by WorldTribune Staff, May 7, 2017 Life, for those who have survived, is incredibly difficult for women in Yemen living in areas controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, rights groups say. Between September 2014 and March 2016, 459 women were killed and 1,281 injured in Houthi attacks, according to the Human Rights Information and Training Center. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Moshe Dann, Ynetnews.com The problem with “the two-state solution” — creating a sovereign independent Palestinian state west of the Jordan River — is that a Palestinian state already exists east of the Jordan River; it’s called Jordan. Its population is predominantly “Palestinian” and it is located in the eastern part of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 7, 2017 Fox News is not the “wild frat house” plagued by rampant sexual misconduct that is being portrayed by its competitors, a former executive who was at the network for 20 years said. “I obviously can’t speak for every employee or know what happened in every closed office, but the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 5, 2017 Claiming an alleged plot by U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies to assassinate Kim Jong-Un, North Korea vowed to “ferret out” and destroy “CIA terrorists”. North Korea’s Ministry of State Security said “terrorists” supported by the CIA and South Korea’s intelligence agency infiltrated North Korea to stage an attack […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 5, 2017 Sen. Ted Cruz called out FBI Director James Comey for the director’s decision that Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin would walk because there was no intent on their part to break the law by their mishandling of classified information. During Comey’s May 3 appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 5, 2017 Fed up with continued clashes with the Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate in Sinai, Bedouins are now offering assistance to an Egyptian government with which they often refused to cooperate in the past. According to an April 29 report in Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, ISIS affiliate Sinai Province over the past three years […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 5, 2017 North Carolina elections officials say they are working to remedy problems from the past election which led to confusion after the late reporting of early votes and hundreds of ineligible voters casting ballots, including at least 441 felons and 41 noncitizens. A post-election report from NC Board of Elections […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 5, 2017 The latest in the deadly drug mixing trend has been cited in dozens of overdose deaths in Alabama, Georgia and Ohio. Described as looking like a concrete mix, “Gray death” is a mixture of heroin, potent painkillers and elephant tranquilizers that are cut together to create a lethal combination, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A Russian diplomat has emphasized that safe zones that would be established in Syria under a deal reached by Russia, Turkey, and Iran would be closed to warplanes of the U.S.-led coalition. Russia’s chef representative at peace talks in Kazakhstan sponsored by those countries, Aleksandr Lavrentyev, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 4, 2017 Driven into a corner by its over dependence on a frustrated China and a tough, hard-charging leader in Washington, the nuclear power and “Hermit Kingdom” North Korea is reviewing its options which do exist. Neither China nor the U.S.-Japan-South Korea alliance wants to risk triggering a disastrous war on […]
