by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2016 Security forces thwarted an attack on a North Sinai checkpoint by heavily-armed terrorists on July 10, the Egyptian military said. Egyptian forces stopped the attack in Sheikh Zuweid “after they monitored a gathering of militants near the checkpoint based on intelligence information, killing them through strikes conducted by air […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 7, 2016 The death toll in an Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) bombing in Baghdad on July 3 would have been much lower had it not been for locked exits and poor safety standards, an Iraqi general said. Gen. Abdel Amir Shammari, head of Baghdad Operations, a joint force […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 7, 2016 A car bomb killed 11 troops of Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s force in Benghazi on July 6, the third attack in the Libyan city in recent weeks. The bomb was set off as the soldiers held evening prayers on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, a military source […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 7, 2016 The Land of the Rising Sun is also a place where fruit is seen as a symbol of prestige. Case in point, a bunch of about 30 Ruby Roman grapes sold at an auction in Japan on July 7 for a whopping $10,900 — or about $360 per grape. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2016 Visitors to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympic Games “will not be safe” according to the city’s police officers, who say they have not been paid for months. “Welcome to Hell,” a sign held by a protesting police officer said outside Rio’s main airport. “Police and firefighters don’t get […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2016 Days after re-establishing ties with Israel, Turkey dispatched a shipment of food and medical supplies bound for the Gaza Strip. The Panamanian-registered Lady Leyla cargo ship docked on July 3 at Israel’s southern Ashdod Port, from where Israel will transport the supplies to Gaza. Under the terms of the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2016 An arsenal of some 100,000 missiles is based in Lebanon ready to strike Israel, the deputy commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said. “The opportunity to destroy Israel is now better than ever, because tens of thousands of long-range missiles all over the Islamic world are ready […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 1, 2016 The Iraqi air force and U.S.-led coalition warplanes killed as many as 250 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists in airstrikes on a pair of convoys fleeing Fallujah. “More than 20 helicopters took part in the mission and were able to destroy more than 138 vehicles,” said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 1, 2016 A Coptic Christian priest was murdered on June 30 by a squad of gunmen from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) Egyptian affiliate. The jihadist group said in a statement posted on social media that the gunmen from ISIL’s Sinai Province affiliate killed 46-year-old Raphael Moussa in the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 30, 2016 In a nod to the more than 50 percent of the population under the age of 25, Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Sultan is looking to construct U.S.-style theme parks in the kingdom. Bin Salman, the 30-year-old who has risen swiftly since being appointed deputy crown prince last year, is […]
