Libya’s rival government in Tripoli steps down

Libya’s rival government in Tripoli steps down

Special to WorldTribune.com In a boost to Libya’s unity government, the rival government in Tripoli has resigned. The National Salvation government on April 5 said it would “cease duties” as an executive authority. “We put the interests of the nation above anything else, and stress that the bloodshed stop and the nation be saved from […]

Family of man who murdered Israelis buys $173,000 villa from donations

Family of man who murdered Israelis buys $173,000 villa from donations

Special to WorldTribune.com Muhannad Halabi, the terrorist who killed two Israelis in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City in early October, has become a hero among Palestinians as the Palestinian Authority named a soccer tournament and a road after him and awarded him an honorary law degree. The man’s family has used donations from […]

Spike in worldwide executions credited to Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia

Spike in worldwide executions credited to Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Amnesty International says the number of confirmed executions across the world surged to its highest level in more than two decades in 2015, fueled by the rising use of capital punishment in Iran, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. In a report released on April 6, the London-based […]

Hizbullah tied to major prostitution network in Lebanon

Hizbullah tied to major prostitution network in Lebanon

Special to WorldTribune.com Social media activists claim Hizbullah is directly linked to the largest prostitution network ever operated in Lebanon. Pro-Hizbullah media is painting a completely different picture. Fars, the official Iranian news agency, ran an article entitled: “How did Hizbullah rescue young Syrian girls from prostitution network in Jounieh?” Lebanese police discovered the network […]

Top Iran general: Gulf Arab states ‘stupid’ to rely on U.S. power

Top Iran general: Gulf Arab states ‘stupid’ to rely on U.S. power

Special to WorldTribune.com The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said that Iran will keep building more powerful missiles, continue its drive for power in the region and the U.S. “would not be able to do a damned thing.” “For years, we have been building power on the presumption of a widespread war […]

U.S. intercepts weapons shipment to Yemen rebels ‘assessed’ to have originated in Iran

U.S. intercepts weapons shipment to Yemen rebels ‘assessed’ to have originated in Iran

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The U.S. Navy has seized a weapons shipment in the Arabian Sea it believes was going from Iran to Yemen. The navy said on April 4 that the warships USS Sirocco and USS Gravely on March 28 intercepted and seized the shipment of weapons hidden aboard […]

ISIL unleashes wave of bombings as Iraqi forces close in on Mosul

Special to WorldTribune.com As Iraqi forces advanced on its stronghold in Mosul, Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) on April 4 carried out four bombings in separate locations that killed at least 29 people. At least 14 people were killed in the southern province of Dhi Qar when an ISIL jihadist blew himself up […]

U.S. weighs intervention in Libya to back new unity government

U.S. weighs intervention in Libya to back new unity government

Special to WorldTribune.com As Libya’s unity government shows signs of taking hold, the United States and European allies are developing a plan to strike Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targets in the north African country. The establishment of a unity government is a key precondition for launching an international stabilization effort and to […]

‘State of the rats didn’t work’: Gadhafi’s daughter says her father warned West

‘State of the rats didn’t work’: Gadhafi’s daughter says her father warned West

Special to WorldTribune.com Col. Moammar Gadhafi warned Western powers that Libya would fall to Islamists if he were toppled from power, Gadhafi’s daughter, Aisha, said. “Libya has fallen into the tentacles of imperialism,” Aisha, who now resides in Algeria, said. “The state of the rats didn’t work. The rats don’t build, they eat each other,” […]