Iowa high school students called racist for wearing U.S. flag colors to basketball game

Iowa high school students called racist for wearing U.S. flag colors to basketball game

by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2017 A group of students at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa were decried as racists for their actions at a recent basketball game. Their crime? They wore red, white and blue attire to the game against Des Moines North High School, which has players from refugee families, […]

Iran sending troops, ammunition to Syria and Yemen battlefields via civilian flights

Iran sending troops, ammunition to Syria and Yemen battlefields via civilian flights

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2017 Iran is using civilian flights to secretly send soldiers and ammunition to war zones in Syria and Yemen, an Iranian military official said. The Iranian troops ride in the rear of the planes and exit via a rear door “separate from the regular passengers,” an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps […]

Barack Obama and Richard Nixon: Neither approved the wiretaps of their political enemies

Barack Obama and Richard Nixon: Neither approved the wiretaps of their political enemies

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2017 No evidence was ever produced that Richard Nixon approved the Watergate break-in. Likewise President Donald Trump has offered no proof that former President Barack Obama knew of the wiretapping of Trump Tower, media reports say. The Watergate scandal ended in Richard Nixon’s resignation and inspired a generation of adversarial […]

As a conservative is ousted in Seoul, North Korea’s growing nuclear arsenal rings alarm bells

As a conservative is ousted in Seoul, North Korea’s growing nuclear arsenal rings alarm bells

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2017 North Korea really is a growing nuclear threat, The Washington Post reported on March 11 following a week in which the Kim Jong-Un regime successfully launched four missiles into the Sea of Japan and a court upheld the impeachment of South Korea’s conservative president. “U.S. officials are no longer […]

Journalists reporting critically on Feds’ handling of Oregon standoff charged with crimes

Journalists reporting critically on Feds’ handling of Oregon standoff charged with crimes

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2017 Several journalists, bloggers and video teams who were critical of the Obama administration’s handling of the 2014 Bundy ranch standoff in Nevada and the 2016 confrontation at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon are facing criminal charges. Representatives of major media organizations, such as CNN and CBS, that covered […]

ACLU to ‘resist Trump’ event: ‘You do the work in the streets, we’ll do the work in the courts’

ACLU to ‘resist Trump’ event: ‘You do the work in the streets, we’ll do the work in the courts’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2017 In what may be the ACLU’s version of March Madness, the group is coaching anti-Trump protesters on their rights to vocally oppose the president’s policies – and to remain silent when they get arrested. “We will bring all the lawsuits necessary to defend these rights,” ACLU Executive Director Anthony […]

Reports: Intelligence probe of Trump went beyond FISA mandates

Reports: Intelligence probe of Trump went beyond FISA mandates

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2017 A second investigation, separate from a FISA warrant issued in October, targeted alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, a national security correspondent said. Citing senior U.S. officials, Sara Carter of Circa News told Fox News host Sean Hannity on March 8 that there were “two instances” of […]

North Korean state media covered ruling on Park impeachment with ‘unprecedented’ dispatch

North Korean state media covered ruling on Park impeachment with ‘unprecedented’ dispatch

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2017 North Korean state media, notoriously slow when it comes to covering news outside of the country, quickly disseminated the news on March 10 that South Korea’s Constitutional Court had upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye. The court’s ruling is widely seen as bringing to power a left-leaning government […]

China stealth fighter enters service as Beijing vows to narrow gap with U.S.

China stealth fighter enters service as Beijing vows to narrow gap with U.S.

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2017 As part of its ambitious military buildup aimed at narrowing the gap with the United States, China has put into service its J-20 stealth fighter and vowed to build a “first class” navy and develop a marine corps. Chinese state television’s military channel confirmed in a March 9 report […]

NC senate leader accuses newspaper, Facebook of censoring reader comments

NC senate leader accuses newspaper, Facebook of censoring reader comments

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2017 The president pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate said the Raleigh News & Observer prodded Facebook to censor reader comments on news stories he had posted. “Today The News & Observer had Facebook delete hundreds of your comments on this page – just because they don’t like that we include […]