by WorldTribune Staff, November 1, 2016 Many centuries before their denial of a Jewish connection to Jerusalem, Muslims carved an inscription into a mosque acknowledging the link. The inscription from the Mosque of Umar in Nuba, a village nearly 26 kilometers (16 miles) southwest of Jerusalem, mentions the village as an endowment for the Dome […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 31, 2016 Donald Trump will rebuild the “degraded” United States military and put “American interests first” while restoring U.S. alliances, two of the top military advisers to the GOP candidate said. “Trump’s views are that the United States should advance peace through strength,” Sen. Jeff Sessions, a member of the Senate […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 31, 2016 As the battle for Mosul looms, Middle East watchers are focused on the nearby town of Tal Afar, where Iran and Turkey are making a play for increased influence in northern Iraq. Iraqi Shi’ite militias, who are backed by Iran, on Oct. 29 began to move toward Tal Afar […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 31, 2016 The British Royal Navy and NATO tracked three Russian submarines through the English channel that were en route to the Mediterranean to join forces with an aircraft carrier group. Two nuclear-powered Akula-class subs and a disesel-powered Kilo-class sub entered the North Atlantic from ports around Murmansk last week. The […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 31, 2016 In light of recent developments involving the FBI and WikiLeaks, early voting by blacks may be the key if Hillary Clinton is to take the battleground state of North Carolina. Four years ago, black North Carolinians made up 30 percent of early voters despite being just 22 percent of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 31, 2016 In the latest wave of purges after the July 15 coup attempt, Turkey has sacked 10,000 more civil servants and shut down 15 more media outlets. Ankara said those let go in the new round of dismissals are suspected to have links with terrorist organizations by which is meant […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 31, 2016 Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas failed in his attempt to reconcile with Hamas and to resolve inflamed tensions with Egypt, a report said. An Oct. 27 meeting between Abbas and top Hamas leaders in Qatar made no progress toward ending the long-running split between the PA and Hamas, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 30, 2016 [Updated at 10 p.m. EST] Until Sunday evening, the FBI was not yet able to review any of the new material in the re-opened Hillary Clinton email investigation because the investigative bureau had not received a search warrant from the Justice Department, government officials told Yahoo News Saturday. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 30, 2016 A new scientific poll shows that Donald Trump’s supporters have a broader and more precise knowledge of the key issues in the 2016 election than do supporters of Hillary Clinton. The poll, commissioned by Just Facts, measures voters’ knowledge of issues including education, taxes, healthcare, the national debt, pollution, government […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 30, 2016 A Democratic candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives “coldcocked” his Republican opponent during a confrontation at a local festival in Bladenboro. A witness said Democrat Tim Benton had confronted Republican Brenden Jones at the annual Beast Fest in Bladenboro on Oct. 29, accusing Jones of being behind […]
