Special to WorldTribune.com Saying Obama administration officials are “dragging their feet” on the investigation of Iran’s detention of 10 U.S. sailors, Sen. John McCain said he may subpoena the sailors. “I guarantee you, if they don’t have a debrief by the first of March like they said, we’ll have a hearing and we’ll subpoena,” McCain, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com In a remarkable homage from Egypt’s leader to Israel’s leader, President Abdul Fatah Sisi said recently that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “possesses great powers.” The rare quote of praise was posted to Twitter on Feb. 14 by Zvika Klein, a reporter for Makor Rishon. Sisi told a delegation of the Conference of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Celebrities who have profited with the help of Jewish people and then turn around and boycott Israel are “disgusting” and should be blacklisted by Hollywood, according to comedian Jackie Mason. “If not for the Jews who created the industry in Hollywood, all these people would never have a job and would never […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Moscow has deployed a new patrol ship armed with long-range cruise missiles to Syria. The Zelyony Dol, which had just joined the Russian Navy’s Black Sea fleet in December, departed for the Mediterranean on Feb. 13, the navy said in a statement. “The goals of the ship are not public but considering […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iran is looking to use some of its newly purchased long-range airliners for direct flights to New York and Toronto. The flights, which would take over 12 hours and use a route that would pass over the North Pole, would be the first direct flights from Teheran to the major U.S. and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Syrian forces are set to move into Raqqa province, held by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), to pre-empt the U.S.-led coalition sending in ground troops to fight the jihadists, reports say. U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Feb. 12 he expected Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Jordan’s King Abdullah met on Feb. 12 to discuss bilateral relations as well as “ways to breathe life” into the Israel-Palestinian peace process. The meeting, during a security conference in Munich, Germany, was the first between a senior Israeli official and Jordan’s king since the autumn […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkey’s military carried out attacks on Kurdish and Syrian regime targets in Aleppo province on Feb. 13, reports said. Turkish forces shelled Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) targets near the town of Azaz, and also responded to fire from Syrian regime forces on a military guard post in Turkey’s southern Hatay […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Nice going, Einstein. A century after predicting the existence of gravitational waves in his theory of relativity, scientists proved Albert Einstein right again as on Feb. 11 they announced the detection of the waves. Einstein theorized that “space and time are interwoven into something called ‘spacetime’ — adding a fourth dimension to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Sinking oil prices are weighing heavily on Mideast economies. In Saudi Arabia, the construction sector has been hit hard by low oil prices as several firms with government contracts are failing to make payroll. The Riyadh government has significantly cut spending on building projects as it seeks to reduce a budget deficit […]
