by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2016 The owner of a chain of women’s clothing stores in Jeruslaem has been indicted with smuggling money from Hamas to families of terrorists in Israel. Prosecutors have charged Saif Al-Din Abed Al-Nabi, 39, a resident of Jerusalem, with smuggling and contacting a foreign agent, according to a report by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 19, 2016 Russia’s use of Iranian air bases to launch attacks in Syria has ignited an intense debate in the Islamic Republic, which is obsessive about the issue of sovereignty. Ali Larijani, the influential speaker of Iran’s parliament, responded to concerns raised by a fellow conservative lawmaker, Heshmatollah Falahatpishe, who questioned […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 19, 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on Aug. 19 visited Louisiana to lend his support to citizens of a state that has been devastated by recent flooding. Meanwhile, the leaders of the same party that savaged President George W. Bush for his response to hurricane Katrina had no plans to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler PARIS — A vital American ally has gone geopolitically adrift in the wake of Turkey’s failed military coup, and the subsequent crackdown on all forms of domestic political dissent by the strongman ruler Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The bloody coup in which hundreds died, nonetheless served as a tragic […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2016 The $400 million cash payment to Iran that President Barack Obama insists was not “ransom” was reportedly delayed until American hostages were released. The U.S. did not allow Iran to pick up the cash from Switzerland until after a Swiss Air Force plane carrying the hostages left Teheran on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2016 An Iranian who the Obama administration allowed to enter the U.S. as a certified refugee was radicalized on America’s dime and ended up dying while fighting for Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), reports say. Adnan Fazeli, who was supported by a taxpayer-funded group to settle in the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2016 Donald Trump was expected to bring New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn along on Aug. 17 as the GOP candidate received his first classified intelligence briefing. Career staffers from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the nation’s top intelligence office, were […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) fighters fleeing the battlefield in Libya may try to hide among asylum-seeking migrants crossing the Mediterranean in smugglers’ boats, Italian intelligence officials warned. A sustained assault by forces loyal to Libya’s government, backed by U.S. fighter jets and drones, has driven hundreds […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2016 Americans are overwhelmingly against accepting a wave of Syrian refugees into the country, a new poll found. Just 36 percent of U.S. voters support allowing the refugees to enter, according to a Chicago Council on Global Affairs poll released on Aug. 15. The Obama administration is close to reaching […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2016 North Carolina has filed an emergency brief with the Supreme Court to restore its voter ID law, saying it is too close to the November election for courts to nullify a system that was used in the state’s primary elections. “North Carolina should not be forced to scramble mere […]
