In Pakistan, Trump’s national security adviser signals tougher U.S. stance

In Pakistan, Trump’s national security adviser signals tougher U.S. stance

by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2017 In advance of the Trump administration’s first formal high-level exchange with Pakistan, national security adviser H.R. McMaster suggested that Washington is adjusting its policy towards a key ally in the region. McMaster visited Islamabad on April 17, a day after holding talks with Afghan leaders in Kabul. He delivered […]

White House spokesman Sean Spicer’s sanity check

White House spokesman Sean Spicer’s sanity check

by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2017 Simply Googling Sean Spicer gets unsurprising results. White House spokesman has “worst week in Washington,” photo of Spicer as White House Easter Bunny, Melissa McCarthy’s “epic Sean Spicer sketch on SNL.” You’ll have to go six pages into the results to find out that “Commander Sean Spicer reports for […]

Feminists march against Trump but go silent on female genital mutilation in the U.S.

Feminists march against Trump but go silent on female genital mutilation in the U.S.

by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2017 Feminists, who have been “absorbed into the amorphous social justice blob” that is American leftism, as a writer for the Daily Caller put it, have failed to take a stand on the horrific news that a Michigan doctor allegedly performed female genital mutilation (FGM) on multiple young girls. Protecting […]

Rouhani: Iran doesn’t need permission from any country to manufacture missiles

Rouhani: Iran doesn’t need permission from any country to manufacture missiles

by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2017 Iran will continue to manufacture missiles and fighter jets and does not need any other country’s permission to do so, President Hassan Rouhani said on April 15. “We have repeatedly declared that strengthening the defensive prowess of Iran’s armed forces is only aimed at defending the country and will […]

U.S. cites ‘consensus’ with China on North Korea; Reports suggest missile test sabotaged

U.S. cites ‘consensus’ with China on North Korea; Reports suggest missile test sabotaged

by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2017 An “international consensus” that now includes China’s leader, asserts North Korea can’t be allowed to continue its missile tests, U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster said in Kabul on April 16. McMaster’s comments came after a North Korea missile test failed in what reports say may have been an […]

Iraqi Christians celebrate Easter in town near Mosul for first time since 2014

Iraqi Christians celebrate Easter in town near Mosul for first time since 2014

by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2017 Christians in the town of Tel Esqof celebrated Easter on April 16 for the first time since Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the terror group’s “caliphate” from a mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014. “God willing, the celebration of the resurrection of Christ […]

Study: 215 million Christians worldwide are experiencing extreme persecution

Study: 215 million Christians worldwide are experiencing extreme persecution

by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2017 More than 215 million Christians worldwide face heavy persecution, the majority of whom reside in Middle Eastern nations, a new study said. One in 12 Christians today experiences high, very high or extreme persecution for their faith, according to Open Doors USA, a nonprofit organization focused on serving persecuted […]

Trump at Easter: For a nation of ‘believers’, life ‘triumphs over death’

Trump at Easter: For a nation of ‘believers’, life ‘triumphs over death’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2017 “Many around the globe do not enjoy” the same freedom to worship as Americans, President Donald Trump said on April 16. “This Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ and the promise of eternal salvation,” Trump said in his weekly address. “It is a holy day of reverence and […]

MOAB blast pulverized at least 36 terrorists, massive ISIS tunnel network

MOAB blast pulverized at least 36 terrorists, massive ISIS tunnel network

by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2017 The Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb dropped by the U.S. in Afghanistan on April 13 killed at least 36 terrorists, according to the Afghan military. The 21,600 pound bomb was dropped by an MC-130 aircraft on a massive ISIS tunnel network in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan used […]

First U.S.-Japan-S. Korea anti-submarine exercise conducted amid showdown

First U.S.-Japan-S. Korea anti-submarine exercise conducted amid showdown

by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2017 The United States, Japan and South Korea conducted their first joint anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercises this week. The three-day drill, which started on April 10, was held in waters between Japan and South Korea and was intended to be an “effective response” by the three allies to North Korea’s […]