Reality strikes: Total oil cancels $2 billion Iran project

Reality strikes: Total oil cancels $2 billion Iran project

by WorldTribune Staff, May 18, 2018 A French energy giant is preparing to pull out of a $2 billion dollar gas project in Iran amid the return of U.S. sanctions on the Islamic Republic following President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal. Total SA said in a May 16 statement that it will not […]

Syria reports massive blasts near weapons, fuel depots

Syria reports massive blasts near weapons, fuel depots

by WorldTribune Staff, May 18, 2018 An Iranian missile defense system was reportedly targeted as explosions were reported at fuel and weapons depots in Syria’s Hama province on May 18. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the series of explosions near Hama’s military airport killed at least 11 soldiers, including Assad regime forces and […]

Trump to Kim Jong-Un: Let not your heart be troubled

Trump to Kim Jong-Un: Let not your heart be troubled

by WorldTribune Staff, May 18, 2018 President Donald Trump, in what was seen as a bid to reassure a panicky Kim Jong-Un, said the U.S. is pursuing a “South Korean model” and not a “Libyan model” for the North’s denuclearization. Speaking at the White House on May 17, Trump said North Korea will be “tremendously […]

MS-13 animals? Trump charges half of immigrant-headed homes ‘use one or more welfare program’

MS-13 animals? Trump charges half of immigrant-headed homes ‘use one or more welfare program’

by WorldTribune Staff, May 18, 2018 Responding to President Donald Trump’s critics on immigration policy, the White House said that “a vast array” of immigrants rely on government benefits “paid for by U.S. taxpayers.” Citing Census Bureau data, the White House noted that “roughly half of all immigrant-headed households use one or more welfare program.” […]

Levin: ‘Greatest perpetrator against the American people [in 2016] was the federal government’

Levin: ‘Greatest perpetrator against the American people [in 2016] was the federal government’

Special to WorldTribune.com The following excerpts are from remarks by talks show host and former Justice Department official Mark Levin on Fox News ‘Hannity’ show, May 17, 2018. The Mueller investigation oddly enough, Sean, has disclosed has revealed that the greatest perpetrator against the American people was the federal government, was the FBI, the CIA […]

View from Canada: Conrad Black calls Trump ‘welcome change’, dismisses Mueller probe as ‘ever more desperate’

View from Canada: Conrad Black calls Trump ‘welcome change’, dismisses Mueller probe as ‘ever more desperate’

by WorldTribune Staff, May 18, 2018 The author of the new book “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other” said the president has been tactically solid in dealing with the “partisan” investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. Conrad Black, the first Canadian-born pundit to endorse Trump’s candidacy for the GOP nomination, told The Daily […]

Mueller on the defensive as Manafort lawyers demand investigation of press leaks

Mueller on the defensive as Manafort lawyers demand investigation of press leaks

by WorldTribune Staff, May 17, 2018 The defense team for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has requested an investigative hearing into press leaks related to Manafort’s case. In requesting the hearing, Manafort lawyer Kevin Downing cited 10 reports which relied on anonymous sources to implicate Manafort in possible criminal activity, Rowan Scarborough reported for The […]

The rest of the story . . . . House Intelligence Committee shifts focus to China

The rest of the story . . . . House Intelligence Committee shifts focus to China

by WorldTribune Staff, May 16, 2018 The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is launching an inquiry into China’s threats to U.S. national security in a shift from a focus on Russia’s role in the 2016 election. “The committee will hold a series of hearings, both open and in secret, examining threats posed by … […]

U.S. charges Iran backed Taliban force that took over provincial Afghan capital

U.S. charges Iran backed Taliban force that took over provincial Afghan capital

by WorldTribune Staff, May 17, 2018 The Taliban briefly overran the capital of an Afghan province along the Iranian border before being driven out by U.S. and Afghan forces, reports said. The jihadists seized the capital of Afghanistan’s Farah province, marking only the second time the Taliban has taken over a major urban area since […]

Smoke and mirrors: Kim wants world to witness destruction of already-obliterated test site

Smoke and mirrors: Kim wants world to witness destruction of already-obliterated test site

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk It’s not enough that North Korea should abruptly cancel South-North talks on military tensions and another long-awaited round of reunions of fast-fading families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War. Now we’re not even sure Kim Jong-Un will go through with his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. It’s hard […]