by WorldTribune Staff, August 22, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) newest tactic has the terror group strapping explosives vests on children, sending them to densely-populated areas or events and remotely detonating the explosives. Less than 24 hours after a boy aged 12 to 14 was used by ISIL to blow up a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 22, 2016 In a rare public rebuke of Moscow, Iran on Aug. 22 said Russia was “showing off” when it announced it was using an Iranian air base to conduct bombing runs in Syria. “Naturally, the Russians are keen to show that they are a superpower and an influential country and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 22, 2016 The Raleigh, N.C. City Council had a clear “agenda” when it denied a pro-life pregnancy center’s request for a rezoning permit to operate next door to an abortion clinic, the center said in a federal lawsuit filed against the city. “Simply put, Raleigh is censoring Hand of Hope’s exercise […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 22, 2016 The child allegedly sent by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) to blow up a wedding party in Turkey killed at least 22 other children under the age of 14 in the Aug. 20 attack, according to Turkish authorities. The bomber, said to be 13-years-old, killed at least […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2016 A former U.S. Navy sailor whose use of the “Hillary Clinton defense” was shot down at trial has been sentenced to one year in prison. Lawyers for Kristian Saucier, a former Navy machinist mate who admitted taking photos of classified areas inside a nuclear submarine, were rebuffed by a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2016 In its “Trending Topics” section, Facebook made the false assertion that former Secretary of State Colin Powell recommended Hillary Clinton use private email during her tenure at the State Department. A headline in the section on Aug. 20 declared: “Colin Powell: Former Secretary of State Confirms He Recommended Using […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2016 U.S. officials will travel to Ankara to discuss Turkey’s allegations that U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind the July 15 failed coup attempt. While declining to give a date for the visit, a U.S. Justice Department official confirmed “that a delegation (with) representatives of the Department of Justice and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2016 Angry mourners on Aug. 21 threw bottles at police and chanted “murderer Erdogan” at a gathering for the funerals of some of the 51 people killed in a bombing at a wedding party for a pro-Kurdish party member. The bomber detonated an explosives vest as people danced in the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2016 The owner of a chain of women’s clothing stores in Jeruslaem has been indicted with smuggling money from Hamas to families of terrorists in Israel. Prosecutors have charged Saif Al-Din Abed Al-Nabi, 39, a resident of Jerusalem, with smuggling and contacting a foreign agent, according to a report by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 19, 2016 Russia has amassed 40,000 troops along with a number of tanks, armored vehicles and air force units in staging areas near the Ukraine border, the Pentagon said. Additionally, “large numbers of Russian military forces will conduct exercises in the coming days that Pentagon officials say could be used as […]
