Trump takes credit for Korean North-South talks weeks before Winter Olympics

Trump takes credit for Korean North-South talks weeks before Winter Olympics

by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2018 North Korea on Jan. 5 accepted South Korea’s offers of talks to be held next week in the DMZ truce village of Panmunjom in the first official meeting between delegations from the two Koreas since December 2015. President Donal Trump “is taking credit for easing tensions that might have […]

War: Manafort sues Mueller for indictment unrelated to Trump campaign

War: Manafort sues Mueller for indictment unrelated to Trump campaign

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2018 An attorney for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has filed a lawsuit against special prosecutor Robert Mueller, saying the counsel’s indictment against Manafort was for “dealings that had no connections whatsoever to the 2016 presidential election or even Donald Trump.” Attorney Kevin Downing, who filed the suit in U.S. […]

Trump agrees to cancel exercises during Winter Olympics in major concession to Pyongyang

Trump agrees to cancel exercises during Winter Olympics in major concession to Pyongyang

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2018 The United States and South Korea will not hold joint military exercises that were slated to be held while the Winter Olympic Games were underway in PyeongChang next month. U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-In agreed in a phone conversation on Jan. 4 to delay […]

Sen. Grassley charges Comey leaked classified memos, demands answers from DOJ

Sen. Grassley charges Comey leaked classified memos, demands answers from DOJ

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2018 The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said former FBI Director James Comey leaked classified information after he was fired by President Donald Trump. Sen. Charles Grassley, Iowa Republican, said Comey leaked four memos to Columbia University law professor Daniel Richman, who shared them with The New York Times. […]

Twitter silences protest videos from Teheran, sides with Obama backers of regime

Twitter silences protest videos from Teheran, sides with Obama backers of regime

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2018 Twitter has restricted the account of a dissident who has streamed video of protests in Iran, which includes footage of Iranian security forces shooting protesters. Twitter blocked some viewership for London-based dissident Potkin Azarmehr, whose videos have also shown demonstrators shouting anti-regime chants, some of which call for the […]

‘Sheer volume’ of classified information from Clinton server was seen as criminal at FBI

‘Sheer volume’ of classified information from Clinton server was seen as criminal at FBI

by WorldTribune Staff, January 3, 2018 Congressional investigators say they have obtained FBI documents which contain evidence that laws were broken when Hillary Clinton and her top aides transmitted classified material through the former secretary of state’s private email server. The evidence includes passages in FBI documents stating the “sheer volume” of classified information that […]

STOP Act to track opioid distribution takes effect in NC

STOP Act to track opioid distribution takes effect in NC

by WorldTribune Staff, January 3, 2018 Physician assistants, nurse practitioners and pharmacies in North Carolina are now required to consult with a supervising physician before prescribing targeted controlled substances under a new law that tracks opioid distribution. The Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention Act – or STOP Act – went into effect on Jan. 1. On […]

Planned Parenthood in 2017 made $21 million profit while taking $544 million from taxpayers

Planned Parenthood in 2017 made $21 million profit while taking $544 million from taxpayers

by WorldTribune Staff, January 3, 2018 Despite its leadership’s reference to 2017 as a “tough year,” Planned Parenthood increased its profits by $21 million and took in nearly $544 million in taxpayer funding. Opponents say that, while it claims to continue to champion womens’ health, Planned Parenthood performs more than 320,000 abortions per year but […]

‘Be quiet’: Team Obama offers foreign policy advice to the White house, fails to back Iran protesters

‘Be quiet’: Team Obama offers foreign policy advice to the White house, fails to back Iran protesters

by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2018 Advisers who were on board when President Barack Obama failed to back the “Green Revolution” protests in Iran in 2009 are criticizing President Donald Trump for supporting current anti-government demonstrations in the Islamic Republic. Trump tweeted on Dec. 29: “Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up […]

Uprising in Iran could change region’s geopolitical map

Uprising in Iran could change region’s geopolitical map

by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2018 Media reports from Iran say at least a dozen people have been killed as protests entered a fifth consecutive day on Jan. 1. Video posted on social media showed anti-government protests spreading throughout a nation regarded as a regional strategic threat by pro-U.S. neighbors including Saudi Arabia and Israel. […]