Seoul rocked by revolt over ruling party’s apparent power grab

Seoul rocked by revolt over ruling party’s apparent power grab

by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2019 South Korea’s National Assembly on Monday canceled a vote on fast-tracked legislation being pushed by leftist President Moon Jae-In after a massive protest by opposition lawmakers and their supporters in the streets outside the parliament. “I will not open a plenary session today because it won’t be possible to […]

‘Vicious crackdown’: Amnesty ups death toll estimate in Iran

‘Vicious crackdown’: Amnesty ups death toll estimate in Iran

by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2019 Amnesty International has reported that at least 304 people were killed in Iran during a three-day crackdown against protests in November. The rights group had earlier estimated 208 deaths in the demonstrations, which started amid furor over an increase in gas prices but developed in many areas in the […]

President Trump: ‘Where’s the apologies to me and others, Jim?’

President Trump: ‘Where’s the apologies to me and others, Jim?’

by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2019 Disgraced ex-FBI Director James Comey only admitted to wrongdoing in the bureau’s Russia investigation “because he got caught red handed,” President Donald Trump said. Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report on the investigation launched under Comey’s leadership noted there were 17 “significant inaccuracies and omissions” in the […]

Nunes to Schiff: ‘It’s crucial that you admit you have a problem’

Nunes to Schiff: ‘It’s crucial that you admit you have a problem’

by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2019 House Intelligence Committee ranking Republican Rep. Devin Nunes said committee chair Adam Schiff is “in need of rehabilitation” after Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s FISA report contradicted Schiff’s past claims. “After publishing false conclusions of such enormity on a topic directly within this committee’s oversight responsibilities, it […]

Barr on the FBI: ‘Inexplicable . . . They talked to the Russians, but not to the presidential campaign’

Barr on the FBI: ‘Inexplicable . . . They talked to the Russians, but not to the presidential campaign’

by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2019 The FBI in its investigation of alleged Trump-Russia “collusion” went with information that was clearly “rubbish” from unreliable Russian sources and chose to wiretap Trump campaign officials but not to speak to the campaign itself, Attorney General William Barr said. In an interview with NBC News, Barr said: “Well, […]

Doing his job: President Trump had a great week; Only media focused on impeachment

Doing his job: President Trump had a great week; Only media focused on impeachment

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2019 Democrats and the major media have by their own admission been focused for three years on any and all efforts to overturn the 2016 election. So it was no surprise that this past week, in their bubble, it was all about impeachment. For President Donald Trump it was […]

Impeachment brinksmanship? Pyongyang is back to issuing nuclear threats as UN pushes back

Impeachment brinksmanship? Pyongyang is back to issuing nuclear threats as UN pushes back

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — While dictator Kim Jung-Un is huffing and puffing about arbitrary deadlines to diplomatic negotiations between the United States and North Korea concerning Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile proliferation, the UN Security Council met to deliver a unified call for peace and disarmament on the divided […]

After Tory landslide, Johnson promises Brexit, Trump sees ‘harbinger’

After Tory landslide, Johnson promises Brexit, Trump sees ‘harbinger’

by WorldTribune Staff, December 13, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party on Thursday won a sizable majority in the British parliament and now says Brexit will become reality at the end of January. The Tories won 365 seats in the House of Commons compared to 203 for the Labour Party. The results […]

President Trump signs executive order to answer wave of campus anti-Semitism

President Trump signs executive order to answer wave of campus anti-Semitism

by WorldTribune Staff, December 13, 2019 Amid a disturbing increase in anti-Semitic incidents on American college campuses, President Donald Trump on Dec. 11 issued an executive order which would withdraw federal funding from schools which fail to quickly investigate anti-Semitism and punish those involved. Trump has instructed the Department of Education to use an internationally […]