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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
