Special to WorldTribune.com Disgruntled youth, most said to be Muslim, burned 804 vehicles in France on New Year’s Eve as a recent trend continued. In the European media, such incidents are typically described as “youth violence” as a synonym for actions attributed by security officials to militant Islamists. The 14.5 percent decrease in vehicles burned […]
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 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 By Sol W. Sanders The lack of public outcry over the continued persecution and murder of Christians in the Middle East is a scandal of enormous proportions. Only a few websites devoted to possible rescuing these victims dogs the internet. But pronouncements from public figures and even the leaders of Western Christendom […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Calling 2015 a year which has brought “both breakthrough and horror,” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon presented a global report card of sorts on a “pivotal year” in which the world organization marked its 70th anniversary as well as helped achieve what he outlined as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Diplomats from the 28-member European Union have warned Washington there could be a reciprocal response if it implements measures making it more difficult for EU citizens to enter the United States. EU Ambassador to the United States David O’Sullivan wrote in the Washington political journal The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Oil prices plummeted to their lowest levels since the depths of the global recession in February 2009 as investors braced for a flood of Iranian oil in an already glutted market. U.S. premium crude prices plunged nearly 6 percent to $37.65 in New York and Brent […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders President Obama is known, of course, for his great rhetorical gifts. Few recent presidents have had his gift for gab, as it is said colloquially. But the speech he gave in Paris Monday strikes us as nothing less than bizarre. In a Paris still wracked with the pain […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel is suspending all contact with the European Union on Mideast peace talks over what it called the EU’s discriminatory labeling practices of Israeli exports. Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Nov. 29 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered contacts frozen until a “reassessment process is completed.” The EU announced last month […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Some of those who pursue a lifetime career in the 17 intelligence sectors of our armed forces and the civilian agencies promulgate a good deal of goobledegook. As in all highly touted [and relatively highly compensated] professions, it is part of “protecting” the turf. But if truth were […]