U.S. report finds Russia bombed aid convoy in Syria

U.S. report finds Russia bombed aid convoy in Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, September 21, 2016 Russian planes bombed an aid convoy and warehouse belonging to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, killing 20 civilians, American officials said on Sept. 20. “All the evidence we have points to that conclusion,” one of the officials told CNN. The aid convoy was traveling in the area of Urum […]

Trump to Egypt’s Sisi: More than an ally, ‘the United States will be a loyal friend’

Trump to Egypt’s Sisi: More than an ally, ‘the United States will be a loyal friend’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2016 In a meeting with Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi on Sept. 19, Donald Trump expressed his solid support for Egypt’s war on terror and said a Trump administration would be “a loyal friend” to Sisi. The high-level meeting in New York City focused on political, military and economic cooperation […]

Schools close for major Trump rally in tiny N.C. town as Clinton reschedules in Chapel Hill

Schools close for major Trump rally in tiny N.C. town as Clinton reschedules in Chapel Hill

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2016 Kenansville, North Carolina – population 855 – is preparing for what it likely to be the town’s biggest event ever, an appearance on Sept. 20 by the GOP presidential candidate. Donald Trump will hold a rally at the Duplin County Events Center where he is scheduled to speak at […]

Small-dollar donations to Trump top totals of all former GOP candidates

Small-dollar donations to Trump top totals of all former GOP candidates

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2016 Donald Trump in only a few months has seen more small-dollar donations pour into his campaign coffers than the two previous GOP nominees, John McCain and Mitt Romney, during their entire campaigns. Trump is close to, or may have surpassed, $100 million from donors who have given $200 or […]

Origins of controversial North Carolina bill traced to pressure by gay lobby in Charlotte

Origins of controversial North Carolina bill traced to pressure by gay lobby in Charlotte

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2016 North Carolina’s House Bill 2 (HB2) would likely never have seen the light of day if the gay lobby hadn’t pushed the city of Charlotte to include bathroom access for transgender persons in the city’s ordinance granting new legal protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people. Charlotte’s City Council […]

White House: ISIL fight is a ‘war of narratives’

White House: ISIL fight is a ‘war of narratives’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2016 After a weekend in which terrorists used bombs and knives to attack Americans, White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Sept. 19 said the U.S. is in a “narrative battle” with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). During an appearance on CNN’s New Day to discuss the terrorist […]

Before Trump: Emails show Clinton pal pushed investigation of Obama’s origins

Before Trump: Emails show Clinton pal pushed investigation of Obama’s origins

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2016 Longtime Hillary Clinton friend Sidney Blumenthal during the 2008 Democratic primaries sought to plant news articles on Barack Obama’s Kenyan ties and Obama’s ties to “controversial Muslim groups” in Kenya, newly released emails show. Journalist James Asher, the former Washington bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers, said Blumenthal urged him […]

Weekend terror wave puts spotlight on nation’s largest ISIL recruitment investigation

Weekend terror wave puts spotlight on nation’s largest ISIL recruitment investigation

by WorldTribune Staff, September 19, 2016 Minnesota, where “a soldier of the Islamic State” stabbed nine people in a mall on Sept. 17, is the focus of the largest ongoing terrorism investigation in the U.S. Since 2014, 11 Somali-Minnesotans have been charged in an alleged plot to travel to Syria and join ISIL. Two were […]

Khamenei condemns U.S., calls ‘creation of fear in the enemy’ key to peace in the region

Khamenei condemns U.S., calls ‘creation of fear in the enemy’ key to peace in the region

by WorldTribune Staff, September 19, 2016 Creating fear and intimidating the enemy through military power are the keys to peace in the Middle East, Iran’s supreme leader said on Sept. 18. “In past years, some officials have said the removal of military threat and war were due to certain measures, but it’s not true,” Ayatollah […]

Report: Clinton campaign regularly makes unauthorized charges on small donors’ credit cards

Report: Clinton campaign regularly makes unauthorized charges on small donors’ credit cards

by WorldTribune Staff, September 19, 2016 Hillary Clinton’s campaign is making repeated unauthorized charges to the bankcards of one-time, small amount donors, a report said. “We get up to a hundred calls a day from Hillary’s low-income supporters complaining about multiple unauthorized charges,” a source, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of job security, […]