Report: Turkish military officer, assigned to NATO in Norfolk, seeks asylum in U.S.

Report: Turkish military officer, assigned to NATO in Norfolk, seeks asylum in U.S.

by WorldTribune Staff, August 10, 2016 An American-based Turkish military officer is seeking asylum in the United States after Ankara issued a detention order for him in the wake of last month’s failed coup attempt, according to an exclusive Reuters report. The asylum bid of Turkish Navy Rear Adm. Mustafa Ugurlu is the first known […]

Daughter Ivanka explains wall of sound against Trump: ‘They’re scared’

Daughter Ivanka explains wall of sound against Trump: ‘They’re scared’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 9, 2016 GOP candidate Donald Trump’s critics and the cacophony of coordinated messaging against him on both conventional and social media shows this opponents are “scared” because “they never thought that he’d be where he is,” Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, said on Aug. 8. She also challenged her father’s critics, mostly in […]

Limbaugh: If bashing Trump were an Olympic event, the media would win every medal

Limbaugh: If bashing Trump were an Olympic event, the media would win every medal

by WorldTribune Staff, August 9, 2016 The news media is “doing a bigger job on Trump than they’ve ever done on me,” Rush Limbaugh said on Aug. 8, adding that “if bashing Donald Trump were an Olympic event, the news media would be winning every medal, every gold, every silver, every bronze.” The Trump bashing […]

Ahmadinejad to Obama: Fix Supreme Court ruling giving $2 billion to Iran terror victims

Ahmadinejad to Obama: Fix Supreme Court ruling giving $2 billion to Iran terror victims

by WorldTribune Staff, August 9, 2016 Since Barack Obama seems to be doing favors for Iran hand over foot, former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad apparently thought the U.S. president could oblige him by overruling the U.S. Supreme Court decision awarding $2 billion to the victims of Iran terrorism. In a letter to President Barack Obama made […]

UN warns 2 million in Aleppo, Syria at risk in fight for city

UN warns 2 million in Aleppo, Syria at risk in fight for city

by WorldTribune Staff, August 9, 2016 The United Nations has called for a “humanitarian pause” to fighting in Aleppo, Syria as some 2 million residents of the city are in danger of “coming under total siege.” Heavy fighting between an alliance of anti-Assad rebels and jihadists and Syrian regime forces backed by Russian airstrikes has […]

ISIL calls for attacks on Miss Universe pageant

ISIL calls for attacks on Miss Universe pageant

by WorldTribune Staff, August 9, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is calling on jihadists to attack the 2017 Miss Universe pageant. In a thread posted to a Telegram Messenger group called “IS Philippines supporters,” a jihadi, noting next year’s pageant, encourages “everyone who can” to launch attacks at the event. The Miss […]

Department of Homeland Security gave Muslim group first ever security tour of major airport

Department of Homeland Security gave Muslim group first ever security tour of major airport

by WorldTribune Staff, August 8, 2016 The Obama administration granted a group of Somali Muslims unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to a major U.S. airport, a report said. According to government records obtained by Judicial Watch, the Somali group “complained to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson about feeling harassed and profiled” and that Johnson had a “sympathetic […]

Report calls Iran top Mideast threat to U.S. interests ‘by far’

Report calls Iran top Mideast threat to U.S. interests ‘by far’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 8, 2016 Iran “by far” poses the largest potential threat to U.S. bases, interests, and allies in the Middle East, according to the 2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength. A Heritage Foundation report said Iran is the greatest threat to U.S. interests in the region “by virtue of its ballistic missile […]

Escape from ‘Hotel California’: Thousands of firms check out, head to Texas and points East

Escape from ‘Hotel California’: Thousands of firms check out, head to Texas and points East

by WorldTribune Staff, August 8, 2016 Thousands of companies are checking out of the “Hotel California” – and leaving – having split the Left Coast for greener pastures in the East. Texas, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina are among the prime beneficiaries as 9,000 businesses have fled California’s “hostile” business environment, according to a study […]

Hillary Clinton discussed executed Iranian scientist in email, senator says

Hillary Clinton discussed executed Iranian scientist in email, senator says

by WorldTribune Staff, August 8, 2016 Hillary Clinton was “reckless and careless” to engage in discussion about an Iranian nuclear scientist in an email hosted on her private server, Sen. Tom Cotton said. Iran confirmed on Aug. 7 that the nuclear scientist, Shahram Amiri, who gave information to the U.S. about Teheran’s nuclear program, was […]