Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk We hear so much about China and Japan competing on and for the Korean peninsula, now and historically, that we overlook one other great Northeast Asian power. That would be Russia, which has a 17-kilometer border with North Korea as the Tumen River flows into the sea. In the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 20, 2016 The Obama administration has granted special amnesty to illegal aliens it claims were victims of Hurricane Matthew. Such human resources are widely acknowledged to be a key target demographic for the Democratic National Committee. Under the banner of “immigration relief”, illegals said to have been affected by the hurricane […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty French President Francois Hollande says there is evidence that Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants are fleeing Mosul to Syria, amid a massive operation to oust the extremist group from the northern Iraqi city entered its fourth day. Addressing an international meeting in Paris […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 19, 2016 An Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father each received 10-year prison sentences from Iran for “spying and cooperating” with the United States. Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer Namazi, were sentenced by an Iranian court, Iranian media reported on Oct. 18. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) detained Siamak […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 19, 2016 The FBI insists it has no problem going after senior officials when it comes to mishandling classified information. The prosecution of Gen. James E. Cartwright is the legendary agency’s example. While the two highest-profile officials recently investigated for mishandling classified material, Hillary Clinton and David Petraeus, got off relatively […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 19, 2016 As aid commitments from its Arab partners lag behind, Egypt is turning to Israel to help steady Cairo’s faltering economy. With only a portion of the financial commitments from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait having been received, Egypt has partnered with Israel on a series of large-scale projects […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 19, 2016 Can American politics survive the “neutron bomb election”? The neutron bomb “was designed to melt human flesh without damaging infrastructure. Something like it has blown up lots of people in the 2016 election and left behind empty institutions,” Hoover Institution historian Victor Davis Hanson wrote for National Review on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 19, 2016 The Hillary Clinton campaign took a dump on Georgia on Oct. 18 – literally. A Clinton campaign “Forward Together” bus was caught dumping human waste into the street and down a storm drain in Lawrenceville, Georgia, according to reports. “Police say when they arrived on the scene, toilet paper […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 19, 2016 While Brexit bettors saw “Remain” as the safest outcome to put their cash on, a majority of the actual wagers were for the underdog, and eventual winner, “Leave” campaign. UK oddsmakers are seeing a similar pattern with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Bookmaker William Hill says 71 percent of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty PRAGUE — Police in the Czech Republic’s capital have detained a Russian citizen suspected of hacking U.S.-based websites. A Prague police spokesman said late on Oct. 18 that the suspect, whose identity was not disclosed, was detained in a restaurant. The arrest was carried out on […]
