Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A court in Iran has sentenced the son of one of Iran’s founding revolutionaries to six years in prison for releasing a decades-old tape in which his father denounced the mass execution of prisoners in 1988. Media in Iran reported that a clerical court in the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 As the nation’s largest recipient of federal funds, “Sanctuary California” could face bankruptcy if President-elect Donald Trump pulls billions in federal funding over the state’s refusal to comply with immigration laws. The federal government provided 37 percent ($93.6 billion) of California’s $252.5 billion in total estimated government spending for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 Israel’s naval blockade and internal tension between Palestinian factions could make the Gaza Strip an easy “launching pad” for recruiters from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), a Qatari official said. Foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said in an interview in Doha on Nov. 27 that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 Japan is considering following South Korea’s lead in deploying the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system. The move comes amid a heightened threat from North Korea, which has conducted more than 20 ballistic missile tests this year and has made steady progress in its quest to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 The Left is out to “silence opposing views” by unleashing an avalanche of stories and lists on “fake news” and how it supposedly influenced the 2016 presidential election, columnist Kelly Riddell wrote on Nov. 24. Lists of fake news sites have included conservative (not liberal) news sites, including Red […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump in many ways faces the most circumscribed strategic options of any modern U.S. President entering office. Not only has the global context changed — and will change rapidly even further — so also has the United States’ abilities, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 Teachers unions, who dumped $108.2 million into the 2016 political cycle (nearly all of which went to Democrats) are still trying to figure out how so many of their members joined the Trump revolution on Nov. 8. More than one in three of the National Education Association’s (NEA’s) members […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 Progressive lawmakers and the elite media were quick to heap praise on the “courageous” Marxist leader who they insist created a socialist paradise in Cuba. Miami Herald columnist Andres Oppenheimer was having none of it – characterizing Fidel Castro as an “egocentric coward who never dared to allow his […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 25, 2016 With Democrats and the elite media itching to pounce on the slightest hint of a conflict of interest between President-elect Donald Trump’s business empire and his presidential administration, author Peter Schweizer said Trump should consider “full divestment” of his holdings. Giving his adult children the keys to run his […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 25, 2016 Yesterday it was the Russians who were charged with fixing the election in Donald Trump’s favor. Today it is “fake news” that is being blamed for the outcome. But the main thing is Dec. 19 for that subset of society that cannot abide a major political defeat on the […]
