Special to WorldTribune.com By Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranians in some of the regions hardest hit by years of drought have taken to public prayer sessions in desperate bids to end the dry spell and ease the strain on Iran’s dwindling water supplies. Religious services have been routinely held outdoors in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct After U.S. President Donald Trump’s Twitter-bashed China’s furtive efforts to sell refined oil to North Korea on the high seas, China suddenly announced on Jan. 5 that it would immediately impose a wide-ranging embargo against North Korea to “implement UN Resolution 2397.” A major factor in the turnaround was a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON ― Uh oh. Watch for all the soothsayers putting in their two cents or two won worth on the future of the Korean Peninsula, post-PyeongChang. Beware of the cognoscenti with dire forecasts of capitulation to the evil Northers, with hopeful words of peace at last, with demands for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Surging crowds thronged the streets of Tehran and cities across Iran screaming Death to the Shah, Death to America. A situation brewing for a few years reached its boiling point with the return of an obscure Ayatollah from exile. The old order collapsed as the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A top Iranian judiciary official has said antigovernment protest leaders should be handed the harshest possible sentences, while President Hassan Rouhani suggested demonstrations were driven by opposition to his ultraconservative rivals in the ruling elite. Rouhani and Hamid Shahriari, deputy head of Iran’s judiciary, spoke on […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, January 30, 2017 Some liberal Democrats are fighting back tears when discussing President Donald Trump’s travel ban on Muslims from seven nations. But in 1975, leftist Dems went to great lengths to keep Vietnamese refugees (even orphans) out of the United States. Trump […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, May 2, 2017 Skeptics who believe a border wall will not stop illegals from entering the United States may want to look at what’s happening in Hungary. On the day its border fence was completed, the influx of illegals entering Hungary went down […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, February 26, 2017 President Donald Trump is making good on his pledge to use the “full force and weight” of the U.S. government to break up child sex trafficking rings and lock up sexual predators. Since Trump was sworn in, authorities have arrested […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON – North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is planning more missile tests even as he tries to split the historic South Korea-U.S. alliance with a skillfully worded offer of North-South dialogue and North Korean participation in the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The widespread view here is that Kim has […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2017 President Barack Obama has opted to keep his presidential records under wraps for 12 years after he leaves office on Jan. 20. Obama sent a letter to the National Archives in July authorizing close aide Anita Decker Breckenridge to act […]
