by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2017 The International Police Organization (Interpol) voted to accept “Palestine” as a full member state on Sept. 27 despite the objections of the United States and Israel. The move at Interpol’s annual General Assembly meeting in Beijing passed in a secret ballot by a vote of 75 to 24, with […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2017 More than 150 civilians have been killed this week in airstrikes carried out by Russia and the Syrian regime in Idlib province. Despite the Russian Defense Ministry’s insistence that its warplanes do not target civilian areas, anti-Assad rebels and emergency workers in Idlib and neighboring Hama province say the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — One of the silent tragedies among the conflicts raging in the Middle East, concerns the fate of the ancient and now persecuted Christian communities. Concerns for the forgotten and once vibrant Christian minorities especially in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon are often politely air brushed out […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2017 As the Pentagon prepares to deploy 3,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, a new report reveals that the Taliban is now either in control of or is contesting 45 percent of the country. Citing Long War Journal (LWJ) and United Nations data, Breitbart News said it “has found that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 27, 2017 U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s plane was the target of a Taliban rocket attack that left five civilians wounded as Mattis arrived for a surprise visit in Afghanistan on Sept. 27. Mattis and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg had already left Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport at the time of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 27, 2017 Iraqi Kurds by an overwhelming margin approved a referendum for independence, shrugging off warnings from the UN, U.S. and Turkey. Initial results showed more than 90 percent of Kurds voted “yes” on the independence referendum. “There is no precedent in diplomatic history for the whole world closing ranks against […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 24, 2017 Conditions created by Iran’s expanding influence have reached a point where war may be the only way to solve Yemen’s civil war, Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi said. “The military solution is the most likely because it is not their (Iran-backed Houthis’) decision to make,” Hadi said on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 21, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump is said to be leaning toward decertification of the Iran nuclear deal, reports said. “I have decided,” Trump told journalists when asked about an Oct. 15 deadline to re-certify the agreement. “I’ll let you know what the decision is.” NBC News, citing four sources, reported […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump “wants to redo” the Iran nuclear deal, assessing that the same “kick the can down the road” mistakes governments made with North Korea were made in negotiating the Iran deal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sept. 19. “I think we’re all well familiar […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2017 Egypt’s more than 40 years of peace with Israel can be repeated in the Palestinian territories if Palestinian Arabs are willing to overcome their differences with Israelis and one another, Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi said in an address to the UN General Assembly on Sept. 19. Addressing Israelis, […]
