Charlotte, NC parents started nationwide protest against ‘pornographic’ sex-ed

Charlotte, NC parents started nationwide protest against ‘pornographic’ sex-ed

by WorldTribune Staff, May 13, 2018 A movement to protest what it calls “pornographic” sex education, which was launched in Charlotte, North Carolina, spread to 16 cities in four nations and resulted in the Sex Ed Sit Out last month. Regina Young, a Sex Ed Sit Out organizer and parent in North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, […]

Mahathir’s return in Malaysia promises significant change in ties with U.S., China

Mahathir’s return in Malaysia promises significant change in ties with U.S., China

Special to WorldTribune.com By GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, Kuala Lumpur. The return to office as Prime Minister of Malaysia of Dr Mahathir Mohamed, 92, on May 10, 2018, was expected to change the tone of affairs both within Malaysia as well as within the region. Significantly, it is not Dr Mahathir’s age which was at […]

Meanwhile in Iraq: Elections feature three Shi’ite leaders with significant differences

Meanwhile in Iraq: Elections feature three Shi’ite leaders with significant differences

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iraqis started voting on May 12 in the country’s first parliamentary elections since Baghdad declared victory over the Islamic State (IS) and routed the extremist group from most Iraqi territory last year. Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, a Shi’a who has sought to balance the competing influences […]

Reports: Syria’s Assad was not informed Iran planned to strike Israel

Reports: Syria’s Assad was not informed Iran planned to strike Israel

by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2018 Iran did not consult with Syrian President Bashar Assad on its intention to launch a missile attack on Israel from Syria, a report said. Iranian forces stationed in Syria fired 20 rockets at Israeli territory on May 9, but Iran’s military and political leadership did not inform its Syria allies […]

Levin: Mueller seeks to indict and force resignation of president because impeachment not possible

Levin: Mueller seeks to indict and force resignation of president because impeachment not possible

by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2018 Robert Mueller is “undermining” the Constitution, but Democrats and the media continue to “hang their hat” on the special counsel’s investigation in the hopes President Donald Trump will be forced to resign, radio and TV host Mark Levin said. Mueller’s “purpose is to indict the president,” Levin said because […]

N. Korean refugees haunted by memories of hunger, warn ‘peace’ won’t end misery back home

N. Korean refugees haunted by memories of hunger, warn ‘peace’ won’t end misery back home

by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2018 A North Korean defector living in the United States, who saw a number of family members die in the North’s famine in the 1990s, said she hopes President Donald Trump raises humanitarian issues when he meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un next month. “If the North Korean government […]

Who is Michael Avenatti and where is his funding coming from?

Who is Michael Avenatti and where is his funding coming from?

by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2018 Michael Avenatti, attorney for Stormy Daniels, seems to be as much an anti-Trump cable news celebrity as lawyer these days. But inquiring minds want to know: Who is bankrolling his operation? Avenatti “wants to make the discussion all about where Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal attorney, got his money but, […]

Wealthy NY Democrats quietly fund ‘project’ to defeat GOP in House battlegrounds

Wealthy NY Democrats quietly fund ‘project’ to defeat GOP in House battlegrounds

by WorldTribune Staff, May 11, 2018 A new political alliance is calling on deep-pocketed donors to pony up over $100,000 each to aid Democratic candidates for the House in key battleground states. Democrats need to flip 24 Republican seats to take the House in November. The House Victory Project, which The New York Times reported […]

Moscow: 28 Israeli jet fighters answer Iran strike, fire 60 missiles at Syria targets

Moscow: 28 Israeli jet fighters answer Iran strike, fire 60 missiles at Syria targets

by WorldTribune Staff, May 10, 2018 Israeli warplanes hit dozens of Iranian military targets in Syria on May 9 in one of its largest military operations in recent years. Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that 28 Israeli planes took part in the airstrikes and fired a total of around 60 missiles. “28 Israeli F-15 and F-16 […]

FBI advised Comey to coordinate with Mueller before Senate testimony

FBI advised Comey to coordinate with Mueller before Senate testimony

by WorldTribune Staff, May 10, 2018 New emails from the Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained by a government watchdog group show that former FBI Director James Comey was advised by FBI officials to consult with special counsel Robert Mueller prior to testifying before any congressional committees regarding Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and […]