Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani, the country’s wealthiest person, has been sentenced to death after being convicted on corruption charges. Iran’s judiciary announced the death sentences for Zanjani and two fellow defendants in Teheran on March 6. Zanjani came to prominence during the presidency of Mahmud Ahmadinejad […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russia has halted Iran’s order of the S-300 surface-to-air missile system, a report said. The move was made after Russian President Vladimir Putin consulted with Israeli officials who protested the sale, according to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida. In discussions with Putin, Israel said it feared that at least some of the S-300 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council has tightened the economic sanctions noose on North Korea in response to the Pyongyang regime’s nuclear and ballistic missile proliferation. The fifteen member Council voted unanimously to slam a wide range of economic, scientific and trade bans on the reclusive communist […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A science journal has retracted a paper that posited the movement of the human hand is the product of a “Creator”. After a number of scathing peer reviews, the PLOS ONE journal retracted the paper titled “Biomechanical characteristics of hand coordination in grasping activities of daily living”. The paper was written by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com They used to say the walls have ears. That was in a bygone era when eavesdroppers strained through ceilings and doors, peepholes and cracks to catch the incriminating words of enemy agents, political foes and adulterous spouses. Plenty of old-time movies revolve around scenes such as these. We […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is making up to $25 million per month by gaming Mideast foreign exchange markets. The ISIL scheme takes advantage of the hawala system, which is an honor system in Middle East exchanges that operates outside of traditional banking. According to forex analyst David Butter, a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A World Food Program (WFP) ship carrying humanitarian aid docked in Yemen on March 2 nearly a month after being diverted to Saudi Arabia. Saudi said it blocked the shipment on Feb. 11 because the vessel, the Mainport Cedar, was carrying communications equipment. The ship was carrying relief supplies to the port […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Illegal aliens have been swarming the southern U.S. border in larger numbers in recent months as they attempt to get into the U.S. before Donald Trump gets a chance to make good on his vow to build a wall. Between October and February, Customs and Border Patrol apprehended 150,304 people attempting to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Illegal aliens have been swarming the southern U.S. border in larger numbers in recent months as they attempt to get into the U.S. before Donald Trump gets a chance to make good on his vow to build a wall. Between October and February, Customs and Border Patrol apprehended 150,304 people attempting to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Insulting the president in Turkey is a crime. Apparently, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan doesn’t like being insulted – and a lot of people are doing it. “The justice ministry has allowed 1,845 cases on charges of insulting Erdogan to go ahead,” Bekir Bozdag said, responding to questions in parliament. “I am unable […]
