Trump, N.C. conservatives call voter ID ruling a green light for voter fraud

Trump, N.C. conservatives call voter ID ruling a green light for voter fraud

by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 A federal court’s ruling that struck down North Carolina’s voter ID law could lead to massive voter fraud in November, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said. In striking down the 2013 North Carolina law, a panel of three Democratic-appointed judges on the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals said […]

Report: White House shipped $400 million in unmarked plane to Iran on day American hostages left

Report: White House shipped $400 million in unmarked plane to Iran on day American hostages left

by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 The Obama administration airlifted $400 million in cash to Iran just as the Islamic republic was freeing four American hostages, a report said. Wooden pallets stacked with Euros, Swiss francs and other foreign currencies were transported to Iran on an unmarked cargo plane, the Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 2, […]

Germany warns Erdogan: Europe ‘will not be blackmailed’

Germany warns Erdogan: Europe ‘will not be blackmailed’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 Germany’s vice chancellor said the EU “will not be blackmailed” after Turkey threatened to walk away from its agreement to reduce the flow of migrants into Europe. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Ankara would bail on the agreement if it does not receive visa-free travel for Turks in […]

Syria recaptures suburbs southwest of Aleppo

Syria recaptures suburbs southwest of Aleppo

by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 Syrian government forces launched a massive counter-attack to reclaim a number of strategic areas in the southwest suburbs of Aleppo on Aug. 2. Backed by heavy Russian air support, Assad-regime forces took back a series of hilltops and villages on the southwest edges of Aleppo that had been seized […]

Report: Texas shale can ‘compete with anything Saudi Arabia has’

Report: Texas shale can ‘compete with anything Saudi Arabia has’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2016 Significant cost-cutting measures and the ability to quickly erect new rigs has enabled Texas shale oil producers to “compete with anything Saudi Arabia has,” a report said. Scott Sheffield, the outgoing chief of Pioneer Natural Resources, told Bloomberg that pre-tax production costs in the massive Permian Basin of West […]

Relentless Russian air strikes help Syrians repel jihadist assault on Aleppo

Relentless Russian air strikes help Syrians repel jihadist assault on Aleppo

by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2016 Russia continues to tip the scales in its ally Bashar Assad’s favor as Vladimir Putin’s air force has led the way in repelling a rebel offensive in Aleppo, Syria. Russian warplanes pounded the southern edges of Aleppo on Aug. 1, slowing a “last chance” rebel offensive against Assad’s forces, […]

LGBT lobby sets priorities after convention, address lack of diversity in own leadership

LGBT lobby sets priorities after convention, address lack of diversity in own leadership

by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2016 The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender movement set a list of characteristically aggressive goals during its Equality Forum summit at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The LGBT movement has four priorities on its list of goals, number one being passage of the Equality Act. The federal legislation sponsored […]

Hedge fund donations favor Clinton, $123M to $19K for Trump

Hedge fund donations favor Clinton, $123M to $19K for Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2016 For a political party that likes to talk about reigning in Wall Street and “getting money out of politics,” the Democrats sure like Wall Street cash. To say that hedge fund donors, for example, are heavily favoring Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race is a […]

U.S. launches airstrikes against ISIL as Libyan forces advance

U.S. launches airstrikes against ISIL as Libyan forces advance

by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2016 The United States conducted airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targets as forces loyal to Libya’s unity government advanced on the terror group’s stronghold at Sirte on Aug. 1. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook confirmed that airstrikes were authorized by President Barack Obama on the recommendation of […]

Hizbullah, Hamas blast Saudi delegation’s visit to Israel

Hizbullah, Hamas blast Saudi delegation’s visit to Israel

by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2016 Hizbullah and Hamas had harsh words for a Saudi delegation that visited Jerusalem last week in a sign of the “normalizing of relations” between Saudi Arabia and Israel. A group of Saudi academics and businessmen, led by retired Saudi Gen. Anwar Eshki, arrived last week for an unprecedented visit […]