Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A U.S. government witness has testified that he paid over $50 million in bribes to Turkey’s economy minister in 2012 as part of a $1 billion scheme to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions. Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab described his arrangement with former Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2017 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Nov. 30 called on Rep. John Conyers to resign, saying the allegations against him are “serious, disappointing and very credible.” In an about face from comments she made on Nov. 26 defending Conyers and questioning the women who accused him, Pelosi now says […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON ― He had to do it, didn’t he? Just when the optimists were saying, well, it’s been a few weeks since the last one, maybe he’s learned his lesson. What lesson? Kim Jong-Un (aka, “Rocket man”) sails on, oblivious to the fuming and fussing in capitals from Beijing […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2017 A leftist activist group said it is willing to pony up airfare to the nation’s capital to protesters from distant areas in the U.S. if the protesters are prepared to “risk arrest.” “We will transport, house and feed you, and deal with all legal support. Caveat: if you are […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2017 Two weeks after his successor’s 12-day tour of Asia, former President Barack Obama on Nov. 28 embarked on his own trip which includes plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The trip “is probably not a coincidence” for the “shadow president,” Emily […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2017 Just how deeply partisan can one U.S. federal government agency be? Consider the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB is now under scrutiny by the Trump administration “which feels it is wasting taxpayer’s money and not returning much for their investment,” Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard noted in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2017 A Chinese company which operates 80 kindergartens is under fire after parents say children at one of the company’s kindergartens in Beijing were “molested, jabbed with needles, fed pills and forced to stand naked by staff members,” a report said. The firm at the center of the child abuse […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2017 A former top general on China’s Central Military Commission (CMC) who was under investigation for alleged corruption committed suicide, Chinese state media reported. Gen. Zhang Yang, a former head of the powerful CMC’s political work department, hanged himself at his home in Beijing on Nov. 23, according to Xinhua. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON – America’s top leaders are clearly uncertain as to how to retaliate for North Korea’s latest long-range missile test without resorting to a military option. President Donald Trump pledged, “We will take care of it” but showed no sign of unleashing the “fire and fury” that he had […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2017 Iran’s proxy Hizbullah must submit to a new arrangement in which its power is reduced, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Nov. 27. Hariri, in an interview with French broadcaster CNews, said he would finalize his resignation if Hizbullah and Iran do not agree to re-balance Lebanon’s political configuration. […]
