Iran consults with IAEA on uranium enrichment for nuclear-powered ships

Iran consults with IAEA on uranium enrichment for nuclear-powered ships

by WorldTribune Staff, December 19, 2016 Iran has discussed with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) the level of uranium enrichment that will be needed for the Islamic Republic to produce nuclear-powered vessels, a report said. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani discussed the plans for nuclear-powered ships with IAEA head Yukiyo Amano on Dec. 18, AFP […]

ISIL bomb kills at least 49 Yemeni soldiers who had lined up to get paychecks

ISIL bomb kills at least 49 Yemeni soldiers who had lined up to get paychecks

by WorldTribune Staff, December 19, 2016 At least 49 Yemeni army conscripts were killed in an Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) bombing on Dec. 18 in the port city of Aden. Officials said the soldiers were in a line to collect their paychecks near a military base in the Khor Maksar district when […]

China announces it will return U.S. underwater drone shortly after Trump statement

China announces it will return U.S. underwater drone shortly after Trump statement

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2016 China has said it will return a U.S. underwater drone it seized in the South China Sea. Not long after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s statement criticizing the incident, China’s Defense Ministry said it would return the drone to the U.S. Navy. The drone, launched by the USNS Bowditch, a […]

Trump lines up team of strong leaders to replace Washington technocrats

Trump lines up team of strong leaders to replace Washington technocrats

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2016 While some pundits see a clash of egos ensuing in President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet, optimists believe the new administration will be, as designed, a coming together of a determined team of titans. Julian Zelizer, a presidential historian at Princeton University, said Trump is building a Cabinet in his own […]

Report: Documents show U.S. has approved sale of Chicago Stock Exchange to Chinese firm

Report: Documents show U.S. has approved sale of Chicago Stock Exchange to Chinese firm

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2016 The sale of the Chicago Stock Exchange to a Chinese investment group has been approved, according to U.S. Treasury documents. The sale was approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to a Chinese group led by Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group despite the objections of […]

Egypt reopens Rafah border crossing, allows import of cars into Gaza for first time in 3 years

Egypt reopens Rafah border crossing, allows import of cars into Gaza for first time in 3 years

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2016 Egypt has for the first time under President Abdul Fatah Sisi allowed the import of cars to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing. “This is the first time Egypt has permitted the import of new cars since the President Mohammed Morsi era,” a Palestinian official told The […]

Government in exile: Anti-Trump resistance running ‘war room’ near White House

Government in exile: Anti-Trump resistance running ‘war room’ near White House

by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2016 The Leftist think tank Center for American Progress (CAP) has set up a “war room” in the shadow of the White House and the newly opened D.C. Trump Hotel with one overriding theme when it comes to the Donald Trump presidency – “Resist”. That one word clarion call appears […]

U.S. forces bow to Russian response after ISIL seizes anti-aircraft weapons in Palmyra

U.S. forces bow to Russian response after ISIL seizes anti-aircraft weapons in Palmyra

by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2016 The U.S.-led coalition will defer to Russia in retaking Palmyra after Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) regained control of the ancient Syrian city on Dec. 11. “If they don’t, we will do what we need to do to defend ourselves and we’ll de-conflict those actions with the […]

Harvard professor providing free legal counsel to ‘faithless’ GOP Electoral College voters

Harvard professor providing free legal counsel to ‘faithless’ GOP Electoral College voters

by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2016 A Harvard University law professor says at least 20 Republican Electoral College voters are seriously considering flipping their vote from Donald Trump. Professor Larry Lessig has been providing free legal counsel to “faithless electors” from the GOP. With 306 Electoral College votes assigned to Trump, it would take 37 […]

Latin American liberal tide wanes after subdued Castro funeral, Trump win

Latin American liberal tide wanes after subdued Castro funeral, Trump win

by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2016 Latin America’s “pink tide” of liberalism has receded with the death of Fidel Castro and the rise of Donald Trump, analysts say. “The band of union leaders, ex-guerrillas and other left-wing rabble-rousers that dominated Latin American politics for more than a decade has fallen from favor as the region’s […]