N.C. governor: Time for the ‘silent majority’ to stop speaking softly

N.C. governor: Time for the ‘silent majority’ to stop speaking softly

by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2016 The left is making the 2016 election in North Carolina a referendum on not only the HB2 “bathroom bill” but religious freedom itself and the time has come for the “silent majority” to “speak out,” North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said. “One thing I’ve told a lot of people […]

Iraqi prime minister disinvites Turkey from operation to liberate Mosul from ISIL

Iraqi prime minister disinvites Turkey from operation to liberate Mosul from ISIL

by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2016 Turkey will have no role in the liberation of Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said. “Turkish forces will not be allowed to participate in the liberation of Mosul under any circumstances,” Abadi said during a visit to the city of Karbala […]

Feds coached mayor to keep town in dark on plan to resettle Syrian refugees

Feds coached mayor to keep town in dark on plan to resettle Syrian refugees

by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2016 The mayor of Rutland, Vermont went to great lengths to conceal a plan to resettle 100 Syrian refugees in the town after a federal contractor had warned against making the plan public, according to recently-released documents. Mayor Christopher Louras and resettlement organizations “shrouded the plan in such secrecy that […]

Who is Tim Kaine? Radical roots, financial links to Muslim Brotherhood have received no media scrutiny

Who is Tim Kaine? Radical roots, financial links to Muslim Brotherhood have received no media scrutiny

by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2016 The major media has had little to say about Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine’s long history of anti-American radical leftism and financial ties with the Muslim Brotherhood. “Thanks to a research memorandum prepared by Brian Burch, president of Catholic Vote, we know that Kaine has been a disciple of […]

Report: UN peacekeepers failed to protect civilians in South Sudan

Report: UN peacekeepers failed to protect civilians in South Sudan

by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2016 As fighting erupted in South Sudan in July, UN peacekeepers hid in their fortified bases instead of performing their assigned task of protecting civilians, a rights group reported. Some of the peacekeepers in the capital Juba abandoned their posts inside “Protection of Civilian” sites, while outside the bases, peacekeeper […]

Apocalypse now or later: The fight For Dabiq puts the ISIL brand to the test

Apocalypse now or later: The fight For Dabiq puts the ISIL brand to the test

Special to WorldTribune.com By David Patrikarakos Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The town of Dabiq, in northern Syria, around 25 miles from Aleppo, with its population of just under 3,500, is an unimpressive site for a battle that is supposed to herald the Apocalypse. Yet, according to the Hadith (a collection of reports about […]

Egypt calls U.S. security warning to tourists ‘unjustifiable’

Egypt calls U.S. security warning to tourists ‘unjustifiable’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2016 Government officials in Cairo are fuming over the “unjustifiable” decision by the U.S. to issue a travel warning for tourists visiting Egypt this weekend. The U.S. embassy warned tourists against being in public spaces in Egypt such as concert halls, movie theaters, museums, shopping malls, and sports venues. Oct. […]

Soros, in shift from U.S. campaign, targets Putin for ‘crimes against humanity’

Soros, in shift from U.S. campaign, targets Putin for ‘crimes against humanity’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 7, 2016 All geopolitics is local for billionaire George Soros who charged Russian President Vladimir Putin with “crimes against humanity” in Syria. “The world is witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe of historic proportions. It is happening in Syria. It is being perpetrated by the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, in support of […]

‘Terror and technology’: Israel’s Netanyahu hold court at Hudson Institute’s ‘Herman Kahn’ dinner

‘Terror and technology’: Israel’s Netanyahu hold court at Hudson Institute’s ‘Herman Kahn’ dinner

Sept. 22, 2016 The Plaza Hotel, New York Transcript excerpts of a dialogue with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, recipient of the 2016 Herman Kahn Award by Roger Hertog. HERTOG: One of your greatest accomplishments was as finance minister in the early 2000s when you enacted truly extraordinary reforms that opened up the Israeli economy […]

New UN Secretary General faces a world of failed states, 65 million refugees

New UN Secretary General faces a world of failed states, 65 million refugees

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — White smoke has emerged from the Security Council, where the powerful fifteen member body, has selected a new UN Secretary General from among a dozen declared candidates. Intense diplomatic deliberations among the powers, hectic lobbying among the candidates, and rife speculation in the international community […]