by WorldTribune Staff, November 10, 2016 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has “every intention” of keeping his vow to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a Trump adviser said on Nov. 9. “It was a campaign promise and there is every intention to keep it,” David Friedman told the Jerusalem Post. “We are going to see a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 10, 2016 There is “no possibility” that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump can change Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers, Iran’s president said on Nov. 9. “Iran’s understanding in the nuclear deal was that the accord was not concluded with one country or government but was approved by a resolution of the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 10, 2016 The leader of a Syrian opposition group is calling on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to help protect Syrian civilians from the ongoing brutality of the Bashar Assad regime. Riad Hijab, head of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said on Nov. 9 that Syrian civilians were in urgent need of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2016 While world leaders were quick to congratulate Donald Trump for his historic victory on Nov. 8, shell-shocked foreign policy types were not so sure the sun would come up on Nov. 9 as President Barack Obama had assured. Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi was the first leaders to phone […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2016 The rift between Egypt and Saudi Arabia appeared to widen on Nov. 8 when the Saudis indefinitely halted oil shipments to Cairo. Saudi King Salman in April agreed to provide Egypt with 700,000 tons of refined oil products per month for five years but the shipments stopped arriving in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2016 Matt Drudge is the “kingmaker” of the 2016 election, according to Watergate relic Carl Bernstein whose reporting helped bring down President Richard Nixon for offenses that now seem quaint. The veteran journalist is no longer a kingmaker himself and singled out the Drudge Report, which regularly averaged more than […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2016 Franklin Graham, who kept Christians engaged in the 2016 campaign with a 50-state prayer rally tour, called Donald Trump’s victory the “biggest political upset of our lifetime” and called on Americans to keep their new leaders in their prayers “every day.” “This election has been long, it’s been tough, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2016 Warplanes from Russia’s lone active aircraft carrier will soon begin airstrikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Nov. 8. Jets from the Admiral Kuznetsov, which has been deployed to the eastern Mediterranean, will target rebel positions on the outskirts of Aleppo, where the rebels […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 7, 2016 Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe used an autopen to sign thousands of letters granting voting rights to felons, enough to put the swing state in Hillary Clinton’s column, a report said. “McAuliffe sought to allow all of Virginia’s estimated 200,000 felons to vote, but state courts said each individual felon’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2016 U.S. forces are engaged on multiple fronts against an enemy that has no problem putting civilians in harm’s way. And there is no end in sight for this long-term mission against jihadists determined to carry out mass attacks long after they are driven from their Iraqi and Syrian strongholds. […]
