Report: Israeli strikes on Iraq greenlighted by U.S., Russia

Report: Israeli strikes on Iraq greenlighted by U.S., Russia

FPI / August 28, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com The United States and Russia gave the go-ahead for Israel to launch airstrikes on Iranian weapons warehouses in Iraq, a report said. Citing a Western diplomatic source, the Arabic-language Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported on Aug. 21 that an understanding between the nations stresses that Israel should not officially declare […]

Group doubles down on Gun Appreciation Day, includes God

Group doubles down on Gun Appreciation Day, includes God

by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2019 Are guns to blame for the recent rash of mass shootings? A group of Second Amendment advocates thinks not. The coalition announced that Guns & God Appreciation Day is set for Sept. 14. The coalition is asking Second Amendment supporters to rally “at their state capitals,” attend guns shows, […]

Globaloney? Elite meltdown over Amazon fires raises questions

Globaloney? Elite meltdown over Amazon fires raises questions

by WorldTribune Staff, August 27, 2019 French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted on Aug. 22: “Our house is burning. Literally. The Amazon rain forest – the lungs which produces 20% of our planet’s oxygen – is on fire. It is an international crisis. Members of the G7 Summit, let’s discuss this emergency first order in two […]

Hanson: Left in a frenzy over ‘monstrous manifestations’ of the Trump they imagine

Hanson: Left in a frenzy over ‘monstrous manifestations’ of the Trump they imagine

by WorldTribune Staff, August 27, 2019 The Left’s “pathological hatred” of President Donald Trump and his supporters has “blinded them to the actual record of governance,” historian Victor Davis Hanson noted. “Many are the hissing heads of the polycephalic Donald Trump — at least according to the progressive Left and the NeverTrump Right, who see […]

Christian population of Mosul goes from 15,000 to 40

Christian population of Mosul goes from 15,000 to 40

by WorldTribune Staff, August 27, 2019 Before Islamic State (ISIS) unleashed its reign of terror in Iraq, there were 15,000 Christians in Mosul, the Muslim-majority nation’s third-largest city. By July of 2019, only about 40 Christians have returned to Mosul according to the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. Two years ago, ISIS […]

What’s your social media credit score? Silicon Valley, like China, is watching

What’s your social media credit score? Silicon Valley, like China, is watching

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2019 Communist China has instituted a social credit system in which the country’s residents receive negative scores for such things as supporting the Falun Gong or Tibetan Buddhism, criticizing the government, and smoking or playing loud music on trains. Running afoul of the social credit system can lead to harsh […]

Two years after Trump pardon, ‘Sheriff Joe’ wants his job back

Two years after Trump pardon, ‘Sheriff Joe’ wants his job back

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2019 Joe Arpaio announced on Aug. 25, two years to the day that he was pardoned by President Donald Trump, that he is running again for sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona. “Watch out world! We are back!” Arpaio, 87, said in a statement. Arpaio was convicted in July 2017 […]

Wisconsin taxpayers must pay for transgender surgeries, Obama-appointed judge rules

Wisconsin taxpayers must pay for transgender surgeries, Obama-appointed judge rules

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2019 An Obama-appointed judge has determined that Wisconsin’s taxpayers are on the hook for sex reassignment surgery for some trans persons. U.S. District Judge William M. Conley ruled that Medicaid cannot exclude transgender surgery and related treatment such as hormone therapy to low-income residents in Wisconsin, The Gateway Pundit reported […]

Ratings tumble for Seoul’s leftist president over corruption, pro-North policies

Ratings tumble for Seoul’s leftist president over corruption, pro-North policies

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2019 Even South Korea’s “mainstream media” which has largely ignored a populist conservative revolt against President Moon Jae-In are reporting that he has squandered his political capital. The number of South Koreans who disapprove of his performance has exceeded 50 percent for the first time since he took office in […]

Feds arrested more Mexican nationals than American citizens in 2018

Feds arrested more Mexican nationals than American citizens in 2018

by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2019 Federal authorities in 2018 made more arrests of Mexican nationals living in the United States than arrests of American citizens, according to the Department of Justice. More than 78,000 federal arrests of Mexicans were made last year, compared to 70,500 federal arrests made of American citizens, the DOJ reported. […]