by WorldTribune Staff, July 21, 2017 Sparked by its mining industry, North Korea’s economy grew by 3.9 percent in 2016, marking the highest growth for the isolated communist nation since 1999, according to South Korea’s central bank. China accounts for nearly 90 percent of North Korea’s foreign trade, and mineral resources are a key part […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 21, 2017 The Trump administration is advising all U.S. nationals in North Korea to leave “immediately” as the State Department said it will soon issue a ban on American tourism to the communist nation. Koryo Tours and Young Pioneer Tours, who both operate in North Korea, said on July 21 that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 21, 2017 Is President Donald Trump finally in trouble? Even popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson slammed Trump for dissing Attorney General Jeff Session in a NY Times interview. Sources in frequent contact with White House officials confirmed that Trump insiders are “circling the wagons” as the Russian investigation metastasizes through […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The Center For Human Rights In Iran (CHRI) has voiced concern over what it says is a “disturbing trend” of arrests and imprisonments of Christian converts in Iran. The New York-based rights group said on July 20 that in less than two months, eleven Christian converts […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2017 The 2012 Hirsi ruling by the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) was the spark that ignited the current situation in Europe, an analyst said. “In a sense, Europe looks like a continent where American Democrats have been in power for 30 years, not only in the European states, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 21, 2017 Kuwait on July 20 expelled 15 Iranian diplomats in what was seen as a follow-up to the conviction last month of 21 people accused of belonging to a terror cell linked to Teheran. A senior Kuwaiti official told AFP that the 15 diplomats had been asked to leave the country. Kuwait’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 Republicans tried “dignity,” “statesmanship” and “propriety” against the constant cultural onslaught from the Left – and none of it worked. Now, the GOP has a fighter at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. President Donald Trump’s tweets “may seem rash and unconsidered but, in reality, he is doing exactly what (Saul) Alinsky […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2017 Since taking control of the state government in 2010 and building a super-majority, Republicans have transformed North Carolina from one of the nation’s worst tax climates to one of the best. “North Carolina, more than any other state in recent years, has provided a model for what pro-growth tax […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON – The standoff on the Korean peninsula is entering a new phase. While President Moon Jae-In calls for talks with North Koreans, he is also honoring the U.S.-Korean alliance and insisting the North give up its nuclear program. Can Moon have it both ways? He’s besieged by protesters […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2017 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the European Union for “undermining” Israel and also slammed former U.S. President Barack Obama in audio from a closed-door meeting that was mistakenly released to the press on July 19. Netanyahu made the comments while meeting in Budapest with leaders of the Visegard Group, […]
