Trump plays hardball, wins renegotiation of NAFTA

Trump plays hardball, wins renegotiation of NAFTA

by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2017 Canada and Mexico have agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump’s terms to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The White House announced on April 26 that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “agreed to proceed swiftly, according to their required internal procedures, […]

Blast followed by fire reported near Damascus airport

Blast followed by fire reported near Damascus airport

by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2017 Israel’s intelligence minister hinted that Israeli warplanes struck a suspected Hizbullah weapons depot near Damascus International Airport on April 27. The strike “corresponds completely with Israel’s policy to act to prevent Iran’s smuggling of advanced weapons via Syria to Hizbullah,” Israeli Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz told Israeli radio. “The […]

France says evidence shows Syrian regime ‘undoubtedly’ behind chemical attack

France says evidence shows Syrian regime ‘undoubtedly’ behind chemical attack

by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2017 Samples from the scene of a chemical attack in northern Syria prove that the Assad regime carried out the attack, France’s foreign minister said. The samples, obtained by French intelligence, show that President Bashar Assad’s forces “undoubtedly” used sarin gas in the April 4 attack in the town of […]

House Freedom Caucus will back an amended Obamacare repeal bill

House Freedom Caucus will back an amended Obamacare repeal bill

by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2017 The House Freedom Caucus, which played a key role in derailing the previous attempt at repealing Obamacare, said it will support the latest repeal effort. The Freedom Caucus on April 26 announced its official support for the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the House leadership-backed Obamacare repeal bill, saying […]

Republicans press Trump to pursue Iranian fugitives Obama spared

Republicans press Trump to pursue Iranian fugitives Obama spared

by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2017 The Obama administration in its efforts to secure a nuclear deal with Iran and a foreign policy legacy for President Barack Obama let several Iranian fugitives off the hook in a move that “appears to have done serious damage to our national security,” House Republicans said. In a letter […]

AARP rival says Trump is doing great: ‘We no longer have ideologues in power’

AARP rival says Trump is doing great: ‘We no longer have ideologues in power’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2017 President Donald Trump has the backbone to challenge the establishment and he is having success in fixing a broken system despite what the critics are saying, the president of the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) said. “Forget the pundits who belittle the resolve of the Trump administration to […]

Japanese would have only 4-5 minutes to take cover from N. Korean nuclear attack

Japanese would have only 4-5 minutes to take cover from N. Korean nuclear attack

by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2017 Millions of Japanese citizens would have only minutes to take shelter in the event of a nuclear attack by North Korea. Officials in Tokyo — Japan’s largest city with 13.5 million residents — said there might be as little as 10 minutes to act if North Korean dictator Kim […]

Rampaging wild boars kill 3 ISIS jihadists in Iraq

Rampaging wild boars kill 3 ISIS jihadists in Iraq

by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2017 A group of rampaging wild boars attacked Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists who were planning to ambush anti-ISIS Iraqi tribesmen. The boars killed three terrorists, according to reports. The incident occurred on April 23 near farmland in the al-Rashad region, an ISIS-controlled pocket 53 kilometers (33 miles) south of Kirkuk, […]

North Korea stages largest live-fire artillery exercise

North Korea stages largest live-fire artillery exercise

by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2017 Kim Jong-Un looked on as more than 300 large-caliber artillery pieces engaged in North Korea’s “largest ever” live-fire drills on April 25. The massive artillery drill saw rockets fired at mock enemy warships as hundreds of tanks lined up along the eastern coastal town of Wonsan in what reports […]

The wall? Let ‘El Chapo’ pick up the tab, says Ted Cruz

The wall? Let ‘El Chapo’ pick up the tab, says Ted Cruz

by WorldTribune Staff, April 26, 2017 The U.S. government is currently seeking the forfeiture of some $14 billion in illicit profits from “El Chapo” (drug lord Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Lorea). That should cover the cost of the promised “great, great wall” that Donald Trump made the centerpiece of his successful campaign for the U.S. presidency. […]