students at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa were decried as racists for their actions at a recent basketball game. Their crime? They wore red, white and blue attire to the game against Des Moines North High School, which has players from refugee families, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2017 In what may be the ACLU’s version of March Madness, the group is coaching anti-Trump protesters on their rights to vocally oppose the president’s policies – and to remain silent when they get arrested. “We will bring all the lawsuits necessary to defend these rights,” ACLU Executive Director Anthony […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2017 North Korean state media, notoriously slow when it comes to covering news outside of the country, quickly disseminated the news on March 10 that South Korea’s Constitutional Court had upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye. The court’s ruling is widely seen as bringing to power a left-leaning government […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2017 Two New York University (NYU) professors who undertook an experiment with the intent of showing the gender bias Hillary Clinton faced in the 2016 election were “unsettled” when the outcome was the opposite of what they expected. Professors Maria Guadalupe and Joe Salvatore and audiences of the gender-swap mock […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2017 An America-based aid group that was assisting Syrian refugees in Turkey has been forced to shut down its operations by the Ankara government. Mercy Corps, one of the world’s largest humanitarian groups, was informed by the Turkish interior ministry that it no longer had permission to work in Turkey, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2017 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to Twitter on March 7 to blast House Republicans’ proposed replacement for Obamacare, which will cut funding to abortion provider Planned Parenthood. “#Trumpcare cuts @PPFA funds, hurting millions of women who turn there for mammograms, maternity care, cancer screenings & more,” Schumer tweeted. The problem with […]
