France, Belgium warned of new attacks planned by returning wave of ISIL terrorists

France, Belgium warned of new attacks planned by returning wave of ISIL terrorists

by WorldTribune Staff, June 16, 2016 A new wave of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) terrorists returning from the battlefields of Syria are planning mass casualty attacks in France and Belgium, intelligence sources say. “Fighters traveling without passports left Syria about a week and a half ago in order to reach Europe by […]

EU chief: Brexit could spell downfall of ‘Western political civilization’

EU chief: Brexit could spell downfall of ‘Western political civilization’

by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2016 The UK voting to leave the European Union would boost anti-European forces and could lead to the end of “Western political civilization,” European Council president Donald Tusk warned. In a recent poll, 55 percent favored the Leave campaign compared to 45 percent favoring Remain. “As a historian I fear […]

Report: Hillary Clinton’s State Department gave South Sudan waivers on child soldiers

Report: Hillary Clinton’s State Department gave South Sudan waivers on child soldiers

by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2016 Hillary Clinton has long positioned herself as a champion for children’s rights, but during her tenure atop the U.S. State Department she helped pave the way for South Sudan to continue sending child soldiers to fight and die on the front-lines of its battles. “Clinton had spent years vowing to […]

U.S. charges ISIL defector; Palestinian-American claims suicide bomb vow was a test

U.S. charges ISIL defector; Palestinian-American claims suicide bomb vow was a test

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. authorities on June 9 leveled terrorism charges against a man who joined the Islamic State (of Iraq and Levant, ISIL) extremist group for two months before surrendering to Kurdish authorities in Iraq in March. In an affidavit that details the former militant’s everyday life in […]

70 years after the Holocaust, art stolen by Nazis still on display in U.S. museums

70 years after the Holocaust, art stolen by Nazis still on display in U.S. museums

by WorldTribune Staff, June 9, 2016 Sen. Ted Cruz is spearheading new legislation aimed at stopping U.S. museums from “waiting out the clock” in a bid to keep high-priced artworks looted by Nazis from being returned to Jewish Holocaust victims. “Over 70 years later — we are still trying to cope with the consequences of […]

Rice complains as U.S. pledges largest military aid package in history to Israel

Rice complains as U.S. pledges largest military aid package in history to Israel

by WorldTribune Staff, June 7, 2016 National Security Advisor Susan Rice scolded Israel while at the same time pledging a record U.S. military aid package to the Jewish state. Rice, in an address to the American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum on June 6, said that “even in these days of belt-tightening, we are prepared to […]

Syrian forces open new front against ISIL with Russian air support

Syrian forces open new front against ISIL with Russian air support

by WorldTribune Staff, June 3, 2016 Syrian forces, backed by Russian airstrikes, have launched their largest offensive against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) since retaking the historic city of Palmyra in March. The new front was opened on June 3 in ISIL-held territory in eastern Hama province, near the boundary with Raqqa province. […]

UK columnist: Iran may be ‘hot’ but its brutality leaves me cold

UK columnist: Iran may be ‘hot’ but its brutality leaves me cold

by WorldTribune Staff, June 2, 2016 Post-sanctions Iran may have become a fashionable “hot spot” for tourists but it is still a brutal hellhole for many of its own people, particularly women, a UK columnist wrote. “Scrolling through the hundreds of photos a friend took on a visit last year, I did feel a twinge […]

Leader of Western Sahara independence movement dies

Leader of Western Sahara independence movement dies

by WorldTribune Staff, June 1, 2016 The leader of the Polisario Front, which seeks independence for Western Sahara from Morocco, has died, Algeria’s APS news agency reported. Mohamed Abdelaziz, 69, died on May 31 “after a long illness,” the report said. Abdelaziz had been leader of the Algeria-backed Polisario Front since 1976. “This is a […]

Logs show Egyptair jet had no technical problems before takeoff

Logs show Egyptair jet had no technical problems before takeoff

by WorldTribune Staff, May 25, 2016 A log signed by one of the pilots of EgyptAir Flight 804 showed no technical problems with the airliner before it took off from Paris, a report said on May 24. The Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, which published a scan of the technical log on its website, said the plane […]