by WorldTribune Staff, October 12, 2016 Iran plans to hang a woman who was just 17 when she was convicted of killing her abusive husband. The decision by Iranian authorities to execute Zeinab Sokian was made after the woman gave birth to a stillborn baby in prison. Under Iranian law, murder carries the death penalty but pregnant […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2016 There is a “growing mistrust of the political class” in both Britain and the U.S., a key player in the successful Brexit vote said. “The little people have had enough – not just here, but in America too,” Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party (Ukip), wrote in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2016 Russia and Turkey acted to patch up frayed relations on Oct. 10. In his first visit to the country since Turkey downed a Russian jet near the Syrian border last November, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Istanbul for the World Energy Congress where he and Turkish counterpart Recep […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2016 Manhattan’s Democratic representative for New York City’s Board of Elections was caught on hidden camera saying the city is fraught with election fraud and should have a voter ID law. In a video recorded by Project Veritas, Commissioner Alan Schulkin blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio’s municipal ID program, saying […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2016 Hillary Clinton’s campaign surrogates relentlessly spin allegations of coziness between Moscow and Donald Trump but say nothing about a New York Times article last year that reported their candidate’s connection to a deal that allowed Russia to own a large share of America’s uranium. The April 23, 2015 article […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2016 During the Oct. 9 presidential debate, Donald Trump said as president he would appoint a special prosecutor to look into Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified material. The major media, which overwhelmingly opposed the GOP candidate, likened Trump’s comments to a dictator threatening to jail a political opponent. Vox even […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2016 During the Oct. 10 broadcast of “The View” on ABC, Joy Behar said the women who have accused ex-President Bill Clinton of sexual misdeeds are “tramps.” Behar commented that Hillary Clinton, in the Oct. 9 debate, “wouldn’t bring all the dirt up” when provoked by Donald Trump. “[Clinton] was being […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2016 A handshake between female officials from Iran and Germany caused an uproar in Iranian media and social media because Iranians said the lesbian German official “looks like a man.” The hand contact occurred on Oct. 6 in Berlin when Iranian Vice President and head of Environmental Protection Organization Masoumeh […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2016 Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired two missiles at a U.S. Navy vessel off Yemen’s southern coast on Oct. 9. The attempted strike on the guided missile destroyer USS Mason, which was first reported by Reuters, came just a week after a United Arab Emirates vessel came under attack from Houthis. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2016 The rousing Oct. 9 debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton gave the wags across the pond some long-awaited red meat. “The debate night that will be discussed for generations in Political Science classes – and Women’s Studies seminars – ended with Republican Donald Trump landing more punches than Democrat Hillary […]
