The Taliban has killed dozens of children at a Peshawar school in a revenge mission for Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai being awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Ahmed Rashid, an expert on the Islamic militants, told the BBC the insurgents had various reasons to attack the school, one of which was to send a […]
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Special to WorldTribune.com Chaplain Joseph Lawhorn was given a “letter of concern” from a superior at Fort Benning for explaining to the class about how his Christian faith helped him through his depression. Col.l David G. Fivecoat, commander of the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade at Fort Benning, delivered the punishment: … “You provided a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon The Pentagon is considering the re-deployment of nuclear cruise missiles in Europe in response to a new Russian cruise missile that the United States has charged violates a 1987 nuclear treaty, a senior Pentagon official told Congress on Wednesday. Brian P. McKeon, deputy undersecretary of defense for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com [CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, NASA] Headed for two orbits of planet Earth and a splashdown in the Pacific, Orion blazed into the early morning sky on Friday at 7:05am ET. The spacecraft was launched atop a United Launch Aliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon China on Wednesday confirmed that it carried out a third flight test of a new hypersonic strike vehicle that U.S. officials say is part of efforts by Chinese nuclear forces to penetrate U.S. strategic missile defenses. A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman told state-run news media the Dec. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell The fiasco of “Rolling Stone” magazine’s apology for an unsubstantiated claim of gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house — and the instant rush to judgment of the university administration in shutting down all fraternities, when those charges were made — should warn us about the dangers […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon A French satellite company has suspended a deal with Moscow to build spy satellites for the Russian military amid U.S. concerns the satellites will contain U.S.-origin technology and violate sanctions and U.S. export controls. The plan by Thales Alenia Space to sell the reconnaissance satellites would undermine […]
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Special to WorldTribune.com By Jose A. Rodriguez Jr. … a 31-year veteran of the CIA. He is the author of “Hard Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives.” The men and women of my former organization, the CIA, are accustomed to frequent and sudden reversals of direction from their political leaders. But […]