On eve of one-year anniversary of nuclear deal, Iran’s Rouhani warns regime could restore program

On eve of one-year anniversary of nuclear deal, Iran’s Rouhani warns regime could restore program

by WorldTribune Staff, July 14, 2016 Iran is poised to restore its nuclear program if world powers don’t live up to their end of the nuclear deal, President Hassan Rouhani said. Rouhani made the comments on state TV on July 13, the eve of the one-year anniversary of the deal (or Joint Comprehensive Plan of […]

Iran speed boats buzz warship carrying top U.S. general through Strait of Hormuz

Iran speed boats buzz warship carrying top U.S. general through Strait of Hormuz

by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2016 Iran sent four machine gun-laden speed boats and a guided missile patrol ship to hassle a U.S. warship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz on July 11, the U.S. Navy said. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vessels came as close as 500 yards to the USS New […]

Trump weighs in on Justice Ginsburg’s foray into partisan politics: A ‘disgrace to the court’

Trump weighs in on Justice Ginsburg’s foray into partisan politics: A ‘disgrace to the court’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2016 Donald Trump said Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should think about leaving the bench, calling the ornery 83-year-old “a disgrace to the court” for her recent comments slamming the GOP presidential candidate. “I think it’s highly inappropriate that a United States Supreme Court judge gets involved in a […]

On message: Lynch finds 74 ways to say nothing about Hillary case; Obama, in Dallas, cites self 45 times

On message: Lynch finds 74 ways to say nothing about Hillary case; Obama, in Dallas, cites self 45 times

by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2016 President Barack Obama and his subordinates are, if nothing else, consistent. While the president referred to himself 45 times in a speech that started as a eulogy of Dallas police officers killed in last week’s attack, Attorney General Loretta Lynch refused to give responses 74 times in congressional testimony […]

Boots back on the ground: New deployment raises total U.S. presence in Iraq over 5,000

Boots back on the ground: New deployment raises total U.S. presence in Iraq over 5,000

by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 The United States will deploy 560 additional troops to Iraq, raising the U.S. presence in the country to over 5,000. The deployment comes two years after President Barack Obama had vowed that, while the United States would help Iraq reclaim territory from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant […]

Facebook sued for $1 billion by victims of Hamas terror attacks

Facebook sued for $1 billion by victims of Hamas terror attacks

by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 An Israeli rights group has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Facebook on behalf of the families of American victims of Hamas terror attacks. The suit, filed by the Shurat HaDin group with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, argues the social media giant […]

Obama downplays report on Iran’s pursuit of nuclear materials in Germany

Obama downplays report on Iran’s pursuit of nuclear materials in Germany

by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 The Obama administration is ignoring “the sheer weight of evidence” that Iran is pursuing nuclear-related materials in a clear violation of the nuclear accord, Republican lawmakers said. The officials cited the administration’s response to a report that half of Germany’s state governments reported in their 2015 intelligence documents attempts […]

Obama said to plan controversial nuclear weapons executive order during last days in office

Obama said to plan controversial nuclear weapons executive order during last days in office

by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2016 As he nears the end of his second term, U.S. President Barack Obama is reportedly preparing a series of executive orders that officials said would weaken the U.S. nuclear deterrent. Obama, in meetings with national security Cabinet members known as the Principals Committee, reviewed his options for executive actions […]

Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn: Military fired me for calling our enemies ‘radical jihadis’

Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn: Military fired me for calling our enemies ‘radical jihadis’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2016 Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who was fired as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in 2014, has detailed the backstory of his departure from the DIA. Flynn, who is said to be on Donald Trump’s short list as a potential running mate, is author of the new […]

Pentagon weighs deploying F-35s against ISIL

Pentagon weighs deploying F-35s against ISIL

by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2016 The United States may deploy the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), a U.S. Air Force general said. “There’s no reason to suppose that the F-35 stealth fighter will be sent to fight in Syria within the next few years. […]