Outgoing secretary general says UN is obsessed with Israel

Outgoing secretary general says UN is obsessed with Israel

by WorldTribune Staff, December 20, 2016 The large volume of anti-Israel resolutions passed in recent years has rendered the United Nations unable to “fulfill its role effectively,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. Addressing the UN Security Council on Dec. 16, Ban said: “Over the last decade I have argued that we cannot have a bias against Israel […]

John Bolton calls for regime change in Iran, warns Obama on Israel

John Bolton calls for regime change in Iran, warns Obama on Israel

by WorldTribune Staff, November 20, 2016 Iran’s ayatollahs are “the principal threat to international peace and security in the Middle East,” according to John Bolton, said to be under consideration for a Cabinet post in the Trump administration. Bolton told Breitbart News Daily on Nov. 17 that the only “long-term solution” to erasing the threat […]

Hillary Clinton said to be ‘totally in line’ with UN’s ‘global standards’ for unlimited migration

Hillary Clinton said to be ‘totally in line’ with UN’s ‘global standards’ for unlimited migration

by WorldTribune Staff, October 24, 2016 In the UN’s new roadmap for globalism, American cities would no longer be getting their direction from elected officials on city councils, or even state legislatures – but from the United Nations itself. The UN’s so-called “New Urban Agenda” includes a list of “global standards” that includes unlimited migration […]

UN rights chief calls Trump a global threat

UN rights chief calls Trump a global threat

by WorldTribune Staff, October 12, 2016 Donald Trump’s promise to build a border wall to stem the tide of illegal immigrants and his vow to re-authorize the use of waterboarding are among the reasons the Republican presidential candidate is a danger to the world, the UN’s human rights chief said. “If Donald Trump is elected […]

In leaked audio, Kerry admits losing ‘argument’ for force against Assad’s forces in Syria

In leaked audio, Kerry admits losing ‘argument’ for force against Assad’s forces in Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, October 2, 2016 A frustrated U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told a group of Syrian civilians last week that he “lost the argument” within the Obama administration for the use of force against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. “I lost the argument. I’ve argued for the use of force. […]

UN tweeted, then deleted, support for global voter registration drive against Trump

UN tweeted, then deleted, support for global voter registration drive against Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, September 30, 2016 In a web post titled “the October surprise that will end Trump,” the United Nations News Center tweeted a call for “8 million Americans abroad” to register to vote and get their friends to register in an effort to “stomp Trump.” The tweet, published at 9:14 p.m. on Sept. […]

Iraqi Yazidi woman who was enslaved by ISIL is named UN goodwill ambassador

Iraqi Yazidi woman who was enslaved by ISIL is named UN goodwill ambassador

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Nadia Murad Basee, an Iraqi Yazidi woman who was raped and enslaved by the Islamic State, was appointed a UN goodwill ambassador. The United Nations on Sept. 16 appointed a new goodwill ambassador: a Yazidi woman who was raped, tortured and sold into sexual slavery by […]

Korean Vortex: Reading the tea leaves

Korean Vortex: Reading the tea leaves

John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The increasingly ballistic bluster pouring out from Pyongyang and threatening South Korea, Japan and the USA, with nuclear attacks has jolted East Asia into “paying attention.” Perhaps that’s the real intent of Kim Jong-Un, the new and untested Marxist monarch of the quaintly titled “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.” […]

Obama’s Alice-in-Wonderland foreign policy

Obama’s Alice-in-Wonderland foreign policy

Sol W. Sanders   That clanking and screeching you hear out of Washington, almost drowning out the caterwauling of the budget debate, is the Obama administration making a 180-degree turn on Pacific Ocean anti-missile defense. As usual with the cloying mainstream media, the significance of this complete reversal of strategy has been obfuscated at the […]

Who’s paying and not paying their fair share at the UN?

Who’s paying and not paying their fair share at the UN?

John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — It’s long been an economic truism that the United States pays the lions share of the UN budget. Moreover the European Union (EU) countries contribute the largest bloc of dues of the 193 member organization. Well, there’s good and bad news. The USA’s budget assessment is no longer as […]