Concealed carry training surges after Parkland shooting

Concealed carry training surges after Parkland shooting

by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2018 The founder of the U.S. Concealed Carry Association said membership and interest in its training classes have increased substantially since the Parkland, Florida school shooting. “I think that the massive news coverage of events like that gets people to realize, at least admit to maybe their own vulnerabilities,” Tim […]

Armenian PM Sarkisian resigns, thousands celebrate in Yerevan

Armenian PM Sarkisian resigns, thousands celebrate in Yerevan

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Thousands of jubilant Armenians have poured into Yerevan’s main square to celebrate the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian, who stepped down amid widespread street protests over his election to the newly powerful post following 10 years as president. In a dramatic turn of events a […]

Fidel hell: USSR is dead, but Castro’s iron grip on Cuba endures

Fidel hell: USSR is dead, but Castro’s iron grip on Cuba endures

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — For as long as I can remember, the phrase Castro’s Cuba was synonymous with a Caribbean island ruled by one Family. Indeed for sixty years the phrase had a certain, if unfortunate, political ring. So when Raul Castro, the second member of the ruling dynasty, […]

DNC lawsuit against Trump campaign makes no mention of Russian ‘dossier’

DNC lawsuit against Trump campaign makes no mention of Russian ‘dossier’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2018 The Democratic National Committee’s (DNC’s) civil RICO lawsuit against the Trump campaign for alleged Russia collusion is 66 pages long. None of the pages references the dossier by ex-British spy Christopher Steele, according to a report by Rowan Scarborough for The Washington Times. The dossier played a key role […]

Inconvenient flashback: Earth Day founder killed, composted ex-girlfriend

Inconvenient flashback: Earth Day founder killed, composted ex-girlfriend

by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2018 The co-founder of Earth Day, Ira Einhorn, was master of ceremonies at the first Earth Day celebration at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia on April 22, 1970. Today, Einhorn is serving a life sentence in prison. In 1977, Einhorn murdered and composted Helen Maddux, his ex-girlfriend. After Maddux had broken […]

NC Lt. Gov. charges Left pushes big government with ‘religious fervor’

NC Lt. Gov. charges Left pushes big government with ‘religious fervor’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2018 The Left believes government should be the guiding force of American society, and preaches that message with “religious fervor,” North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest said. Democrats in North Carolina’s State Senate promptly called the remarks “disappointing”. Gov. Roy Cooper is a Democrat, but Republicans control the North Carolina […]

Drone control? Heavy gunfire after fly-by near Saudi palace may lead to regulations

Drone control? Heavy gunfire after fly-by near Saudi palace may lead to regulations

by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2018 Saudi Arabia plans to enact new laws for recreational drone use after an incident involving a toy drone that came too close to the Saudi royal palace on April 21 sparked reports of a possible royal coup. Heavy gunfire reported near the palace had sparked fears of possible political […]

Iranians hit by ‘perfect currency storm’

Iranians hit by ‘perfect currency storm’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Frud Bezhan and Niusha Boghrati, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranian travelers stand in front of a currency exchange in Tehran, hoping to exchange money on April 11. Every day, hundreds head to Tehran’s bustling Ferdowsi street to buy foreign currency, only to find that many exchange offices have shut […]

Trump hits ‘artificially high’ oil prices: ‘OPEC is at it again’

Trump hits ‘artificially high’ oil prices: ‘OPEC is at it again’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2018 As oil prices on April 19 hit their highest levels in years, U.S. President Donald Trump said the “artificially very high” prices “will not be accepted.” The U.S. shale boom largely led to crude prices dropping below $30 per barrel in early 2016. This week, Brent crude neared $75 […]

Levin: DOJ memo from Clinton era stipulated that a sitting president cannot be indicted

Levin: DOJ memo from Clinton era stipulated that a sitting president cannot be indicted

by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2018 Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told President Donald Trump last week that he is not a target in the Michael Cohen investigation. But, then again, the president never could be a target, according to Mark Levin, host of Fox News’s “Life, Liberty & Levin.” During an April 19 appearance […]