Lawyers appeal to UN on behalf of conservative South Korean leader

Lawyers appeal to UN on behalf of conservative South Korean leader

by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2018 Lawyers representing impeached South Korean President Park Geun-Hye are asking the UN to help secure her release after prosecutors called for a 30-year sentence and a court in Seoul extended her detention by six months. “The UN is looking at our application urgently and the South Korean authorities need […]

Report: 100,000 non-citizens are registered to vote in Pennsylvania

Report: 100,000 non-citizens are registered to vote in Pennsylvania

by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2018 A law firm which focuses on election integrity has found at least 100,000 cases of non-citizens being registered to vote in Pennsylvania. The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) on Feb. 26 said it filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of State for failing to disclose that the non-citizens […]

NC county leaders consider armed teams to provide school security

NC county leaders consider armed teams to provide school security

by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2018 Officials in North Carolina’s Wilkes County have proposed using teams of armed security personnel in the county’s public schools, a report said. According to a Feb. 23 report by the Wilkes Journal-Patriot, Wilkes County Commissioner Eddie Settle said the goal is “to have a security team armed and ready […]

Media firms on both Left and Right protest ‘raw power’ of social media ‘cartel’

Media firms on both Left and Right protest ‘raw power’ of social media ‘cartel’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2018 Google and Facebook are at the head of a “Digital Cartel” that is threatening the survival of independent news outlets, leaders of both conservative- and liberal-leaning media firms say. Joseph Farah, founder and CEO of the conservative WorldNetDaily.com, wrote on Feb. 26 that WND faces a severe financial crisis […]

Islamic group calls U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem in May a ‘declaration of war’

Islamic group calls U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem in May a ‘declaration of war’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2018 A group of Muslim scholars is calling for a “popular uprising” against the United States over its decision to open its Israeli embassy in Jerusalem this May. Moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem is “a declaration of war against the Muslims and a step that will establish the illegal […]

14 states already permit or are about to authorize teachers to pack heat

14 states already permit or are about to authorize teachers to pack heat

by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2018 Eight states currently allow teachers to carry guns at school and six others are considering legislation to do so. Texas, Kansas, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wyoming allow teachers to carry at school while Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Maryland, and Oklahoma are considering allowing school personnel carry weapons, the Wall […]

The siege in Ghouta: Between the hammer and ‘Hell on earth’

The siege in Ghouta:  Between the hammer and ‘Hell on earth’

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Artillery fire and indiscriminate air strikes pound and batter the Damascus suburb of Ghouta. Civilians, mostly children, are being killed and maimed. The Security Council wrings its hands in pleading for a humanitarian respite in a ongoing horror. And the world community politely averts its […]

Haley hits Moscow after Iran gets ‘pass’ from UN on arms shipments to Houthis

Haley hits Moscow after Iran gets ‘pass’ from UN on arms shipments to Houthis

by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2018 The United States on Feb. 26 slammed Russia’s veto of a UN draft resolution that would have condemned Iran for violating an embargo on arms shipments to Houthi rebels in Yemen. “That just validated a lot of what we already thought which is Iran gets a pass for its […]

Social media storm hits Xi’s power grab: ‘We’re going to become North Korea’

Social media storm hits Xi’s power grab: ‘We’re going to become North Korea’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 26, 2018 Social media users, already banned on U.S. platforms, compared the Chinese Communist Party’s move to pave the way for President Xi Jinping’s long term reign to the ruling dynasty in North Korea. “Argh, we’re going to become North Korea,” wrote one Weibo user. “We’re following the example of our […]

DOJ Inspector General: Probes of FBI sexual misconduct thwarted under Comey, Lynch

DOJ Inspector General: Probes of FBI sexual misconduct thwarted under Comey, Lynch

by WorldTribune Staff, February 26, 2018 The FBI under Director James Comey and Obama administration Attorney General Loretta Lynch sought to block the Department of Justice’s investigation into several cases of sexual misconduct against FBI agents, a report said. DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz recently detailed at least 14 instances of improper sexual conduct […]