Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A top Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militant commander who U.S. officials said was “likely” killed by air strikes last week was actually only badly wounded, Syrian observers and activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of observers within […]
Special to WorldTribune.com An anti-Israel coalition will again attempt to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, this time with a “Women’s Boat to Gaza”. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), which has been behind previous attempts to breach the blockade on Gaza, will launch the Women’s Boat to Gaza (WBG) in mid-September. The WBG […]
Special to WorldTribune.com One of the few remaining independent voices that routinely published viewpoints opposite of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been taken over by the Turkish government. Zaman, Turkey’s best-selling opposition newspaper, came under government control on March 4 as Erdogan’s government continued its assault on press freedom. Protesters opposed to the takeover were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com An American military veteran was killed in a terrorist attack in Israel on March 8 while U.S. Vice President was visiting the country. Taylor Force, a 28-year-old Vanderbilt University graduate student and a U.S. military veteran who Biden said served tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, was killed and 11 people […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Establishment Republicans who “never dreamed they would be losing control” are trying to keep Donald Trump from getting the GOP nomination, actor Jon Voight said. In endorsing Trump, the award-winning actor said “he’s an answer to our problems” and “we need to get behind him.” Voight, 77, told Breitbart News in an interview […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Matthew R. Drayton Like many Americans, I thought the Donald Trump phenomenon would have faded by now. Now that it is very likely that he could be the Republican nominee in November, I feel obligated to share my concerns about Donald Trump’s ability to be Commander in Chief. Donald Trump, if […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Saudi Arabia is being pressed to ensure foreign construction workers, many of whom have not been paid for months, receive their salaries. The workers who flocked to the kingdom when oil prices were skyrocketing are now seen as being victimized by low oil prices as the Saudi government clamps down on state […]
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Special to WorldTribune.com A local law enforcement officer has gone public with criticism of the Barack Obama administration’s border policies. President Barack Obama has “handcuffed the Border Patrol” and is preventing agents from enforcing immigration laws, an Arizona sheriff said on March 8. “We should be putting every resource to the border,” Pinal County Sheriff […]
Special to WorldTribune.com North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un said that North Korean scientists have miniaturized nuclear warheads in what is a “true nuclear deterrent” for the isolated country. The North Korean leader claimed the miniaturized warheads can be mounted on ballistic missiles and he has ordered the military to be prepared to launch pre-emptive attacks against […]
