More tension in the Persian Gulf as Iran gunboat takes aim at U.S. helicopter

More tension in the Persian Gulf as Iran gunboat takes aim at U.S. helicopter

by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 An Iranian gunboat pointed its loaded machine gun at a U.S. Navy helicopter flying over the Gulf of Hormuz on Nov. 25, U.S. defense officials said. In the latest of a series of incidents between Iranian and American forces in and around the Persian Gulf, the officials told Fox […]

Election disaster for Democrats called political opportunity for Obama

Election disaster for Democrats called political opportunity for Obama

by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 As his days of being commander-in-chief wind down, President Barack Obama plans to become “organizer-in-chief.” Obama already has an organization in place to advocate for his agenda after he leaves office. It is called Organizing for Action (OFA). “The infrastructure for the organization was put into place long before […]

Stein’s recount effort garners 12 times more coverage from elite media than her presidential campaign

Stein’s recount effort garners 12 times more coverage from elite media than her presidential campaign

by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein received less than 1 percent of the vote on Nov. 8 and got only 36 seconds combined of coverage from ABC, CBS and NBC for the entire campaign. The same networks who ignored her third party presidential bid, however, can’t get enough of […]

Egypt’s military hit by major ISIL attack in the Sinai

Egypt’s military hit by major ISIL attack in the Sinai

by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists used 4-wheel drive vehicles rigged with explosives to attack a North Sinai checkpoint on Nov. 24, killing at least 12 Egyptian soldiers. “A number of caliphate soldiers attacked a checkpoint belonging to the apostate Egyptian army in the Sabeel village, southwest […]

Egypt eyes crocodile exports as solution to fiscal woes

Egypt eyes crocodile exports as solution to fiscal woes

by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 Crocodiles have been roaming Egypt for millions of years. Cairo’s leaders figured it was about time they cashed in on it. Egyptian Environment Minister Khalid Fahmi outlined a plan to export crocodiles as a new source of foreign currency for a country whose tourist industry has suffered after major […]

In first clash with Israel, ISIL fighters obliterated by warplane

In first clash with Israel, ISIL fighters obliterated by warplane

by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 Four gunmen from an Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) affiliate in Syria were killed after they attacked Israeli soldiers in the Golan Heights on Nov. 27. In the first attack by ISIL against Israel, the four jihadists opened fire with machine guns and mortars. The Israeli soldiers […]

Jill Stein has raised more money for recount than for her entire campaign

Jill Stein has raised more money for recount than for her entire campaign

by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has a steep mountain to climb before a recount can take place in Pennsylvania, which Donald Trump won by more than 70,000 votes. Stein can’t simply file a direct request for a recount in Pennsylvania as she did in Wisconsin. According to Pennsylvania […]

Columnist: Elite media plot social media censorship algorithms against ‘fake news’ of the right kind

Columnist: Elite media plot social media censorship algorithms against ‘fake news’ of the right kind

by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 The New York Times is at the forefront of a movement to create algorithms to eliminate what it says is “fake news” from the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Google. “The elite media and their allies are creating a censorship regime to ban legitimate conservative news” from those platforms, […]

N.C. Gov. McCrory focuses vote count challenge on county with long history of irregularities

N.C. Gov. McCrory focuses vote count challenge on county with long history of irregularities

by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 The campaign of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is focusing its recount challenge on Durham County and possible “malfeasance” regarding 94,000 ballots reported by the county’s board of elections just before midnight on Election Day. “If a Durham recount provides the same results as earlier posted, the McCrory Committee […]

10,000 Syrians flee homes in Aleppo as government forces advance

10,000 Syrians flee homes in Aleppo as government forces advance

by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 Some 10,000 residents of Aleppo fled their homes over the weekend as Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces, backed by Russian air support, advanced on the besieged city. Assad’s forces regained control of six rebel-held districts in eastern Aleppo amid heavy fighting over the weekend, forcing huge numbers of civilians […]