by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2019 Germany and the United Kingdom, two of the three European signatories of the 2015 nuclear accord, lashed out at Iran after the Islamic Republic announced it would breach the deal. Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, announced on July 7 that Iran would begin enriching […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 9, 2019 The Trump administration has directed U.S. embassies abroad not to fly the LGBT rainbow flag on official flagpole stands. The directive comes as the LGBT community celebrates Pride Month. U.S. embassies in Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia were denied their requests for permission from the State Department to fly […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner President Trump rightly commemorated the sacrifices of American soldiers on the 75th anniversary of D-Day. On June 6, 1944, U.S. forces, along with British and Canadian soldiers, launched an historic invasion of Nazi-occupied Western Europe on the beaches of Normandy, France. Their bravery and valor will live on forever, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2019 “A new Europe is born,” Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini declared after his Lega Nord (League) Party surged to victory in Italy’s European Union vote. “I am proud that the League is participating in this new European renaissance,” Salvini said. The League’s triumph was one of many for nationalists […]
Special to WorldTribune.com, May 27, 2019 By John McNabb The following Memorial Day reflection, was originally published on May 28, 2018. When I think about this day, I think about something of a rarity in our country today — sacrifice. America today is all about “me”. The politicians and bureaucrats, celebrities, social justice warriors, identity […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 1, 2019 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has raised eyebrows at recent high-profile summits by arriving in grand style in stretch limousines made by Daimler. Kim used the limousines at his meeting last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin and both of his earlier summits with U.S. President Donald Trump. But […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2019 Christian places of worship in France and Germany are being torched and vandalized on a daily basis, according to news reports in Europe. In nearly all instances of attacks on churches, authorities and media obfuscate the identity of the vandals, German news site PI-News reported. Fox News hosts Shep […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Responding to the Berlin Blockade, the communist coup in Czechoslovakia, and the looming threat from the Soviet Union, the U.S. and Western European states formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). On 4 April 1949, the foreign Ministers of twelve countries including the USA, Britain, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Beijing’s ambitious “Belt and Road” infrastructural initiative has scored its first significant beachhead in the Mediterranean, as Italy has signed on to the expansive Chinese globe-spanning project. China’s President Xi Jinping was feted in Rome with a grandiosity fit for an visiting Emperor as the […]
FPI / March 10, 2019 Some 5,000 war criminals are among the migrants who have been allowed to enter Germany since 2014, a report said. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees tipped the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel off to around 5,000 migrants they believed had been involved in war crimes or other crimes […]