Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Israel took issue on August 5 with U.S. President Barack Obama’s claim that last year’s nuclear agreement with Iran is working to curb Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Obama on August 4 said the agreement “worked exactly the way we said it was going to work” and “it’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2016 Members of a prominent black church in Charlotte, North Carolina said they believe that supporting Donald Trump for president is is what’s best for their community. The statement, while a shock to the prevailing consensus, is “the right thing to do” , said a key representative of the Antioch Road […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2016 A prominent pro-Egyptian government cleric has lived to see another day after being targeted for assassination in a Cairo suburb on Aug. 4. Gunmen hiding in a park opened fire on former Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, who was his way to a mosque near his home. The gunmen missed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2016 An alliance of anti-Assad rebels and jihadist groups dealt a major setback to the Russian-backed Syrian regime on Aug. 5 by breaking a three-week siege on Aleppo. Despite more than 600 Russian airstrikes, the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad “were not able to hold on to their positions,” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2016 Iranian authorities were awaiting the arrival of another plane before they released four Americans, one of the hostages said. Saeed Abedini said on the Aug. 4 broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Intelligence Report with Trish Regan” that on the night in January he was freed, his Iranian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The UN’s refugee agency says it has received reports that the Islamic State (IS) extremist group may have captured up to 3,000 villagers who were fleeing violence in northern Iraq. The UNHCR says the internally displaced people from villages in the Hawiga district were seeking safety […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2016 Two mysterious deaths, the July 8 murder of a young Democratic staffer, and the Aug. 2 death of a man who served lawsuit papers to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), have stirred up a slew of conspiracy rumors on the web. Shawn Lucas, the man who served papers to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2016 Some 75,000 Syrian refugees trapped on the border with Jordan received emergency food supplies on Aug. 4 from UN aid agencies. Heads of the World Food Program, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the children’s agency UNICEF and the International Organization for Migration said the delivery of the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2016 Mayor Sadiq Khan said Londoners should remain “calm and vigilant” following a knife attack on Aug. 3 in a popular tourist area that killed one and injured five. Meanwhile, the website TheReligionofPeace.com has released an updated list of Islamist terror attacks carried out in the last 30 days. “During […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com Four Chinese airplanes operated by the Chinese civil aviation authorities penetrated deep into Russia’s airspace on July 24. The planes flew over the forbidden city of Severst where the ultra-secret Siberian Chemical Combine is located, according to various Russian media reports. The Siberian Chemical Combine was built by the Soviet […]
