Special to WorldTribune.com By Mansour Kashfi More than nine million Iranians have fled their homeland since the rule of chaos and execution was forced upon their country on Feb. 11, 1979 under the name of the Islamic revolution. It is without question a black mark in the record of any regime when more than 12 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 12, 2017 The CIA said it has established the Korea Mission Center in order to “harness the full resources, capabilities, and authorities of the agency in addressing the nuclear and ballistic missile threat posed by North Korea.” “Creating the Korea Mission Center allows us to more purposefully integrate and direct CIA […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2017 A Public Service Announcement (PSA) broadcast on an Arizona oldies radio station advised listeners how to hide their child pornography stashes and the station’s owner decried the penalties for possessing the photos as “too harsh,” a report said. For two years, owner Paul Lotsof aired the PSA on CAVE […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 12, 2017 The Mormon church announced on May 11 that an estimated 130,000-180,000 Mormon teenagers ages 14-18 will no longer participate in the Boy Scouts of America. Though it opposes gay marriage and teaches its members that being in a homosexual relationship is a sin, the Mormon Church said the decision […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2017 Sen. Edward Markey has been using left-wing conspiracy blogs as sources in the Trump-Russia collusion story, according to an aide in the Massachusetts Democrat’s office. In an interview on CNN on May 10, Markey said that “in fact, subpoenas have now been issued in Northern Virginia in regard to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2017 Suh Hoon, named as South Korean President-elect Moon Jae-In’s intelligence chief, played a key role in arranging summit talks with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il in 2000 and 2007. Suh “is widely seen as aimed at backing up the new leader’s bid to improve long-strained inter-Korean ties,” Yonhap news […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2017 The “bizarre situation” in which Democrats and Republicans, for different reasons, wanted FBI Director James Comey fired is the perfect set-up for cognitive dissonance, Dilbert creator Scott Adams wrote in his May 10 blog. “Democrats and the Opposition Media reflexively oppose almost everything President Trump does,” Adams wrote. “This […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2017 After recent gains in Mosul’s north, Iraqi government forces are squeezing Islamic State (ISIS) into an ever smaller area and hope to liberate the city “within days,” reports said. Iraqi Lt. Gen. Othman al-Ghanimi told the BBC he hoped ISIS would be defeated in Mosul before the Islamic holy […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2017 Saudi Arabia said it plans to build a massive entertainment city featuring cultural and sporting venues as well as a safari park and a Six Flags theme park. The 334-square kilometer (129-square miles) city will be about the same size as Las Vegas. According to a statement released by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2017 Some 5,000 ethnic Uighurs from China’s western Xinjiang province are fighting in Syria, the Syrian ambassador to China said. Ambassador Imad Moustapha told Reuters on the sidelines of a business forum on May 8 that while some of the Uighurs were fighting with Islamic State (ISIS), most were fighting […]
