Iran’s Khamenei challenges Rouhani’s rapprochement policy toward West

Iran’s Khamenei challenges Rouhani’s rapprochement policy toward West

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticized President Hassan Rohani for saying his rapprochement policy toward the West had caused the threat of war to diminish. Khamenei’s comments at an April 30 meeting with workers from across the country come amid Iran’s intensifying presidential election […]

The French election runoff is no American rerun

The French election runoff is no American rerun

By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Though the political setting of the upcoming French presidential election bears superficial comparison to the U.S. election of 2016, the contest is anything but an American rerun. While an establishment favorite is opposing a firebrand nationalist, the jarring reality remains that this is the first runoff election in […]

U.S. and S. Korea reaffirm ‘solid joint defense posture’, as Trump warns of ‘major, major conflict’

U.S. and S. Korea reaffirm ‘solid joint defense posture’, as Trump warns of ‘major, major conflict’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2017 The United States and South Korea on April 28 pledged to maintain an “ironclad defense posture” against the threat from North Korea and pressed China to accept the need for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Meanwhile, in an interview with Reuters on April 27, U.S. President […]

Kuhner: Trump gets a B+ on his first 100 days; Speaker Paul Ryan? An F

Kuhner: Trump gets a B+ on his first 100 days; Speaker Paul Ryan? An F

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The Mainstream Media’s verdict on President Trump’s first 100 days is that he has been a failure. The reason: He has failed (so far) to get any major piece of his legislative agenda passed. Healthcare, taxes and infrastructure — all of these big items remain stalled in Congress. Hence, […]

Saudi man sentenced to death for uploading video renouncing Islam

Saudi man sentenced to death for uploading video renouncing Islam

by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2017 A Saudi Man in his 20s has been sentenced to death on apostasy charges after he uploaded videos to social media renouncing Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. Ahmad al-Shamri lost two appeals after his 2014 arrest for blasphemy, according to the Independent. “I wish there could be live streaming […]

Gay lobby spared NC university chancellors who declined to boycott state

Gay lobby spared NC university chancellors who declined to boycott state

by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2017 A pair of North Carolina university chancellors who opted not to vote to punish the state over the House Bill 2 “bathroom bill” were let off the hook by the gay lobby, a report said. National and state LGBT pressure groups have not spoken out against Carol Folt of […]

Fake cheeks? He’s so vain, cosmetic surgeon says of ever-young Putin

Fake cheeks? He’s so vain, cosmetic surgeon says of ever-young Putin

by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2017 While some aging world leaders sag before our eyes, Russian President Vladimir Putin could be a poster boy for wrinkle-free creams. How does he it? The 64-year-old Putin is almost certainly subjecting his face to steady rounds of non-invasive cosmetic treatments, cosmetic surgeons told Canada’s National Post in an […]

China claims it will impose sanctions if N. Korea conducts another nuke test

China claims it will impose sanctions if N. Korea conducts another nuke test

by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2017 China has warned that it would impose unilateral sanctions on North Korea if the Kim Jong-Un regime conducts any more nuclear tests, according to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Tillerson made the comments on April 27, a day before he was to chair a meeting with UN Security […]

FBI balking on documents request from House Intelligence Committee

FBI balking on documents request from House Intelligence Committee

by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2017 The FBI has thus far refused the House Intelligence Committee’s requests for documents that could explain the “unmasking” of Americans in a spying operation during the Trump transition, a report said. FBI spokesman Andrew Ames would not say why the bureau has not met the House committee’s document request. “The FBI […]

Former British spy admits ‘Trump dossier’ was unverified

Former British spy admits ‘Trump dossier’ was unverified

by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2017 The British author of the so-called “Trump dossier” involving alleged ties with Russia has admitted that much of the document’s information is unverified. Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the 35-page dossier, said that charges his sources made about a tech company CEO and Democratic Party hacking is unverified, […]