by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2018 Media reports from Iran say at least a dozen people have been killed as protests entered a fifth consecutive day on Jan. 1. Video posted on social media showed anti-government protests spreading throughout a nation regarded as a regional strategic threat by pro-U.S. neighbors including Saudi Arabia and Israel. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2017 French President Emmanuel Macron should get off of U.S. President Donald Trump’s lap and stop raising the possibility of new sanctions on Iran over the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile program, an Iranian official said. “To sustain its international credibility, France should not blindly follow the Americans … The French […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the sale of lethal arms to Ukraine, which continues to battle pro-Russian separatists in its eastern province. The move was supported by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, according to a report by The Washington Post. Though Russia is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty An Iranian woman raises her fist amid the smoke of tear gas at the University of Teheran during a protest on Dec. 30. / AFP Iranian authorities have blocked popular social-media websites as protesters attempted to gather for a fourth day of anti-government demonstrations that have […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 29, 2017 The 2 million people working for the U.S. federal government are doing very well for themselves on the taxpayers’ dime, a government watchdog group said. The $100,000 paycheck is the new “minimum wage” for federal employees, Illinois-based Open the Books nonprofit group said in its new report “Mapping the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 27, 2017 Overlooked in the major media’s focus on the year-long Trump-Russia collusion story is the toll taken by Congressional hearings and inspector general probes. “Eight high ranking Department of Justice and FBI officials have been removed, reassigned or are rumored to be leaving,” according to widely-respected investigative journalist and former […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 27, 2017 A year-and-a-half into the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign and no “collusion” with Russia has been found. So, the question is “are the investigators after the truth, or are they after Trump?” Pat Buchanan asked in a Dec. 26 column. “Set aside the Trump-Putin conspiracy theory momentarily, and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 26, 2017 The FBI is not abandoning the Russian dossier on which it relied to launch an investigation into the Trump campaign. At the same time the agency admits the Democratic Party-funded dossier is largely unverified. FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who testified in a closed session before the House Permanent […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 22, 2017 The “trusted” sources Christopher Steele said he used in composing the Trump “dossier” have become a lot less reliable since the ex-British spy was called to defend himself in a libel lawsuit. While Steele in 2016 seemed confident that collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government took […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 22, 2017 Following its huge victory on tax cuts, the White House cited 81 major achievements in 12 categories during President Donald Trump’s first year in office. Jobs and the economy Passage of the tax reform bill providing $5.5 billion in cuts and repealing the Obamacare mandate. Increase of the GDP […]
