by WorldTribune Staff, January 3, 2018 Despite its leadership’s reference to 2017 as a “tough year,” Planned Parenthood increased its profits by $21 million and took in nearly $544 million in taxpayer funding. Opponents say that, while it claims to continue to champion womens’ health, Planned Parenthood performs more than 320,000 abortions per year but […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Consulting my crystal snow globe reveals a blizzard of events, many of them unpredictable which await us in the New Year. And after 2017’s roller coaster and often bizarre political events, it’s difficult to believe that 2018 may hold many unexpected surprises. UN Secretary General […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2018 As protesters continued to pour into the streets throughout the country, Iranian leadership met to “find a way out of this situation,” according to details leaked from regime meetings. “Religious leaders and the leadership must come to the scene as soon as possible and prevent the situation (from) deteriorating […]
Special to WorldTribune.com, January 2, 2018 By Geostrategy-Direct The Chinese government formulated a “top secret” plan to support North Korea and increase military aid despite international sanctions if the Kim Jong-Un regime halted its nuclear tests. A Chinese Communist Party (CCP) document dated Sept. 15 stated that China would not allow the Pyongyang government to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2018 Advisers who were on board when President Barack Obama failed to back the “Green Revolution” protests in Iran in 2009 are criticizing President Donald Trump for supporting current anti-government demonstrations in the Islamic Republic. Trump tweeted on Dec. 29: “Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2017 Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch signed off on both FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance) Court requests to wiretap the Trump campaign, according to reports. All applications to the FISA Court were signed off on by the attorney general, ABC news confirmed. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2018 Seeking to increase revenue amid lower oil prices, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have for the first time instituted a value added tax (VAT). The tax, a 5 percent levy applied to the majority of goods and services, kicked in on Jan. 1. Gasoline and diesel, food, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2018 Media reports from Iran say at least a dozen people have been killed as protests entered a fifth consecutive day on Jan. 1. Video posted on social media showed anti-government protests spreading throughout a nation regarded as a regional strategic threat by pro-U.S. neighbors including Saudi Arabia and Israel. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2018 Liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-In ran on a platform that emphasized reaching out to North Korea for peace talks. Moon’s hopes were quickly dashed by North Korea’s escalating nuclear and missile tests, and his leftist government is in trouble with its base for providing enthusiastic lip service to […]
Welcome to the Countdown: Top 21 stories of 2017. by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2017 Rep. Trey Gowdy, in a blistering rebuke of an appeals court’s decision that blocked President Donald Trump’s temporary immigration ban, said “there is no right to come to this country for non-citizens.” Gowdy, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Crime, […]
