Reports: Intelligence probe of Trump went beyond FISA mandates

Reports: Intelligence probe of Trump went beyond FISA mandates

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2017 A second investigation, separate from a FISA warrant issued in October, targeted alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, a national security correspondent said. Citing senior U.S. officials, Sara Carter of Circa News told Fox News host Sean Hannity on March 8 that there were “two instances” of […]

The speech that led to the Korean War: Forget the ‘schism’ between Beijing and Pyongyang

The speech that led to the Korean War: Forget the ‘schism’ between Beijing and Pyongyang

Special to WorldTribune.com by Miles Maochun Yu, Hoover Institution, March 10, 2017 On Jan. 12 1950, Secretary of State Dean Acheson gave a well-crafted speech at the National Press Club, a speech which has lived in infamy since its delivery, still haunting the U.S. and its allies in the Asia and Pacific region in general […]

North Korean state media covered ruling on Park impeachment with ‘unprecedented’ dispatch

North Korean state media covered ruling on Park impeachment with ‘unprecedented’ dispatch

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2017 North Korean state media, notoriously slow when it comes to covering news outside of the country, quickly disseminated the news on March 10 that South Korea’s Constitutional Court had upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye. The court’s ruling is widely seen as bringing to power a left-leaning government […]

China stealth fighter enters service as Beijing vows to narrow gap with U.S.

China stealth fighter enters service as Beijing vows to narrow gap with U.S.

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2017 As part of its ambitious military buildup aimed at narrowing the gap with the United States, China has put into service its J-20 stealth fighter and vowed to build a “first class” navy and develop a marine corps. Chinese state television’s military channel confirmed in a March 9 report […]

NC senate leader accuses newspaper, Facebook of censoring reader comments

NC senate leader accuses newspaper, Facebook of censoring reader comments

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2017 The president pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate said the Raleigh News & Observer prodded Facebook to censor reader comments on news stories he had posted. “Today The News & Observer had Facebook delete hundreds of your comments on this page – just because they don’t like that we include […]

Profs ‘unsettled’ after gender-swap experiment failed to discredit Trump

Profs ‘unsettled’ after gender-swap experiment failed to discredit Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2017 Two New York University (NYU) professors who undertook an experiment with the intent of showing the gender bias Hillary Clinton faced in the 2016 election were “unsettled” when the outcome was the opposite of what they expected. Professors Maria Guadalupe and Joe Salvatore and audiences of the gender-swap mock […]

Marines set up first artillery base in Syria for Raqqa fight against ISIS

Marines set up first artillery base in Syria for Raqqa fight against ISIS

by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2017 The U.S. Marines have established America’s first artillery base in Syria as the fight to drive Islamic State (ISIS) from its de facto capital at Raqqa intensifies. A U.S. defense official would not speak to the size of the detachment deployed to Syria, but said it included elements of […]

Who is Attorney General Loretta Lynch? FISA court handled two requests to wiretap Donald Trump

Who is Attorney General Loretta Lynch? FISA court handled two requests to wiretap Donald Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2017 Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch signed off on both FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance) Court requests to wiretap the Trump campaign, according to reports. All applications to the FISA Court were signed off on by the attorney general, ABC news confirmed. This “means that she chose not to investigate the […]

Netanyahu, in Moscow, warns that Iran terrorism must not replace ISIS

Netanyahu, in Moscow, warns that Iran terrorism must not replace ISIS

by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2017 Shi’ite terrorism led by Iran must not be allowed to replace the Sunni terrorism of Al Qaida and Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed to Russian President Valdimir Putin. At their meeting in Moscow on March 9, Putin wished Netnayahu a happy Purim. The […]

U.S.-based aid group forced to shut down operations in Turkey

U.S.-based aid group forced to shut down operations in Turkey

by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2017 An America-based aid group that was assisting Syrian refugees in Turkey has been forced to shut down its operations by the Ankara government. Mercy Corps, one of the world’s largest humanitarian groups, was informed by the Turkish interior ministry that it no longer had permission to work in Turkey, […]