ISIL threatens attacks on Jewish kindergartens, schools in Turkey

ISIL threatens attacks on Jewish kindergartens, schools in Turkey

Special to WorldTribune.com Turkish officials said Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) have threatened to attack Jewish schools and kindergartens in Turkey. “It is more than credible threat. This is an active plot,” an intelligence official told Sky News. Turkish intelligence officials said the information on ISIL’s planned attack was obtained after the arrest […]

Trump hits teaching Palestinian children terrorist values

Trump hits teaching Palestinian children terrorist values

Special to WorldTribune.com Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump supports a “two-state solution” for Israel and Palestine but said Palestinians “have to stop” teaching their children to embrace terrorism. “The children, I sort of talked about it pretty much in the [AIPAC] speech, but the children are aspiring to grow up to be terrorists,” said Trump […]

Israel Court ruling seen as threat to U.S. energy firm

Israel Court ruling seen as threat to U.S. energy firm

Special to WorldTribune.com Israel’s High Court on March 27 rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offshore gas development deal signed last December with U.S. and Israeli companies. The ruling was a major setback for U.S.-based Noble Energy, which could delay the firm’s $6 billion natural gas project off the coast of Israel for as much as […]

Online Bible defends evangelical stance on Israel against attempts to ‘rewrite’ scriptures

Online Bible defends evangelical stance on Israel against attempts to ‘rewrite’ scriptures

Special to WorldTribune.com A new online Bible aims not only to explain the Jewish people’s connection to the Land of Israel but to stymie the boycott Israel movement’s attempts to “chip away at evangelical support for Israel,” a noted rabbi said. The Israel Bible, launched online about two weeks ago, is seen as a significant […]

Al-Jazeera slashes 500 non-editorial jobs, but worldwide network intact

Al-Jazeera slashes 500 non-editorial jobs, but worldwide network intact

Special to WorldTribune.com Al-Jazeera announced on Mach 27 it was cutting 500 positions, most of them at its Doha headquarters. The Qatari state-funded broadcaster has slashed more than 20 percent of its global workforce this year. Earlier this year, Al-Jazeera cut 700 jobs when it closed Al-Jazeera America. The network said Al-Jazeera English would remain […]

Congress moves to stop Obama from granting Iran added sanctions relief

Congress moves to stop Obama from granting Iran added sanctions relief

Special to WorldTribune.com A group of congressmen is moving to cut off the Obama administration’s expansion of sanctions relief that could grant Iran access to the U.S. dollar and financial markets. The lawmakers say the sanctions relief goes beyond what was agreed to under the nuclear accord reached last year. The Obama administration said it […]

Easter Sunday blast at Pakistan park kills 65, mostly women and children

Easter Sunday blast at Pakistan park kills 65, mostly women and children

Special to WorldTribune.com A terrorist targeted mostly women and children when he blew himself up at a busy public park in Lahore, Pakistan on Easter Sunday. At least 65 people, the majority women and children, were killed and more than 280 wounded. Reports said the blast occurred in the parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, a […]

Gen. Dunford to Obama: Expand U.S. military presence in Iraq

Gen. Dunford to Obama: Expand U.S. military presence in Iraq

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The Pentagon will submit a proposal to U.S. President Barack Obama to increase the number of American troops in Iraq, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer said on March 25. “We have a series of recommendations that we will discuss with the president in the coming weeks […]

Clinton ‘plan’ to defeat ISIL mocked: ‘4-slide powerpoint by 6th grader’

Clinton ‘plan’ to defeat ISIL mocked: ‘4-slide powerpoint by 6th grader’

Special to WorldTribune.com On March 23, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted a graphic that promises “A Real Plan to Defeat ISIL”. The plan: “1) Take out ISIL’s stronghold in Iraq and Syria; 2) Dismantle the global terror network; 3) Harden our defenses at home and prevent attacks.” The vague tweet offered no actual substance […]

Backed by Russia, Syria reclaims strategic Palmyra, ‘Pearl of the Desert’

Backed by Russia, Syria reclaims strategic Palmyra, ‘Pearl of the Desert’

Special to WorldTribune.com Syrian forces, backed by Russian airstrikes, claimed a major victory on March 27 as they drove Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) from the historic ancient city of Palmyra. “After heavy fighting during the night, the army is in full control of Palmyra – both the ancient site and the residential […]