UN pressing Turkey to investigate ‘alarming reports’ of rights abuses

UN pressing Turkey to investigate ‘alarming reports’ of rights abuses

Special to WorldTribune.com The UN is calling for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses in Turkey’s southeast region, citing instances of unarmed civilians being shot and rescue personnel being prevented from attending to those injured by Turkish troops. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on May 10 said […]

ISIL car bomb kills more than 60 in Shi’ite neighborhood of Baghdad

ISIL car bomb kills more than 60 in Shi’ite neighborhood of Baghdad

Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targeted Shi’ites in Baghdad on May 11 as a car bomb killed at least 66 people and wounded 87 more. The bomb was set off in a crowded outdoor market of Baghdad’s majority-Shi’ite eastern district of Sadr City, police officials said. Karim Salih, a 45-year […]

Survey: Troops prefer Trump to Clinton by wide margin

Survey: Troops prefer Trump to Clinton by wide margin

Special to WorldTribune.com U.S. military personnel prefer Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton by more than a 2-to-1 margin, according to a 2016 election survey by Military Times. Trump garnered 54 percent compared to Clinton’s 25 percent in a survey of 951 active-duty service members. More than one in five troops said they’d rather not vote […]

Drudge: Beijing scrambles fighters as U.S. warship challenges maritime claims

Special to WorldTribune.com Drudge-Select — May 10, 2016 c/o DrudgeReport.com Russia to test unstoppable ‘Satan 2’ missile… Mystery mission: Air Force space plane year in orbit… Say goodbye to OPEC, powerful Putin pal predicts… 1 Dead, 3 Injured in Munich Knife Attack… ‘Allahu akbar’… Saudi carries out 92nd execution of year… U.S. warship challenges China’s […]

Star of ISIL execution video killed by U.S. airstrike

Star of ISIL execution video killed by U.S. airstrike

Special to WorldTribune.com A senior leader for Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) who had appeared in several of the terror group’s execution videos was killed in a U.S.-led coalition airstrike in Iraq on May 6, the Pentagon said. Abu Wahib, a top ISIL leader in Iraq’s Anbar province, and three other ISIL jihadists […]

Masked assailants stab two elderly women in Jerusalem

Masked assailants stab two elderly women in Jerusalem

Special to WorldTribune.com Two elderly women, one a Holocaust survivor, were wounded in a terror attack in southern Jerusalem on May 10 in what Israeli police said was a terrorist attack. The women, aged 82 and 86, were stabbed by masked assailants at the Armon Hanatziv promenade, police said, adding the attack fit the pattern […]

Brazil soccer star: Anyone with plans to attend Olympics should stay at home

Brazil soccer star: Anyone with plans to attend Olympics should stay at home

Special to WorldTribune.com Fans who are set to attend the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro should re-think their plans, a top Brazilian soccer star said. The situation in Brazil is too dangerous for tourists, according to soccer star Rivaldo, who posted a warning on his Instagram account, alluding to the case of a 17-year-old […]

Iran defense minister seems to deny missile test, perhaps

Iran defense minister seems to deny missile test, perhaps

Special to WorldTribune.com Iran’s defense minister said the Islamic republic is continuing to bolster its ballistic missile capabilities – but denies it test-fire a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers two weeks ago, as a top general had told Iranian media. On May 9, the Tasnim news agency quoted Brig. Gen. Ali Abdollahi as […]

Austrian chancellor steps down amid tensions over migrant crisis

Austrian chancellor steps down amid tensions over migrant crisis

Special to WorldTribune.com Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann resigned on May 9 amid the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe and a lack of support within his own Social Democrat party. “This country needs a chancellor who has the party’s full support,” Faymann said in a statement. Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner, of coalition partner People’s Party, was […]

Former Facebook ‘journalist’: We routinely suppressed news favoring conservative values

Former Facebook ‘journalist’: We routinely suppressed news favoring conservative values

Special to WorldTribune.com Facebook systematically blacklisted news articles cast conservative politicians and conservative values in a positive light, former workers for the social media giant admitted. News stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network’s influential “trending” news section were suppressed. A former “news curator” on the “trending” section, said workers prevented stories […]