Report: Obama White House manipulated flow of intelligence in its final days

Report: Obama White House manipulated flow of intelligence in its final days

by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2017 The Obama administration worked to limit the number of incoming Trump administration officials who could view highly classified information while also leaking intelligence on alleged ties between Russia and President Donald Trump’s team, a report said. The Obama White House also lowered classification ratings on some information about the […]

Mattis provides assurances against N. Korean threat as millions protest impeachment in Seoul

Mattis provides assurances against N. Korean threat as millions protest impeachment in Seoul

by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2017 The United States on March 1 moved to reassure South Korea against the rising North Korea threat, while, in Seoul, millions of citizens rallied against the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim “Mad Dog” Mattis called South Korean counterpart Han Min-Koo in the wake North Korea’s […]

Intensified religious suppression under Xi creates ‘black market’ for China’s believers

Intensified religious suppression under Xi creates ‘black market’ for China’s believers

by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2017 Religious suppression has grown “broader and deeper” under President Xi Jinping and has “created an enormous black market” for Chinese believers, according to a report by Freedom House. Since Xi’s ascension, followers of many faiths have been pushed “to operate outside the law and to view the regime as […]

Report: Senior Houthi leader killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrike

Report: Senior Houthi leader killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrike

by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2017 A Saudi-led coalition airstrike in southern Yemen killed a senior commander for the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, a report said. Yahya al-Eryani and his five bodyguards were killed on March 1 near the Khalid ibn al-Walid camp east of the city of Mocha, Al Arabiya reported. The Saudi-led coalition reportedly carried out over […]

CNN poll find 78 percent liked Trump speech while Democrat behavior got bad reviews

CNN poll find 78 percent liked Trump speech while Democrat behavior got bad reviews

by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2017 President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 28 received high marks from the public and from media pundits of all political stripes. Meanwhile, many observers were shocked and disgusted by the reaction of many Democrats to Trump’s acknowledgment of Carryn Owens, the widow of […]

Trump: ‘Highly successful’ Yemen raid on group tied to San Bernardino attack produced ‘vital intelligence’

Trump: ‘Highly successful’ Yemen raid on group tied to San Bernardino attack produced ‘vital intelligence’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2017 The U.S. special operations raid in Yemen in which Navy SEAL Ryan Owens lost his life was highly successful and resulted in “large amounts of vital intelligence,” President Donald Trump said on Feb. 28 in his address to a joint session of Congress. “Ryan died as he lived: A […]

Israeli intelligence arrests immigrant from Belarus who joined ISIS

Israeli intelligence arrests immigrant from Belarus who joined ISIS

by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2017 An Israeli immigrant from Belarus was arrested by Israeli security forces after he allegedly attempted to travel to Syria to join Islamic State (ISIS). Valentin Vladimir Mazalevsky, an Israeli citizen and resident of Shibli in northern Israel, was arrested last month. An Israeli domestic intelligence investigation showed Mazalevsky, a […]

Democrat implosion? Tweets mock response to Trump’s speech

Democrat implosion? Tweets mock response to Trump’s speech

by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2017 The twitterverse lit up with mockery of the man chosen to give the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s speech before Congress on Feb. 28. Former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear delivered the response from a coffeehouse with what several Twitter users noted was a seemingly “frozen” group of people […]