by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2016 Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish planes and tanks, launched an offensive on Oct. 15 to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of Dabiq. The town has little military value but holds symbolic importance for ISIL because of a Sunni prophecy that states it will be the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 U.S.-Russia relations have deteriorated rapidly in recent days, with President Barack Obama vowing to launch a cyber war against Moscow for its alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election. Democrats hit the warpath after accusing Russia of hacking the email accounts of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 Network news broadcasts, watched by an average of 22 to 24 million Americans each night, devoted less than a minute of coverage to the latest WikiLeaks revelations on Oct. 13 compared to 23 minutes on the unsubstantiated allegations of unwanted sexual advances lodged by four women against GOP candidate […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 The U.S. should re-examine its backing of Israel after a UN agency denied any Jewish connection to the Temple Mount and Western Wall in Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority (PA) said. UNESCO’s resolution maintains that the Western Wall and Temple Mount will be referred to by their Arabic names and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 NBC should release in full its initial interview with Bill Clinton rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick, journalist Michael Issikoff said. Isikoff, the reporter who broke the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair, said in an Oct. 13 discussion on sidewire.com that NBC should release the tape of an interview […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign has widened what has become huge divide in the country, and even in some households. The escalating tension is even driving some American voters away from normal pastimes like watching NFL games and from there, around the bend. More than half of Americans say […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 Donald Trump is packing huge arenas with tens of thousands of supporters on a daily basis while Hillary Clinton plays to much smaller audiences. Media consumers limited to major outlets would never be aware of this huge discrepancy in attendance, online critics have pointed out. The same is even […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 Egypt launched airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targets in Sinai on Oct. 15, one day after ISIL jihadists killed 12 Egyptian security personnel. “A targeted airstrike, which lasted for three hours, resulted in the destruction of the areas … that harbored terrorists, as well as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By By Benjamin Lawler, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs How did Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón of Colombia so miscalculate popular Colombian voter sentiment regarding the peace process which he negotiated over years of effort with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)? The long-awaited Sept. 26, 2016, peace accord signing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — In a quiet but contentious campaign, countries are competing for new openings on the UN’s Human Rights Council. Many of the contenders for membership on the Geneva-based body include the political Who’s Who of authoritarian regimes who are noteworthy abusers of the very human rights […]
