Russia reports U.S. ‘closer’ to joining forces in Aleppo after talks

Russia reports U.S. ‘closer’ to joining forces in Aleppo after talks

by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2016 Russia says it is almost ready to join forces with the United States in the ongoing battle for Aleppo, Syria. “Step by step we are getting closer to the situation in which – and I’m only speaking about Aleppo here – we will be able to begin battling together […]

China official shows up in Syria, praises Russia’s role in conflict

China official shows up in Syria, praises Russia’s role in conflict

by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2016 China, which says it has no interest in military involvement in Syria, is seeking closer military ties with President Bashar Assad’s regime, a Chinese official said. Rear Adm. Guan Youfei, director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of China’s Central Military Commission, met Syrian Defense Minister Fahad Jassim […]

Poll: Few Americans support Syrian refugees entering U.S.

Poll: Few Americans support Syrian refugees entering U.S.

by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2016 Americans are overwhelmingly against accepting a wave of Syrian refugees into the country, a new poll found. Just 36 percent of U.S. voters support allowing the refugees to enter, according to a Chicago Council on Global Affairs poll released on Aug. 15. The Obama administration is close to reaching […]

North Carolina asks Supreme Court to restore voter ID law

North Carolina asks Supreme Court to restore voter ID law

by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2016 North Carolina has filed an emergency brief with the Supreme Court to restore its voter ID law, saying it is too close to the November election for courts to nullify a system that was used in the state’s primary elections. “North Carolina should not be forced to scramble mere […]

Russia in talks with Saudis on ‘oil market stability’

Russia in talks with Saudis on ‘oil market stability’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2016 Russia’s oil minister said Moscow and Saudi Arabia are in talks to reach “oil market stability” and that a freeze on output levels is still on the table. “We are ready to achieve the widest possible level of coordination… and put in place joint measures to achieve oil market […]

Ex-Red Sox star Curt Schilling considers run against ‘nightmare’ Elizabeth Warren

Ex-Red Sox star Curt Schilling considers run against ‘nightmare’ Elizabeth Warren

by WorldTribune Staff, August 15, 2016 Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling may be warming up for a run at Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in 2018. Schilling, a major factor in Boston’s 2004 and 2007 World Series triumphs and Arizona’s 2001 championship, told radio host and WorldTribune columnist Jeffrey Kuhner on Aug. 15 that […]

Report: Key U.S. allies seek to block Obama’s transformation of nuclear doctrine

Report: Key U.S. allies seek to block Obama’s transformation of nuclear doctrine

by WorldTribune Staff, August 15, 2016 America’s major allies are calling on President Barack Obama not to change U.S. nuclear weapons policy. Japan, South Korea, France and the UK have all signaled their opposition to Obama’s planned “no first use” policy for the United States. Obama’s “last-minute drive for a foreign-policy legacy is making U.S. […]

Trump rattles a lot of people including . . . the GOP national security establishment

Trump rattles a lot of people including . . . the GOP national security establishment

by WorldTribune Staff, August 15, 2016 The Republican national security establishment is spooked by Donald Trump. They are not so concerned about the GOP candidate’s campaign style. No, the main fear is Trump’s threat to cushy Washington, D.C. lifestyles, writes national security correspondent Rowan Scarborough. An anti-Trump letter signed by 50 national security Republicans “provided […]

Turkey cites ‘positive signals’ from U.S. on extraditing Gulen

Turkey cites ‘positive signals’ from U.S. on extraditing Gulen

by WorldTribune Staff, August 15, 2016 Turkish officials have said that finally the U.S. is sending “positive signals” on the extradition of cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara said engineered the July 15 coup attempt. “We have started to receive some positive signals on the calls we have made,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in […]

Leaks reveal Soros organizations’ efforts to mask anti-Israel agenda

Leaks reveal Soros organizations’ efforts to mask anti-Israel agenda

by WorldTribune Staff, August 15, 2016 The hacking of a network of organizations funded by billionaire leftist George Soros has laid bare the network’s extensive anti-Israel bias and how it went to great lengths to conceal it. Confidential reports from the Open Society Foundations, made available on the website DC Leaks, showed the Soros network […]