Special to WorldTribune.com Islamist gunmen opposed to the mixing of sexes on campus dragged students out of Yemen’s University of Aden on Dec. 29 and shut down three faculties. Students said the Islamists shouted: “No mixing. We have warned you before,” and said university authorities did not attempt to stop the gunmen. “They dragged us […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com The Koreans are using art to upset the Japanese. That’s in the form of statues of innocent young girls ― reminders of the suffering of Korean and other Asian women in the service of Japanese soldiers in World War II. They’ve got these statues in New Jersey, California […]
Jeffrey T. Kuhner Nov. 24, 2015: “President Obama is a threat to our country,” Donald Trump told me in a recent interview. He’s right. Mr. Obama now poses a clear and present danger to America. His stubborn insistence on resettling so-called “refugees” from Syria threatens to Balkanize our country and subvert it from within. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON, Jan. 23, 2015 — The United States pressed Argentina to end its investigation of Iranian complicity in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in which nearly 100 people were killed. Western diplomatic sources said the administration of President Barack Obama urged Argentina on several occasions to either stop or limit […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The son of radical cleric Omar Bakri is said to have been killed fighting for Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in Iraq. Bilal Omar Bakri was killed in battle in Salaheddin, north of Baghdad, security sources said on Dec. 29. Bilal was “leading a group that tried to attack one […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders The mystery of what goes through President Barak Obama’s mind continues to grow apace. The theme of his latest press conference, before he took off for a Hawaii vacation stopping enroute to console victims of San Bernardino whom he has largely ignored, was delusional. That’s a fierce adjective, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The mysterious death of a top aide to Kim Jong-Un has all the markings of another purge by the young leader, analysts say. Kim Yang-Gon, secretary of the Workers’ Party and Kim Jong-Un’s point man on South Korea, was killed in a car crash in Pyongyang at 6:15 a.m. on Dec. 29. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com May 11, 2015: A United Nations report has revealed shocking details of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL) brutality includes a “slave bazaar” in which young rape victims are stripped naked before being sold and traded like livestock. The report said ISIL forces the mostly non-Muslim captives to marry multiple […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY, Feb. 6, 2015 — Hamas is set to challenge Israel and open the Gaza Strip’s port to international traffic. Palestinian sources said Hamas was refurbishing the port south of Gaza City to receive foreign ships for passenger and trade. They said the port would be launched by May 2015 regardless […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iran test fired a missile that came within 1,500 yards of a U.S. aircraft carrier, according to a report. A U.S. military official told AFP on Dec. 29 that Iran tested unguided rockets that came within close proximity of three American warships in the Strait of Hormuz, including the USS Harry S […]