Report: Thousands killed in mass hangings at Syrian military prison

Report: Thousands killed in mass hangings at Syrian military prison

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The Syrian government has executed as many as 13,000 people, many of them civilian opposition supporters, in mass hangings at a military jail near Damascus, Amnesty International says. In a new report issued on February 7, the London-based group documented executions between September 2011 and December […]

White House warns Iran to ‘think twice’ before testing U.S. resolve

White House warns Iran to ‘think twice’ before testing U.S. resolve

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has warned Iran “not to test the resolve” of the Donald Trump administration days after the U.S. imposed new sanctions on the Islamic republic over a ballistic-missile test. Pence made the warning in a Feb. 5 interview amid rising tensions between […]

Par for the course: The Left lies about Trump’s travel ban

Par for the course: The Left lies about Trump’s travel ban

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Liberals lie. That’s what they do. Yet, even by their standards, the Left has reached a new low. For days, protesters have been raging against President Trump’s executive order imposing a temporary travel ban on some Middle Eastern countries. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has called it a “Muslim ban” […]

U.S. Amb. Nikki Haley in debut hits Russia on Ukraine, Europe’s forgotten conflict

U.S. Amb. Nikki Haley in debut hits Russia on Ukraine, Europe’s forgotten conflict

By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The rumble of artillery and the cracks of Kalashnikovs shatter the Winter chill. The refugees, the displaced and the injured have become part of the broken landscape which reflects the agony of previous battles. Yet the wider silence is broken by the unwavering voices who remind us that […]

Mattis, on first official visit in Seoul, delivers blunt warning to Pyongyang

Mattis, on first official visit in Seoul, delivers blunt warning to Pyongyang

by WorldTribune Staff, February 3, 2017 U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned Friday that any North Korean use of nuclear weapons on the United States or its allies would be met with an “effective and overwhelming” response. Mattis issued the statement during an appearance with his South Korean counterpart, Defense Minister Han Min Koo. “North […]

Elizabeth Warren is too extreme even for Massachusetts

Elizabeth Warren is too extreme even for Massachusetts

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Something remarkable is taking place. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is becoming too extreme even for ultra-liberal Massachusetts. The left-wing Democrat is desperately trying to position herself as the leading anti-Trump voice in America. This may play well with some in the mainstream media and among hard-core Democratic activists, but it […]

Iran ‘should have been thankful’: Trump issues warning after missile test

Iran ‘should have been thankful’: Trump issues warning after missile test

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has been “formally put on notice” for firing a medium-range ballistic missile. Trump also said in a Twitter post on Feb. 2 that Iranian leaders “should have been thankful for the terrible deal the U.S. made with them!,” referring to […]

Part 1: How South Korea’s Kim Dae-Jung bought his Peace Prize and financed Kim Jong-Il’s nuclear program

Part 1: How South Korea’s Kim Dae-Jung bought his Peace Prize and financed  Kim Jong-Il’s nuclear program

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Following is the Preface and the first of several excerpts from a book by WorldTribune columnist Donald Kirk and the Korean author Kim Ki-Sam. The book has generated much interest and controversy in both South Korea and the United States and has been published in Norway, the home of […]

Letter to the editor: An American in the house

Letter to the editor: An American in the house

Special to WorldTribune.com From Fairfax Free Citizen How glorious it is to have an American in the White House. The man not favored by the media maniacs, the Washingtonians, uninformed Americans, and the dumb masses in general is proving that he believes in America first, last, always. How successful the new President will be depends […]

Obama’s unreported Pakistan sanctions limit U.S. options for looming Afghanistan crisis

Obama’s unreported Pakistan sanctions limit U.S. options for looming Afghanistan crisis

How the U.S. Trump Administration deals with emerging Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran issues may have been affected by the policies and last-minute sanctions enacted by the outgoing administration. Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs As exiled Iranian strategist Dr Assad Homayoun notes: “If Iran switches its allegiances back to […]