by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2016 Iran has executed a gay teenager who was convicted as a juvenile of “forced male-to-male anal intercourse,” Amnesty International reported. Hassan Afshar, 19, was hanged in Arak Prison in Iran’s Markazi Province on July 18. Amnesty said Iranian authorities received a complaint accusing Afshar and two other adolescents of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2016 The “number one” leader of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) Sinai affiliate was killed in an Egyptian airstrike, a spokesman for Egypt’s military said. Abu Duaa al-Ansari was killed in an operation south of the Egyptian coastal city of El-Arish that also killed more than 45 other […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2016 Employees at the IRS’s Cincinnati office said that the agency “deliberately” delayed processing Tea Party tax exemption applications until after the 2012 presidential election, Judicial Watch reported on Aug. 1. According to 105 pages of newly obtained FBI “302” documents, interviews with numerous Cincinnati IRS employees in mid-2013 show […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2016 Mayor Sadiq Khan said Londoners should remain “calm and vigilant” following a knife attack on Aug. 3 in a popular tourist area that killed one and injured five. Meanwhile, the website TheReligionofPeace.com has released an updated list of Islamist terror attacks carried out in the last 30 days. “During […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2016 A pair of British Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornados were part of a multinational squadron that bombed the former palace of Saddam Hussein on Aug. 1, the UK Ministry of Defense said. The Tornados were armed with 2,000-pound Paveway bombs, the RAF’s largest, in the attack on the palace, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2016 The director of a Christian charity in the Gaza Strip has been arrested and charged with funneling millions in donations meant to ease suffering in Gaza to Hamas for military operations. Israeli investigators arrested Mohammed El-Halabi, a Hamas operative who they say infiltrated the charity World Vision and rose […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2016 The U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 3 ruled that a Virginia school board can block a transgender teen from using the boys bathroom when the school year starts in September. The high court, in a 5-3 decision, put on hold a lower court ruling that ordered the Gloucester County […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2016 Hizbullah will stand by Syrian President Bashar Assad “until the end,” Hizbullah’s deputy leader said, adding that he expects Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) will increase the number of attacks in Europe and beyond. Sheikh Naim Qassem, who is the deputy of Hassan Nasrallah, said on Aug. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 A Turkish lawyer has accused top U.S. military officials of conspiring with Turkish coup plotters at Incirlik air base. The lawyer on Aug. 2 filed a criminal complaint against Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. Joseph Votel, the top U.S. commander for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has vowed that a wall will be put up at the U.S. southern border and that Mexico will pay for it. And, now, an Israeli firm says it will build Trump’s wall. Magal Security Systems Ltd. said it is ready, willing and able to […]
