by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2016 Russia would never have used Iranian air bases for attacks in Syria before U.S. President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Teheran, When the world was sanctioning Iran, “the Russians kept the regime at arm’s length,” the Jerusalem Post said in an analysis on Aug. 18. Two weeks ago, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2016 President Barack Obama is set to relinquish the last vestiges of U.S. control of the Internet. Barring “any significant impediment” the Department of Commerce will finalize the transition effective Oct. 1, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Lawrence Strickling said on Aug. 16. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded contracts as […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2016 Evidence from the voting booth actually contradicts Democrats’ claims that voter ID laws are forms of voter suppression, particularly minority voters. In 2010, “before North Carolina passed its supposedly evil Jim Crow throwback,” 40.3 percent of blacks in the state voted in that year’s midterms. In 2014, after the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2016 The $400 million cash payment to Iran that President Barack Obama insists was not “ransom” was reportedly delayed until American hostages were released. The U.S. did not allow Iran to pick up the cash from Switzerland until after a Swiss Air Force plane carrying the hostages left Teheran on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2016 An Iranian who the Obama administration allowed to enter the U.S. as a certified refugee was radicalized on America’s dime and ended up dying while fighting for Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), reports say. Adnan Fazeli, who was supported by a taxpayer-funded group to settle in the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2016 The U.S. Department of Justice set a “new standard” when it let Hillary Clinton off the hook for alleged criminal conduct while it continued to pursue a case against WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, said. Meanwhile, the attempt by a U.S. Navy sailor to use the “Hillary Clinton […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2016 Russia’s use of an Iranian base to launch airstrikes in Syria is “unfortunate,” the U.S. State Department said on Aug. 16. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Russia’s use pf the Hamedan base in western Iran “could very well be a violation” of a UN Security Council resolution, which […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2016 Donald Trump was expected to bring New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn along on Aug. 17 as the GOP candidate received his first classified intelligence briefing. Career staffers from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the nation’s top intelligence office, were […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2016 U.S. officials say that up to 100,000 Iranian-backed Shi’ite fighters are on the ground in Iraq, raising the specter that a defeated Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) will be replaced by another anti-American force. “The effect of the Obama administration’s policy has been to replace American boots […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2016 Russia says it is almost ready to join forces with the United States in the ongoing battle for Aleppo, Syria. “Step by step we are getting closer to the situation in which – and I’m only speaking about Aleppo here – we will be able to begin battling together […]
