by WorldTribune Staff, March 4, 2018 The United Nations this month will issue a report on Egypt’s facilitation of North Korean weapons shipments in the Middle East and North Africa. The UN also said North Korea was allowed to use its embassy in Cairo to showcase its current weapons systems that are available for sale. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2018 The Taliban is reluctant to accept Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s offer of peace talks because the terror organization said it views Ghani’s government as a U.S.-imposed regime. “While the international community sees Ghani’s administration as the sole legitimate government of Afghanistan, the Taliban see it as an artificial, foreign-imposed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2018 Egypt has more than doubled the number of troops it has stationed in the Sinai Peninsula, a Feb. 28 report said. Egyptian armed forces Maj. Gen. Mohammed el-Shahat said there are currently 88 battalions and a total of 42,630 soldiers in Sinai, Israel’s Channel 11 reported. The troop increase […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2018 Iranian police have begun charging women who remove the mandatory hijab in public with “inciting prostitution,” a charge which carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years. In the first two months of 2018, more than 35 women have been arrested in Teheran for removing the compulsory headscarf […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2018 A group of Muslim scholars is calling for a “popular uprising” against the United States over its decision to open its Israeli embassy in Jerusalem this May. Moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem is “a declaration of war against the Muslims and a step that will establish the illegal […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2018 The United States on Feb. 26 slammed Russia’s veto of a UN draft resolution that would have condemned Iran for violating an embargo on arms shipments to Houthi rebels in Yemen. “That just validated a lot of what we already thought which is Iran gets a pass for its […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 25, 2018 The U.S. State Department on Feb. 23 announced the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem will open this May. The significantly accelerated time frame for the opening is meant to “coincide with Israel’s 70th anniversary,” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said. Israel proclaimed independence on May 14, 1948. Previously, Vice President […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 23, 2018 More than 400 civilians have been killed in a five-day assault by Syrian government and Russian forces on a rebel-held enclave that had last year been designated as a “de-escalation zone,” reports said. The attacks in Eastern Ghouta killed 46 people on Feb. 22, AFP reported. The Syrian Observatory […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 21, 2018 U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said she will continue to “speak hard truths” after the Palestinian Authority’s top negotiator had told her to “shut up.” Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian negotiator, had said last month that Haley “needs to shut up and realize the Palestinian leadership is not […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 20, 2018 In 1974, Palestinian terrorists took more than 100 students hostage at an Israeli school in the town of Ma’alot, killing 26 and wounding 68. Following the attack, Israel passed a law mandating armed security in schools, provided weapons training to teachers and continues to run frequent active shooter drills. […]
