Sweden’s ‘first feminist government’ dons hijabs in Iran

Sweden’s ‘first feminist government’ dons hijabs in Iran

by WorldTribune Staff, February 13, 2017 Members of Sweden’s self-declared “first feminist government in the world” were blasted for wearing hijabs and long coats for a meeting on Feb. 11 in Teheran with President Hassan Rouhani. In a statement that has gone viral on Twitter and Facebook, UN Watch, a non-governmental human rights NGO in Geneva, expressed disappointment […]

Ex-Gov. McCrory: Texas also has the ‘bathroom bill’ but the Super Bowl was not boycotted

Ex-Gov. McCrory: Texas also has the ‘bathroom bill’ but the Super Bowl was not boycotted

by WorldTribune Staff, February 13, 2017 The NBA was practicing “selective hypocrisy” when it pulled the 2017 All-Star Game out of North Carolina over the state’s HB2 “bathroom bill”, former Gov. Pat McCrory said. McCrory noted that the NFL on Feb. 5, held the Super Bowl in Texas, which has “the exact same law” on […]

North Korean defector living in Russia fights potentially fatal deportation

North Korean defector living in Russia fights potentially fatal deportation

Special to WorldTribune.com By Farangis Najibullah, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Choe Myong Bok has lived in Russia since 1999, has carved out a living working odd jobs, and resides in St. Petersburg with his partner and their two young children. But the North Korean defector’s life in Russia has been one on the […]

Merkel changes her tune, will pay migrants to leave Germany

Merkel changes her tune, will pay migrants to leave Germany

by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has changed her mind and appears ready to send packing many of the migrants she once welcomed with open arms. As a parting gift, they will get some cash from the nation’s taxpayers. Merkel, who is trailing in the polls in her bid for a […]

Gowdy: No one elected judges to ‘second guess’ commander in chief on national security

Gowdy: No one elected judges to ‘second guess’ commander in chief on national security

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, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations, said “no one familiar with […]

Obama now heads a 501(c)(4) dedicated to keeping Trump in its crosshairs

Obama now heads a 501(c)(4) dedicated to keeping Trump in its crosshairs

by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2017 “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away,” famously said the late Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Former President Barack Obama is not an old soldier and is back to leading from behind. In an effort to salvage his legacy, Obama, from behind the scenes, is leading a group of leftist […]

Anti-impeachment rallies gather steam in Seoul

Anti-impeachment rallies gather steam in Seoul

by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2017 Tens of thousands of South Koreans took to the streets of Seoul on Feb. 11 to protest for – and against – the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye. Park was impeached by parliament in December and the Constitutional Court in Seoul is now deliberating whether to approve the impeachment, […]

Let there be light: That force of nature called Trump ushers in the dawn of a new era

Let there be light: That force of nature called Trump ushers in the dawn of a new era

Special to WorldTribune.com By Tim Hannigan, Fairfax Free Citizen The rustling winds of change have begun to stir as embryonic rays of political light seep across the fruited plain. As reliably as the rotating earth delivers the cyclical solar day, the ever changing socio-economic dynamics of the American electorate have sparked the dawn of a […]

Part 2: South Korean intelligence officer had to fight both Seoul and the Dept. of Homeland Security for asylum in the U.S.

Part 2: South Korean intelligence officer had to fight both Seoul and the Dept. of Homeland Security for asylum in the U.S.

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Following is an excerpt from a book by WorldTribune and Geostrategy-Direct columnist Donald Kirk and the Korean author Kim Ki-Sam, “How South Korea’s Kim Dae-Jung bought his Peace Prize and financed Kim Jong-Il’s nuclear program”. South Korea’s first woman president has been impeached over allegations involving a confidante, but […]

First foreign trip by Mattis signaled urgency of simmering crisis in Northeast Asia

First foreign trip by Mattis signaled urgency of simmering crisis in Northeast Asia

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct James Mattis chose Seoul and Tokyo as his first ever overseas visits days after he was sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Defense. He arrived in Seoul on Feb. 2 for a two-day visit and went on to Tokyo afterwards and held meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe […]