Iran ‘should have been thankful’: Trump issues warning after missile test

Iran ‘should have been thankful’: Trump issues warning after missile test

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has been “formally put on notice” for firing a medium-range ballistic missile. Trump also said in a Twitter post on Feb. 2 that Iranian leaders “should have been thankful for the terrible deal the U.S. made with them!,” referring to […]

Report: Houthi attack on Saudi frigate may have been meant for U.S. warship

Report: Houthi attack on Saudi frigate may have been meant for U.S. warship

by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2017 Iran-backed Houthi rebels who bombed a Saudi frigate may have thought they were attacking a U.S. vessel. U.S. defense officials told Fox News that the Houthi attack on Jan. 30 off the coast of Yemen may have been meant for an American warship. Those behind the attack “either thought […]

Poll finds more Americans favor travel ban than oppose it

Poll finds more Americans favor travel ban than oppose it

by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2017 President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations is supported by 49 percent of Americans and opposed by 41 percent, a new poll found. One-third of respondents in the Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Jan. 30-31 said the president’s executive order will definitely make the United States […]

Senator: ‘Mad-Lib protest’ was set to fight any Supreme Court nominee Trump put forward

Senator: ‘Mad-Lib protest’ was set to fight any Supreme Court nominee Trump put forward

by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2017 Leftist demonstrators who set up camp outside the Supreme Court building were intent on protesting whoever President Donald Trump nominated to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia, a Republican senator said. Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse said he went to the site and discovered what he called a […]

Europe a ‘launching pad’ for ISIS attack in U.S., former CIA official says

Europe a ‘launching pad’ for ISIS attack in U.S., former CIA official says

by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2017 Ineffective intelligence-sharing has allowed Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists to infiltrate Europe and establish a “launching pad” for attacks in the United States, a former CIA official said. The absence of a cohesive information-sharing strategy among European intelligence agencies exposes the U.S. to a greater risk of terrorist attacks, former […]

‘Very much in the mold of’ Scalia: Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch

‘Very much in the mold of’ Scalia: Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch

by WorldTribune Staff, February 1, 2017 With the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump accomplished his goal of replacing Justice Antonin Scalia with someone “very much in the mold” of the conservative champion, analysts say. Trump on Jan. 31 chose Judge Gorsuch, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]

Iran halts visas to Americans, Iraq decides not to retaliate for Trump’s order

Iran halts visas to Americans, Iraq decides not to retaliate for Trump’s order

by WorldTribune Staff, February 1, 2017 Iran on Jan. 31 said it would stop issuing visas to Americans in what it called a “reciprocal” and “proportionate” action after President Donald Trump’s executive order that included a 90-day ban on Iranian citizens entering the U.S. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed that Teheran would no […]

Obama’s unreported Pakistan sanctions limit U.S. options for looming Afghanistan crisis

Obama’s unreported Pakistan sanctions limit U.S. options for looming Afghanistan crisis

How the U.S. Trump Administration deals with emerging Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran issues may have been affected by the policies and last-minute sanctions enacted by the outgoing administration. Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs As exiled Iranian strategist Dr Assad Homayoun notes: “If Iran switches its allegiances back to […]

Despite furor over Trump’s NSC organization, it’s like that of earlier Bush White House

Despite furor over Trump’s NSC organization, it’s like that of earlier Bush White House

by WorldTribune Staff, February 1, 2017 President Donald Trump took a page out of the George W. Bush administration’s playbook with the reorganization of the National Security Council (NSC) principals committee and the participation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) chairman. There were no major protests or challenges to Bush’s reorganization in 2001. In […]

Rampant erroneous reports by a panicked media: A partial list

Rampant erroneous reports by a panicked media: A partial list

by WorldTribune Staff, February 1, 2017 Still dazed after failing to derail the Trump election and his inauguration, panicked media elites are publishing reports that do not bear up under scrutiny. Following is a partial list of such reporting, courtesy of The Daily Wire’s John Nolte: Trump’s executive order on immigration being called a “Muslim […]