Report: Israeli F-35s entered Iranian airspace undetected, locked on suspected nuclear sites

Report: Israeli F-35s entered Iranian airspace undetected, locked on suspected nuclear sites

by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2018 Two Israeli F-35 stealth fighters flew undetected over Iranian airspace in the past month, according to a report. Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on March 29 that the two F-35s flew over Syrian and Iraqi airspace to reach Iran and circled at high altitude above Persian Gulf sites suspected of being […]

China and N. Korea media provided contrasting official reports on unofficial Kim visit

China and N. Korea media provided contrasting official reports on unofficial Kim visit

by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2018 North Korean and Chinese state media outlets took different paths in their reporting of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s unprecedented visit to Beijing, where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. While China’s state-run media focused on the discussions between Kim and Xi and on tensions on the Korean […]

The Donald and The Wall: By over-promising, he over-delivered

The Donald and The Wall: By over-promising, he over-delivered

Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto In a chaotic and graceless manner, President Trump signed a $1.3 billion omnibus spending bill that failed to achieve funding for his seminal campaign promise: a wall along the porous southern border. This came as a political earthquake to his supporters, with many vowing to turn their backs on […]

Pope’s ‘no hell’ interview rocks Catholic world

Pope’s ‘no hell’ interview rocks Catholic world

by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2018 The Vatican scrambled to clarify a report by an Italian journalist which quoted Pope Francis as saying “there is no hell.” The Vatican said “no quotations” in the March 29 article by La Repubblica founder Eugenio Scalfari “should be considered as a faithful transcription” of the Pope’s words. In […]

What was average age of those kids in ‘March for Our Lives’? 48

What was average age of those kids in ‘March for Our Lives’? 48

by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2018 The impression given by the mainstream media’s “coverage” of high school students’ March for Our Lives was that underage students were rising up against school violence. Coverage featured photogenic young men with all their hair shaking fists in the air. Americans not paying close attention may have been taken […]

Two-thirds of Europeans favor tighter border control in new poll

Two-thirds of Europeans favor tighter border control in new poll

by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2018 A majority of residents in all European countries believe illegal immigration is a “serious problem,” a survey found. In the poll, conducted by the Szazadveg Foundation’s Project 28, two-thirds of respondents said Europe should better protect its borders. The poll sampled residents from all 28 European countries. While the […]

Republicans seek to support conservative students in Asheville, NC schools

Republicans seek to support conservative students in Asheville, NC schools

by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2018 The chairman of the Buncombe County, North Carolina Republican Party called out Asheville City Schools for “liberal institutional bias” and “tolerated discrimination” against conservative students, a report said. The Asheville Tribune published a letter from county GOP chair Carl Mumpower to Asheville City Schools Superintendent Denise Patterson in which […]

Moscow points to British intelligence in nerve toxin attack on former spy

Moscow points to British intelligence in nerve toxin attack on former spy

by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2018 Russia hinted that British intelligence may have been behind the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter and pressed the UK to produce evidence of Moscow’s involvement. “An analysis of all the circumstances…leads us to think of the possible involvement of the British intelligence services,” the Russian Foreign […]

OPEC backs 10- to 20-year oil deal between Saudi and Russia

OPEC backs 10- to 20-year oil deal between Saudi and Russia

by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2018 A deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia that could extend the two nations’ control over crude oil supplies for the next two decades has OPEC’s blessing. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman told Reuters earlier this week: “We are working to shift from a year-to-year agreement to a 10-20 […]

Media monopoly watch: Trump guns for Amazon, Pence for Facebook and Google

Media monopoly watch: Trump guns for Amazon, Pence for Facebook and Google

by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2018 President Donald Trump wants to end Amazon’s free ride from U.S. taxpayers, while Vice President Mike Pence is warning of the dangerous power wielded by Facebook and Google, reports say. Trump has “wondered aloud if there may be any way to go after Amazon with antitrust or competition law,” […]