Floods, and EMP attack? South Korean ‘preppers’ are bracing for the real thing

Floods, and EMP attack? South Korean ‘preppers’ are bracing for the real thing

by WorldTribune Staff, September 10, 2017 In a year when North Korea has made shockingly rapid nuclear weapons progress, the word “prepper” is suddenly familiar in the South Korean lexicon. As Kim Jong-Un and U.S. President Donald Trump trade menacing threats and no one knows what they are really thinking, sophisticated and wealthy Koreans who […]

U.S.-backed forces advance in eastern Syria

U.S.-backed forces advance in eastern Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, September 10, 2017 U.S.-backed fighters made major gains in an eastern Syria province, clearing Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists from areas east of the Euphrates River, a monitoring group reported. Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Deir Ezzor Military Council (DEMC) on Sept. 10 seized much of Deir Ezzor province’s northeast, according […]

Report: Israel attacks Syrian chemical weapons site

Report: Israel attacks Syrian chemical weapons site

by WorldTribune Staff, September 8, 2017 Israel in the early morning hours of Sept. 7 launched an attack on a Syrian facility where chemical weapons are manufactured, a report said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that an airstrike on Masyaf in central Syria hit the Scientific Studies and Research Center and an adjacent […]

NY Times accepts anti-Trump advertisement from brutal regime in Venezuela

NY Times accepts anti-Trump advertisement from brutal regime in Venezuela

by WorldTribune Staff, September 8, 2017 The socialist regime of Venezuela paid $200,000 for an advertisement in The New York Times that claims U.S. President Donald Trump is attempting to “manufacture a political crisis” in Venezuela. The ad – titled an “Open Letter from the People of Venezuela to the People and Government of the […]

U.S. proposes ban on oil shipments to N. Korea, freeze on Kim Jong-Un’s assets

U.S. proposes ban on oil shipments to N. Korea, freeze on Kim Jong-Un’s assets

by WorldTribune Staff, September 8, 2017 The United States has circulated a proposal at the United Nations to stop oil shipments to North Korea and freeze the assets of Kim Jong-Un. The draft resolution, circulated to all 15 members of the UN Security Council, would also ban Pyongyang’s exports of textiles and prohibit employment of […]

The hurricane from hell: Is the climate change lobby ‘criminally complicit’?

The hurricane from hell: Is the climate change lobby ‘criminally complicit’?

by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2017 Should a climate-obsessed political-media culture have done more to prepare America for Hurricane Harvey and his threatening sister, Irma? “For as many billions of dollars, nationally and internationally, that are plowed into meteorology and its bastard love-child climate change, you’d think there would be a preparedness in every community, […]

Retired Army major sues to stop destruction of 2016 NC voting records

Retired Army major sues to stop destruction of 2016 NC voting records

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2017 A North Carolina resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the destruction of voting records from the 2016 election. David W. Goetze, a retired Army major with the Military Police Corps, filed the suit against Gov. Roy Cooper in the General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, asking […]

Syria’s soccer team keeps World Cup dreams alive

Syria’s soccer team keeps World Cup dreams alive

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2017 Syria’s national soccer team continued its improbable run in World Cup qualifying on Sept. 5 with a 2-2 draw against Iran. Iran had taken a 2-1 second half lead and seemed headed for victory when Syria scored in injury time, a goal that kept alive Syria’s hopes of qualifying […]

North Korea nuclear test site shows ‘disturbances’, landslides

North Korea nuclear test site shows ‘disturbances’, landslides

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2017 Satellite images taken the day after North Korea’s test of what it says was a hydrogen bomb show “surface disturbances” and landslides at the test site. A 100-kiloton underground explosion at the Punggye-ri site on Sept. 3 generated an artificial quake that was felt across the border in China […]

U.S.-Egypt resume annual military exercises canceled by Obama in 2011

U.S.-Egypt resume annual military exercises canceled by Obama in 2011

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2017 The United States and Egypt have agreed to resume the “Operation Bright Star” military exercises. The bi-annual exercises had been held since 1981, but were postponed by the Obama administration in 2011 following the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and brought to power the pro-Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi. […]