Report: Google censors search results for ‘Hillary Clinton health problems’

Report: Google censors search results for ‘Hillary Clinton health problems’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2016 Google is trying to convince users that Hillary Clinton’s health is not a trending issue – even though it is. A reporter for the New York Times who writes about tech issues called on Google to “fix” the search results that might be damaging to the campaign of Clinton, […]

Iran reports cyberattack targeted its petrochemical centers

Iran reports cyberattack targeted its petrochemical centers

by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2016 Iran said that a cyberattack on two of its petrochemical plants is not related to recent fires at the facilities. A military official said on Aug. 27 that malware was discovered and removed from two of its petrochemical complexes, Reuters reported. “In periodical inspection of petrochemical units, a type […]

SuperCobra gunships join U.S. late-summer air operations in Libya

SuperCobra gunships join U.S. late-summer air operations in Libya

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2016 The United States has deployed AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters to Libya to join U.S. operations against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), begun this month. The SuperCobras, the Marines’ twin-engine gunships, carried out operations against ISIL targets in Sirte in the past few days, according to U.S. Africa […]

Big media put lid on simmering feud between NC’s African-American Caucus and state Democrats

Big media put lid on simmering feud between NC’s African-American Caucus and state Democrats

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2016 As the November elections approach in the key swing state of North Carolina, major media have overlooked attempts by the African-American Caucus (AAC) of the North Carolina Democratic Party to remove Patsy Keever as party chair. Only the conservative Asheville Tribune covered the story, and one of its articles […]

Ahmadinejad mounting political comeback as Iranians sour on nuclear deal

Ahmadinejad mounting political comeback as Iranians sour on nuclear deal

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2016 The rising unpopularity in Iran of the nuclear deal with world powers has helped spur the re-emergence of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Islamic Republic. When his tenure ended in 2013, the former Iranian president was “deeply unpopular at home, roundly blamed for a major decline in both domestic prosperity […]

Kurdish forces vow ‘no retreat’ from ‘our own land’ as Turkey invades Syria

Kurdish forces vow ‘no retreat’ from ‘our own land’ as Turkey invades Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2016 Kurdish officials have denounced  Turkey’s incursion into Syria which observers said was aimed more at keeping Kurdish forces at bay than driving Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of border areas. Turkey sent more tanks into Syria on Aug. 25, one day after launching an operation against ISIL […]

U.S. Navy patrol ship fires warning shots at Iran fast-attack boats

U.S. Navy patrol ship fires warning shots at Iran fast-attack boats

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2016 A U.S. Cyclone class patrol ship on Aug. 25 fired warning shots after Iranian fast-attack boats “harassed” the American vessel in waters north of the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said. The USS Squall “resorted to firing three warning shots from their 50-caliber gun, which caused the Iranian vessel […]

‘Dinner at her house’: Clinton sought to evade blatant ethics conflicts by involving aides

‘Dinner at her house’: Clinton sought to evade blatant ethics conflicts by involving aides

by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2016 Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used her top aides to circumvent ethics agreements, emails released on Aug. 23 reveal. The emails show Clinton aides Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills were in regular contact with Clinton Foundation officials on topics ranging from the programming at Clinton Global Initiative events to […]

Prof tries to explain in an op-ed why the UNC faculty is 12:1 Democrats

Prof tries to explain in an op-ed why the UNC faculty is 12:1 Democrats

by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2016 Democrats outnumber Republicans by 12 to 1 on the faculty at the University of North Carolina. The reason? Because most Republicans are climate change deniers. That’s the logic being used by professor William Snider, director of the UNC Neuroscience Center. And if you don’t toe the prof’s line, well […]

Report: Sec. Clinton helped jailed foundation donor get $10 million for bogus Haiti project

Report: Sec. Clinton helped jailed foundation donor get $10 million for bogus Haiti project

by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2016 While secretary of state, Hillary Clinton helped pave the way for a Clinton Foundation donor to receive $10 million for a project to help rebuild earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The project turned out to be a scam and the donor turned out to be a felon, according to a report by […]