by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2018 None of the charges made in ex-British spy Christopher Steele’s so-called Trump dossier have been confirmed. Yet, BuzzFeed published the dossier and the FBI used it as a springboard to launch the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. And neither have been able to verify […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2018 Argentina’s Foreign Ministry asked Russia to detain former Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati for extradition in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires. Velayati was Iran’s foreign minister when a bomb destroyed the headquarters of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) on July […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2018 The extramarital affair between anti-Trump FBI personnel Peter Strzok and Lisa Page left the two open to blackmail, Department of Justice officials and media reports have said. In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on July 12, however, Strzok said his “patriotism” made it impossible for him to be […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty BRUSSELS — U.S. President Donald Trump says other countries in the NATO alliance have agreed to increase their defense spending following criticisms he made at the NATO summit in Brussels. Speaking after his criticism prompted an unscheduled emergency meeting of allies on July 12, Trump said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2018 On MSNBC, “lies are not corrected; they are rewarded, provided the lies are designed to smear the reputations of Democratic Party critics,” journalist Glenn Greenwald noted in a July 8 report for The Intercept. Greenwald pointed to an MSNBC “fabrication” during the 2016 presidential election which, to date, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2018 Turkish authorities have arrested four recent university graduates for displaying a cartoon mocking President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports say. The Middle East Technical University students, during a July 6 graduation ceremony in Ankara, had made and carried a banner printed with a cartoon of animals whose faces resembled Erdogan, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2018 FBI lawyer Lisa Page, after defying a congressional subpoena on July 11, has agreed to testify before lawmakers on Capitol Hill on July 13. Page agreed to testify after House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and House Speaker Paul Ryan threatened to hold her in contempt. Lawmakers want to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2018 North Korean negotiators did not show up for scheduled talks with the United States regarding the repatriation of the remains of U.S. soldiers killed in the Korean War. The two sides were scheduled to meet in Panmunjom on July 12, but the North’s negotiators failed to show. “North Korea […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2018 A former U.S. defense official called out Google for withdrawing from a Pentagon artificial intelligence program while the tech giant continues to aid China’s military. Google, after thousands of its employees voiced their objection, withdrew from the Pentagon’s Project Maven, which is developing artificial intelligence to help military analysts […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2018 A “shocked” Beijing is increasingly worried about how far U.S. President Donald Trump will go in his threat of a trade war, analysts say. Trump on July 10 threatened to impose new tariffs on Chinese imports totaling approximately $200 billion. The new tariffs would be on top of 25 […]
