Russia called better friend than U.S. for allowing Israel to attack targets inside Syria

Russia called better friend than U.S. for allowing Israel to attack targets inside Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, July 29, 2016 Israeli jets are being allowed to attack targets inside Syria despite Russia’s “anti-aircraft umbrella,” an Israeli analyst said. Most recently, the Israel Air Force attacked a Syrian target in Kuneitra after mortar fire “leaked out” from the Syrian civil war to Israel’s Golan Heights. Israel “could have been heavily […]

Media grill Ivanka Trump on her father’s treatment of women; Chelsea gets a pass

Media grill Ivanka Trump on her father’s treatment of women; Chelsea gets a pass

by WorldTribune Staff, July 28, 2016 The major media has been relentless in grilling Ivanka Trump, daughter of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, about her father’s treatment of women. When it comes to Chelsea Clinton and her father Bill, it’s simply don’t ask, don’t tell. The double standard was glaring obvious on July 27 when […]

North Korea blames snake infestation on South Korean spy agency

North Korea blames snake infestation on South Korean spy agency

by WorldTribune Staff, July 28, 2016 Even his own soldiers believe North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is making an asp of himself on this one. North Korea has ordered its border guards to round up snakes which Kim’s government says were unleashed on the North as part of a “cunning scheme” by South Korea’s spy […]

Post-coup crackdown in Turkey takes aim at the media

Post-coup crackdown in Turkey takes aim at the media

by WorldTribune Staff, July 28, 2016 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has become a regime and is now cracking down in particular on the media, closing more television and radio stations and newspapers. Thus far, the Ankara government has shut down three news agencies, 16 TV channels, 23 radio stations, 45 newspapers, 15 magazines […]

Gulen op-ed refutes accusations, states Erdogan’s Turkey on ‘dangerous’ path to ‘one-man rule’

Gulen op-ed refutes accusations, states Erdogan’s Turkey on ‘dangerous’ path to ‘one-man rule’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 27, 2016 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is using the aftermath of the failed coup to reign in his foes and move toward his ultimate goal of “one-man rule,” self-exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen said. Gulen, in an op-ed piece written for The New York Times, denied any involvement in the coup and […]

Turkey increases pressure on U.S. to extradite Gulen, leaks general’s testimony

Turkey increases pressure on U.S. to extradite Gulen, leaks general’s testimony

by WorldTribune Staff, July 27, 2016 As Turkey increased pressure on the United States to extradite cleric Fethullah Gulen for engineering the July 15 coup attempt, Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. would consider the move only if Turkey submits “legitimate evidence” of Gulen’s involvement. “Turkish people are appalled at the U.S.’s insistence […]

Day 1 inside the DNC bubble: Media awed, ISIL not mentioned even once

Day 1 inside the DNC bubble: Media awed, ISIL not mentioned even once

by WorldTribune Staff, July 26, 2016 The major U.S. media lauded the “passion and purpose” on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention, with some even moved to tears by Michelle Obama’s “pitch perfect” speech. The contrast in coverage of the “dark” acceptance speech by Republican nominee Donald Trump was of the glass-half-full kind, […]

WikiLeaks founder: ‘If you act in corrupt ways that benefit Hillary Clinton’, she’ll take care of you

WikiLeaks founder: ‘If you act in corrupt ways that benefit Hillary Clinton’, she’ll take care of you

by WorldTribune Staff, July 26, 2016 Highlights from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s July 25 interview with democracynow.org: “It is important for there to be examples of accountability. The resignation (of Debbie Wasserman Schultz) was an example of that. Now, of course, Hillary Clinton has tried to immediately produce a counter-example by putting out a statement, […]

Erdogan threatens Europe: Pay up or face new flood of migrants

Erdogan threatens Europe: Pay up or face new flood of migrants

by WorldTribune Staff, July 26, 2016 Turkey will open its border and allow a wave of migrants to flood into Europe unless the European Union pays the entire balance it promised Ankara for taking in millions of refugees, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “Ask them [the EU]. Did you pay? But Turkey still hosts […]

Iran destroys 100,000 ‘morally harmful’ satellite dishes

Iran destroys 100,000 ‘morally harmful’ satellite dishes

by WorldTribune Staff, July 25, 2016 Iran has destroyed 100,000 satellite dishes and receivers that the government said were “morally harmful” to society. “The truth is that most satellite channels… deviate the society’s morality and culture,” Gen. Mohammad Reza Naghdi, the head of Iran’s Basij militia, was quoted as saying by Iranian state media. Owning […]