by WorldTribune Staff, October 24, 2017 The low-profile group which pressured advertisers to pull their ads from former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly’s show is now taking aim at an equally low-profile financial group that stands accused of turning Washington’s political establishment on its head. The group is credited with supporting the success of the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2017 Andrew Weissmann, who is spearheading special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into one-time Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, bent or broke the rules in pursuing the Enron case to gain convictions which were subsequently reversed, defense attorneys say. But that checkered track record has not impeded his rise at the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says it is time for Iranian-backed fighters who helped Iraq defeat the Islamic State (IS) extremist group to “go home and allow the Iraqi people to regain control.” “Iranian militias that are in Iraq, now that the fight against [Islamic […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 22, 2017 North Korea cautioned Australia against backing the “reckless moves” of U.S. President Donald Trump. A letter from North Korea’s Foreign Affairs Committee sent to Australia’s embassy in Indonesia urges the U.S. ally and other nations to “discharge their due mission and duty in realizing the desire of mankind for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 22, 2017 Despite the silence of federal agencies and major media, the implications of the Uranium One scandal involving the Clintons and the Obama administration is staggering compared to allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, an analyst wrote. The uranium deal with the Russians “compromised national-security interests,” Andrew McCarthy […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Truth is often stranger than fiction. Indeed elections for new members of the UN’s 47-member Human Rights Council proved yet again that some of the least qualified and most repressive regimes would win coveted seats on the watchdog committee tasked with monitoring human rights and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The line-up of warplanes on display beside the runway at Seoul Air Base has got to be intimidating. The sight of the latest American F35s and F22s along with all those South Korean fighters may frighten anyone contemplating war on the Korean Peninsula. They’re parked near spacious exhibition halls […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 18, 2017 The Department of Justice waited several years to investigate substantial evidence from the FBI of corruption and kickbacks involving former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s approval of selling 20 percent of U.S. uranium to Russia, a report said. The Obama administration approved the uranium deal in 2010 “giving Moscow […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2017 The State Department admitted it received 2,800 Huma Abedin work-related documents from the FBI that were found on Anthony Weiner’s personal laptop, a government watchdog group reported on Oct. 17. Abedin kept a non-State.gov email account that she used repeatedly for government business on Hillary Clinton’s personal email server. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty European Union foreign ministers have closed ranks in support of the Iran nuclear agreement, warning that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to abandon the multinational accord jeopardize efforts to find a peaceful solution to the nuclear standoff with North Korea. “At a time of acute nuclear […]
