For most Libyans, ‘life was better’ under Gadhafi

For most Libyans, ‘life was better’ under Gadhafi

by WorldTribune Staff, October 18, 2016 Many Libyans, frustrated by poor government services, higher prices for almost everything and a country steeped in chaos have grown to miss life under longtime dictator Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Five years after then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton famously exclaimed, “we came, we saw, he died,” residents of the war-torn […]

First PAC of Muslim American women comes out for Hillary

First PAC of Muslim American women comes out for Hillary

by WorldTribune Staff, October 18, 2016 The first political action committee focused on American Muslim women has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. The American Muslim Women Political Action Committee (AMW PAC) formed “after hearing Donald Trump demonize Muslims, and imply things about our women and culture,” said Mirriam Seddiq, creator of the PAC. Huma Abedin, […]

Mao who? A third of millennials believe more were killed under George W. Bush than Stalin

Mao who? A third of millennials believe more were killed under George W. Bush than Stalin

by WorldTribune Staff, October 18, 2016 Nearly half of America’s millennials (born between 1982-2002) say they would vote for a socialist – and 21 percent would back a communist, a new survey revealed. A third of millennials say they believe more people were killed under George W. Bush than Joseph Stalin, according to the survey […]

Russian navy plans permanent base in Syria; eyes others in Vietnam, Cuba

Russian navy plans permanent base in Syria; eyes others in Vietnam, Cuba

Special to WorldTribune.com By Backgrounder, Geostrategy-Direct.com President Vladimir Putin is looking to expand Russia’s military power and restore Moscow’s global reach of the Soviet era. Moscow on Oct. 10 announced it was planning to make its naval base in Syria permanent. Earlier reports said Russia is considering re-establishing bases in Vietnam and Cuba that it […]

Iraqi and allied force of 30,000 begins offensive to retake Mosul

Iraqi and allied force of 30,000 begins offensive to retake Mosul

by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2016 A force of 30,000 Iraqi army, Kurdish Peshmerga and Sunni tribal fighters launched an offensive on Oct. 17 to retake Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). “I announce today the start of the heroic operations to free you from the terror and oppression of Daesh,” Iraqi […]

CNN blames Trump for the firebombing of GOP headquarters in a heavily Democratic N.C. county

CNN blames Trump for the firebombing of GOP headquarters in a heavily Democratic N.C. county

by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2016 The Oct. 16 firebombing of Republican party headquarters in Orange County, North Carolina and vandalizing of an adjacent building with the words “Nazi Republicans leave town or else” was “an attack on our democracy,” North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said. “Violence has no place in our society – but […]

Rasmussen founder: ‘Politics has failed: America will not’

Rasmussen founder: ‘Politics has failed: America will not’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 Scott Rasmussen, the founder of Rasmussen Reports and co-founder of ESPN, says that he has lost faith in the political process – but not in the United States and its citizens. “America’s best days are still to come,” Rasmussen told an audience of students at The King’s College in […]

How affordable is the Affordable Care Act? Only one insurer remains in North Carolina

How affordable is the Affordable Care Act? Only one insurer remains in North Carolina

by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2016 Just one health insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield, remains in North Carolina. And its rates are rising by about 25 percent. “In no other state will as many people find such limited choice. But what is happening to North Carolinians epitomizes a national checkerboard of ACA haves and have-nots,” […]

Turkish-backed rebels advance on symbolic ISIL Syrian town of Dabiq

Turkish-backed rebels advance on symbolic ISIL Syrian town of Dabiq

by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2016 Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish planes and tanks, launched an offensive on Oct. 15 to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of Dabiq. The town has little military value but holds symbolic importance for ISIL because of a Sunni prophecy that states it will be the […]

Obama-Clinton takes ties with Moscow from ‘reset’ to the brink of cyber war

Obama-Clinton takes ties with Moscow from ‘reset’ to the brink of cyber war

by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 U.S.-Russia relations have deteriorated rapidly in recent days, with President Barack Obama vowing to launch a cyber war against Moscow for its alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election. Democrats hit the warpath after accusing Russia of hacking the email accounts of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary […]