CIA chief assesses states infected by ISIL may not recover ‘in my lifetime’

CIA chief assesses states infected by ISIL may not recover ‘in my lifetime’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 9, 2016 CIA Director John Brennan says it will take quite a significant amount of time befor Syria and Iraq can recover from the devastation caused by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). “I don’t know whether or not Syria and Iraq can be put back together again. There’s been […]

World Vision fires 120 Palestinian workers in Gaza after report funds were diverted

World Vision fires 120 Palestinian workers in Gaza after report funds were diverted

by WorldTribune Staff, September 11, 2016 The contracts of 120 Palestinian employees of World Vision in the Gaza Strip were canceled after Israel’s recent arrest of the head of the non-governmental organization (NGO) for diverting millions of the charity’s funds to Hamas. “They informed 120 employees from World Vision in Gaza they were officially canceling […]

Voice of dissident mullah returns from the grave to damn Iran regime for mass killings

Voice of dissident mullah returns from the grave to damn Iran regime for mass killings

Special to WorldTribune.com Iranian Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri fell out of favor with the clerical establishment, lost his status as Ayatollah Khomeini’s hand-picked successor and deputy, spent five years under house arrest, and was scorned for his support for the opposition “Green Movement” before his death in 2009. By Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe […]

Fatah denies report that former Moscow student Abbas was a KGB agent

Fatah denies report that former Moscow student Abbas was a KGB agent

by WorldTribune Staff, September 9, 2016 A report that revealed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was a Soviet spy in the 1980s is being called a “smear campaign” by Fatah leaders. A Sept. 7 report by Israel’s Channel 1 television, citing information it said was included in an archive smuggled out of the USSR, said […]

East Asia on edge: Fifth North Korean test raises specter of nuclear missile terrorism

East Asia on edge: Fifth North Korean test raises specter of nuclear missile terrorism

by WorldTribune Staff, September 9, 2016 North Korea announced its fifth nuclear weapons test only hours after South Korea noted unusual seismic activity near the North’s northeastern nuclear test site. Four of the five tests have taken place during the Barack Obama administration and the first under the George W. Bush administration. The U.S. policy […]

Hillary Clinton defends her Libya policy: ‘We did not lose a single American life’

Hillary Clinton defends her Libya policy: ‘We did not lose a single American life’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 9, 2016 In defending the 2011 U.S. invasion of Libya during a foreign policy forum broadcast by NBC, Hillary Clinton insisted “we did not lose a single American in that action.” While no Americans died in the actual 26,000 U.S. bombing sorties during the Libya campaign, four Americans died in the […]

Sexual locker room activity by transgender student cited in lawsuit brought by Virginia parents

Sexual locker room activity by transgender student cited in lawsuit brought by Virginia parents

by WorldTribune Staff, September 9, 2016 A transgender student’s “twerking and grinding” in a high school girls locker room is being cited in a lawsuit filed in federal court by a group of Virginia parents seeking to stop that state’s public schools from opening locker rooms and showers to members of the opposite sex. The […]

FBI director warns that defeating ISIL won’t end terror threat

FBI director warns that defeating ISIL won’t end terror threat

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Even the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIO) militants in Iraq and Syria will not extinguish the extremist group’s threat to the civilized world, top U.S. intelligence officials say. “The threat that I think will dominate the next five years for the […]

Just saying: Trump praises Russian president — ‘He’s been a leader’

Just saying: Trump praises Russian president — ‘He’s been a leader’

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has once again praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and declared that he had been a better leader that U.S. President Barack Obama. Putin is “very much of a leader,” Trump said in a televised presidential forum moderated by the U.S. […]

Report: Clinton Foundation failed to inform IRS as it morphed from presidential library to global enterprise

Report: Clinton Foundation failed to inform IRS as it morphed from presidential library to global enterprise

by WorldTribune Staff, September 8, 2016 Did the IRS, the same federal agency that five years ago targeted conservative groups, allow the Clinton Foundation a pass on compliance requirements? Clinton Foundation officials “skirted or ignored federal laws and regulations” while converting the non-profit from its tax-exempt purpose of building a presidential library in Little Rock, […]