Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto Feb. 22: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has sparked a media firestorm for stating the obvious: President Barack Hussein Obama does not love America. “I do not believe — and I know this is a horrible thing to say — but I do not believe that the president […]
Special to WorldTribune.com “The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam.” — Barack Hussein Obama (address to the United Nations General Assembly, September 2012) By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs Jan. 9: The jihadist murders at the French satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo, on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs Jan. 19: Even though the actual fighting in South Sudan is led by local commanders in pursuit of localized self-interests, there have been repeated efforts to negotiate a political solution. While the United States is an interested party, given […]
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 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 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 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 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The son of Hizbullah’s former operations commander has been detained on allegations he worked as a mole for the CIA and Israeli intelligence. According to Lebanese and Syrian news reports on Dec. 29, Mustafa Mughniyeh was being interrogated by Hizbullah’s counterintelligence apparatus. Related: Israeli air-to-ground missiles kills top Hizbullah commander in Syria’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The director-general of Israel’s foreign ministry, in an unprecedented interview granted to a Saudi news outlet, commented on Iran’s fomenting of “anarchy” in the Middle East, red lines in Syria and common interests with Arab states. In the interview with Saudi-owned Elaph online newspaper, Dore Gold said Iran is attempting to gain […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Nine Iranian Christians were arrested while attending church on Christmas Day in the city of Shiraz. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reported that the Christians were taken into custody as the church was raided by plain-clothes officers from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security. The NCRI said government officials […]