by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2017 A high-ranking official in the Fatah movement was refused entry into Egypt on orders from Egyptian intelligence services. Jibril al-Rajoub, a confidant of Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas, was denied entry and deported on Feb. 27, sources at Cairo airport said. Rajoub, a high-ranking member of Fatah’s central […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2017 An Iranian director whose film won the Oscar for best foreign language film on Feb. 26, lectured U.S. President Donald Trump on “inhumane laws” and “human dignity”. Asghar Farhadi, who boycotted the awards ceremony over Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries – including Iran – […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2017 The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said “there’s nothing there” on allegations that President Donald Trump’s campaign advisers had improper contact with Russian agents prior to the election. Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican, told reporters on Feb. 27 that “as of right now, of the initial inquiries I’ve […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2017 A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report that undercut President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban position was drafted by Obama administration holdovers in the agency, a report said. A source close to DHS told The Washington Times that the report was “not really a leak but sabotage. This report […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2017 The Pentagon on Feb. 27 delivered its plan to “rapidly defeat” Islamic State (ISIS) and officials familiar with the plan said it could include deeper U.S. involvement in Syria. Defense Secretary Jim “Mad Dog” Mattis presented the plan after President Donald Trump ordered a 30-day strategy review ahead of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2017 An Arizona rancher said that Mexican drug cartels operate with impunity along the Arizona-Mexico border. “The Sinaloa cartel has cartel scouts on our mountains and they essentially control the area,” rancher Jim Chilton told KPNX 12News. Chilton has set up hidden motion-sensor-activated cameras that he says have captured hundreds […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2017 Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany needs to meet its obligation to spend 2 percent of its GDP on defense. U.S. President Donald Trump is actively pressuring NATO allies to increase their defense spending. Germany currently spends about 1.2 percent of GDP on defense, which Merkel vows to change if […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2017 Former President Barack Obama is likely complicit in a series of leaks within the Trump administration and is helping to orchestrate the rowdy disruptions of GOP town hall meetings, President Donald Trump said. “I think he is behind it,” Trump told Fox News on Feb. 27. “I also think […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2017 After taking aim at White House strategist Steve Bannon in the opening weeks of the Trump administration, the Left is now targeting his aide, – counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka. The media assault on Gorka, which came from the upper levels of the mainstream press including The New York Times, Washington Post, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2017 Israel is “truly terrified” of the nuclear deal Iran signed with world powers, the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) envoy to Iran said, adding he hoped Teheran would “produce 1,000 nuclear bombs.” The comments by Salah Zawawi were made in a Feb. 20 interview on Iran-backed Hizbullah’s Al-Manar TV and were translated by […]
