by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2026 Real World News As thousands of Iranians pour into the streets in nationwide protests, the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is deploying more security forces to brutally crack down on the demonstrations, reports say. The Human Rights Activists News Agency, which follows Iran closely, said on Thursday that 119 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 31, 2025 Real World News General Iraqi civil law sets the minimum age for marriage at 18. But Iraq has instituted Ja’fari law, which allows marriage upon a girl reaching puberty (potentially as young as 9-years-old). Baghdad’s decision to institute Ja’fari law has led to a bridal market boom, a report […]
FPI / December 11, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct Though Iran remains the Middle East’s “chief destabilizing force,” it has been “greatly weakened by Israeli actions since October 7, 2023, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s June 2025 Operation Midnight Hammer” and thus has been downgraded in Trump’s latest National Security Strategy. The new strategy document, released on Dec. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 5, 2025 Real World News When the Biden-Harris regime surrendered Afghanistan, it left billions of dollars worth of U.S. military weaponry and equipment behind. Those abandoned military assets now make up the “core” of the Taliban terror group’s fighting force, a watchdog group said. In its “final forensic audit report,” the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 18, 2025 Real World News The UN Security Council on Monday approved President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan. The 13-0 vote backs Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan, which calls for a Board of Peace as a transitional authority in Gaza that Trump would head. The plan also authorizes an international stabilization force […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 15, 2025 Real World News Hamas reportedly has moved to reassert its control over Gaza by carrying out public executions and beatings. After U.S. President Donald Trump told Israel’s Knesset that “the war is over” and celebrated the return of the remaining living hostages, Hamas terrorists were reportedly killing their opponents […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 13, 2025 Real World News In a Middle East peace signing ceremony and speeches to the Israeli parliament and Arab leaders, President Donald Trump on Oct. 13, 2025, called on all sides to “put the old feuds and bitter hatreds behind us” and embrace the “golden age of the Middle East.” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2025 Real World News Former President Barack Obama wasted no time weighing in on the Gaza ceasefire. In a post to X on Thursday, the ex-president wrote: “After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2025 Real World News President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Israel and Hamas had both accepted the first phase of his peace deal which calls for the release of all Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Trump pulled off what even liberal talking heads in media called a monumental foreign […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2025 Real World News The White House on Monday published U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict,” proposing terms under which the war would immediately cease if both Israel and Hamas accept the accord. The UAE is pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept Trump’s […]
