by WorldTribune Staff, May 4, 2017 Iran is using billions in funds that were freed up under the nuclear deal with world powers to finance an unprecedented military buildup, a report said. Iran’s defense budget has increased by 145 percent under President Hassan Rouhani and the military is moving forward with a massive restructuring effort […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2017 There can be no rapprochement with Iran under current conditions, Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince said on May 2. “How can we get along with a regime which has an extremist ideology … and a profound wish to dominate the Muslim world and spread the Shi’ite faith?” Deputy Crown […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran will continue providing military assistance to Syria despite the death of more than a thousand Iranian fighters in the conflict, a senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has said. “We will continue our advisory help as long as they need it,” Mohammad Pakpour, head of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 2, 2017 The Democratic Party’s nominee to fill Montana’s vacant at-large U.S. House seat has encouraged climate change skeptics to consider endings their lives. Democrat Rob Quist, who was dubbed a “washed-up hippie” by the National Republican Congressional Committee, is running for the U.S. House seat to replace Interior Secretary Ryan […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 1, 2017 The major media’s unending criticism of President Donald Trump is only reinforcing his supporters’ belief that he’s “on the right track in terms of shaking things up in Washington, D.C.,” a new poll found. The poll, sponsored by the University of Virginia Center for Politics, found that 88 percent […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 1, 2017 The New York Times’ decision to run an op-ed piece by a so-called “climate change denier” sent a number of the paper’s readers into a frenzy, with many canceling or threatening to cancel their subscriptions. In his debut column for the Times, Bret Stephens on April 28 wrote that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 1, 2017 The North Carolina state House in late April passed a bill aimed at fortifying free speech at the 16 schools in the University of North Carolina system. House Bill 527: Restore/Preserve Campus Free Speech, which has a companion bill in the Senate, requires that state public universities maintain “the fullest degree of intellectual […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 30, 2017 Wake Forest, North Carolina is just one of many American towns considering broadband options for its residents. In 2007, Cornelius, Davidson and Mooresville, North Carolina spent $92.5 million to purchase and upgrade a bankrupt cable television system and turn it into MI-Connection, a government-owned internet, cable TV and telephone […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticized President Hassan Rohani for saying his rapprochement policy toward the West had caused the threat of war to diminish. Khamenei’s comments at an April 30 meeting with workers from across the country come amid Iran’s intensifying presidential election […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The Mainstream Media’s verdict on President Trump’s first 100 days is that he has been a failure. The reason: He has failed (so far) to get any major piece of his legislative agenda passed. Healthcare, taxes and infrastructure — all of these big items remain stalled in Congress. Hence, […]
