by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2017 Britain’s capital city is now “more Islamic than many Muslim countries,” a leading Shia scholar said. By 2020, estimates are that the number of Muslims attending prayers will reach at least 683,000, while the number of Christians attending weekly services will drop to 679,000. The scholar, Maulana Syed Ali Raza Rizvi, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2017 Events that unfolded in the United States in 1968 were staggering, unprecedented, tragic – and real. America was on edge after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. There were riots in the streets of Chicago at the Democratic National Convention. There were widespread demonstrations against […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Syria’s bloody conflict has entered its seventh year with unrelenting killings, displacements and bombardments being “one of the largest man-made humanitarian and protection crises in the world.” As the UN Humanitarian Chief Stephen O’Brien told the Security Council, “Hundreds of thousands of people have been […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 In a major policy shift from that of Barack Obama, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 30 said the U.S. will no longer demand that Syrian President Bashar Assad step down as part of a negotiated solution to the Syrian crisis. The “longer-term status of President Assad […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 On the same day that Malaysia released the body of North Korean dicator Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother and top surviving rival, Kim Jong-Nam, South Korea announced the arrest of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-Hye. The dual news sensations were cause for celebration in Pyongyang. North Korea reached a deal […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 Senate Republicans needed Vice President Mike Pence to cast the tie-breaking vote on a bill that will allow states to withhold federal funds from Planned Parenthood. The legislation, which President Donald Trump has said he will sign, overturns an Obama administration rule that banned states from denying federal funds […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on March 31 continued to press the harder line taken by the Trump administration on North Korea. “Right now, [North Korea] appears to be going in a very reckless manner … and that has got to be stopped,” Mattis said at a press conference in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2017 A “compromise” deal to repeal House Bill 2 was reached on March 29, North Carolina Republican lawmakers said. The deal was reached just hours before the NCAA was set to deny North Carolina the ability to host any NCAA championships for the next five years. NC Senate leader Phil […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The following statement has been released by U.S. Department of Justice, March 29, 2017 A federal complaint was unsealed today charging Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, of Washington, D.C., and an employee of the U.S. Department of State, with obstructing an official proceeding and making false statements to the FBI, both felony offenses, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2017 The leader of the conservative House Freedom Caucus said he’s ready to deal with House leadership on a consensus bill to repeal and replace Obamacare and is prepared to delay Easter recess to get it done. “I don’t think we need to go home until we get this done,” […]
