Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranian President Hassan Rohani took aim at his hard-line opponents on May 8, saying their era of “violence and extremism” is coming to an end. Rohani’s comments, reported by the semi-official ISNA news agency, came as he campaigned in western Iran less than two weeks before […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The first hundred days of the Trump Administration have passed, and although the figure is arbitrary, this is in fact a good time to comment on the new government in Washington since PA President Abbas has visted Washington and reports indicate a Trump visit to Israel in the near […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2017 Millennials don’t care for the man in the Oval Office, but they seem to support major parts of his agenda, according to a Harvard poll. They also share President Donald Trump’s disdain for the media, said John Della Volpe, polling director at Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall The ongoing violence in Mexico is analyzed each year, as number crunchers study previous years’ statistics. It is a morbid undertaking as such statistics deal with numbers representing real people who were homicide victims. So why even study it? It is hoped that the discovery of patterns and trends […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 8, 2017 The conservative candidate is making a last-minute comeback in a bitter presidential election showdown in South Korea. The latest polls show conservative candidate Hong Joon-Pyo surging, according to media reports in Seoul and the Wall Street Journal. “About 20 percent of the electorate is still undecided, and an upset […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 8, 2017 In an unprecedented move against a presidential successor, former President Barack Obama weaponized the IRS, FBI and Department of Justice to undermine President Donald Trump, according to an information warfare specialist. Dr. J. Michael Waller said that no other president has had their predecessor organize private funds to undermine […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 8, 2017 Syria’s Kurds, the fighting force that was key in turning the tide against Islamic State (ISIS), are looking to redraw northern Syria to link their autonomous Rojava region with the Mediterranean Sea. Kurds make up the majority of the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) that is closing in on ISIS’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 8, 2017 There will be no “sanctuary cities” in the state of Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law banning municipalities from shielding illegal aliens from immigration enforcement. Abbott, who designated the ban as an emergency item in January, signed the bill just four days after both chambers of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Frank Vernuccio, New York Analysis of Policy & Government newsletter The United States may be heading into one of the most dangerous periods in its history. The Obama Administration’s disinvestment in American national security came at precisely the same time that Russia, China, and North Korea dramatically increased their militaries. Insufficient […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 8, 2017 In a rare sign of public dissent, a group of coal miners attacked Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s car on May 7 as he visited the site of an explosion that killed at least 35 miners. Rouhani is running for re-election in the May 19 presidential poll, a contest largely […]
