Iran’s Khamenei challenges Rouhani’s rapprochement policy toward West

Iran’s Khamenei challenges Rouhani’s rapprochement policy toward West

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticized President Hassan Rohani for saying his rapprochement policy toward the West had caused the threat of war to diminish. Khamenei’s comments at an April 30 meeting with workers from across the country come amid Iran’s intensifying presidential election […]

Kuhner: Trump gets a B+ on his first 100 days; Speaker Paul Ryan? An F

Kuhner: Trump gets a B+ on his first 100 days; Speaker Paul Ryan? An F

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The Mainstream Media’s verdict on President Trump’s first 100 days is that he has been a failure. The reason: He has failed (so far) to get any major piece of his legislative agenda passed. Healthcare, taxes and infrastructure — all of these big items remain stalled in Congress. Hence, […]

Former British spy admits ‘Trump dossier’ was unverified

Former British spy admits ‘Trump dossier’ was unverified

by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2017 The British author of the so-called “Trump dossier” involving alleged ties with Russia has admitted that much of the document’s information is unverified. Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the 35-page dossier, said that charges his sources made about a tech company CEO and Democratic Party hacking is unverified, […]

House Freedom Caucus will back an amended Obamacare repeal bill

House Freedom Caucus will back an amended Obamacare repeal bill

by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2017 The House Freedom Caucus, which played a key role in derailing the previous attempt at repealing Obamacare, said it will support the latest repeal effort. The Freedom Caucus on April 26 announced its official support for the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the House leadership-backed Obamacare repeal bill, saying […]

Republicans press Trump to pursue Iranian fugitives Obama spared

Republicans press Trump to pursue Iranian fugitives Obama spared

by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2017 The Obama administration in its efforts to secure a nuclear deal with Iran and a foreign policy legacy for President Barack Obama let several Iranian fugitives off the hook in a move that “appears to have done serious damage to our national security,” House Republicans said. In a letter […]

AARP rival says Trump is doing great: ‘We no longer have ideologues in power’

AARP rival says Trump is doing great: ‘We no longer have ideologues in power’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2017 President Donald Trump has the backbone to challenge the establishment and he is having success in fixing a broken system despite what the critics are saying, the president of the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) said. “Forget the pundits who belittle the resolve of the Trump administration to […]

The wall? Let ‘El Chapo’ pick up the tab, says Ted Cruz

The wall? Let ‘El Chapo’ pick up the tab, says Ted Cruz

by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2017 The U.S. government is currently seeking the forfeiture of some $14 billion in illicit profits from “El Chapo” (drug lord Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Lorea). That should cover the cost of the promised “great, great wall” that Donald Trump made the centerpiece of his successful campaign for the U.S. presidency. […]

U.S. prosecutors to detail ‘high-level’ conspiracy to evade Iran sanctions

U.S. prosecutors to detail ‘high-level’ conspiracy to evade Iran sanctions

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. prosecutors said they will show that a Turkish-Iranian gold trader coordinated an illegal scheme to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions with people at “high levels” in Turkey and Iran. During a pretrial hearing in a Manhattan district court on April 24, Assistant U.S. Attorney Dennis […]

Think tank: Don’t extend the Iran nuclear deal

Think tank: Don’t extend the Iran nuclear deal

by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump is deliberating whether to extend the Iran nuclear deal, which requires certification of Iran’s compliance every 90 days. The president should not re-certify the deal, Sarah Stern, founder and president of the Endowment for Middle East Truth, wrote for American Thinker on April 22. “Firstly, […]

‘Great war coming’: North Korea is finally at the brink

‘Great war coming’: North Korea is finally at the brink

Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs DPRK leader Kim Jong-Un, besieged by the U.S., continues to threaten all-out nuclear war against any who threaten North Korea. But this represents only part of the equation: the DPRK’s Korean People’s Army (KPA) also prepares for non-nuclear surprise […]