Guatemala says it will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

Guatemala says it will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

by WorldTribune Staff, December 25, 2017 Guatemala has confirmed it will follow U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead and move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, after speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote to Guatemalans in a Dec. 24 post on Facebook that “one of the most important topics was […]

Declassified documents reveal at least 10,000 died at Tiananmen

Declassified documents reveal at least 10,000 died at Tiananmen

by WorldTribune Staff, December 25, 2017 At least 10,000 civilians were killed in the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 4, 1989, according to files that were only recently declassified. The documents from the UK National Archives in London were declassified in October and obtained by the news site HK01. Included in the files were telegrams […]

‘Wrecking ball’ for God: Author says Christian conservatives turned the tide for Trump

‘Wrecking ball’ for God: Author says Christian conservatives turned the tide for Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, December 25, 2017 Christian conservatives overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, turning the tide in key swing states and delivering Trump to the White House, according to the author of the new book “The Day Christians Changed America”. “When all the hyperbole is stripped away, and the countless actors who […]

After defeat of ISIS, Christmas returns to northern Iraq

After defeat of ISIS, Christmas returns to northern Iraq

by WorldTribune Staff, December 24, 2017 Christians in Mosul and surrounding areas in northern Iraq are openly celebrating Christmas again after three years under the brutal rule of Islamic State (ISIS). “The last Christmas mass here was in 2013. Now, the cross is lifted again over the Church of St. Paul,” Rev. Martin Banni, a […]

12 million petition Egypt’s Sisi to seek 2nd term

12 million petition Egypt’s Sisi to seek 2nd term

by WorldTribune Staff, December 25, 2017 A group of supporters has gathered more than 12 million signatures from Egyptians urging President Abdul Fatah Sisi to seek a second four-year term. Sisi, who won a landslide victory four years ago after the army, which he led, ousted former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, […]

GREATEST HITS, 15: Mugabe breaks down in tears, steps down after 37 years ruling Zimbabwe

GREATEST HITS, 15: Mugabe breaks down in tears, steps down after 37 years ruling Zimbabwe

Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, November 19, 2017 Robert Mugabe, the only head of state in Zimbabwe’s history as an independent nation, has agreed to step down and will be replaced by the vice president who he had sacked. Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party removed Mugabe as its leader […]

GREATEST HITS, 16: The GOP is dead, and the ‘Uni-party’ rules

GREATEST HITS, 16: The GOP is dead, and the ‘Uni-party’ rules

Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, August 24, 2017 The United States doesn’t need a third political party because it is currently being ruled by one “Uni-party,” an analyst said. What America needs is a “New Party,” that would be dedicated to “returning America to the rule of law […]

GREATEST HITS, 17: India defies missile-exporting China with cruise missile sale to Vietnam

Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, August 14, 2017 India’s sale to Vietnam of a short-range, supersonic anti-ship missile has opened a new conflict in an already tense situation with China, an analyst said. Vietnam will receive the BrahMos which is considered one of the most effective and lethal […]

GREATEST HITS, 18: Ten terrorists who took advantage of the porous U.S.-Mexico border

GREATEST HITS, 18: Ten terrorists who took advantage of the porous U.S.-Mexico border

Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2017 Republicans have long voiced concern over the threat of terrorists entering the U.S. from Mexico, a concern the Obama administration largely downplayed. Available data suggest the concern is justified, according to a Jan. 15 report by the Christian Science Monitor […]

‘For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour . . .’

‘For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour . . .’

Special to WorldTribune, December 25, 2017 The Bible (King James version), the Book of Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2:2 (This registration first took place when Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 2:3 And all […]