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Around the World
WHO Seeks Global Digital Vaccination System
The World Health Organization (WHO) says its member states should roll out a universal digital information system to check if people are vaccinated against COVID-19.
US to be removed from EU travel ‘safe list’
The European Union is reportedly planning to recommend that its member nations reinstate restrictions on travelers from the U.S. due to the rising level of COVID-19 infections.
General: ‘Hundreds Of Americans Left Behind In Afghanistan’
The United States is potentially facing its biggest hostage crisis in decades Tuesday, with a key U.S. general confirming that at least hundreds of Americans are left behind in Afghanistan.
US Military Leaves Afghanistan Ending America’s Longest War
The last U.S. planes have flown out of Afghanistan, perhaps ending America’s longest war after a 20 years presence, the U.S. military confirmed.
Poland: Police regional council to maintain “LGBT-free zone” despite risking loss of EU funding
A regional council in predominantly Catholic Poland has voted to remain an "LGBT-free zone,” risking a loss of funding from the European Union, Reuters reports. The southern Malopolska region has received a letter from the EU warning it could lose more than €2.5 billion in funds unless it revokes its 2019 "LGBT-free zone” declaration by mid-September.
US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies
With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints near Kabul's airport, an all-volunteer group of American veterans of the Afghan war launched a final daring mission on Wednesday night dubbed the "Pineapple Express" to shepherd hundreds of at-risk Afghan elite forces and their families to safety, members of the group told ABC News.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Israeli scientists unlock secret to keeping our immune systems young forever
Israeli scientists may have figured out a way to keep our immune systems young even as we grow old, potentially eliminating the vulnerability that elderly people have to new diseases.
Bennett Touts ‘Successful’ First US Trip: ‘We Achieved All the Objectives’
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is calling his meeting with President Joe Biden a success. Even so, his government still faces the threat of Iran and growing violence on the Gaza border.

Inside the United States
Hurricane Ida Leaves all of New Orleans Without Power, Reverses Flow of Mississippi River
As officials survey the wreckage left behind from Hurricane Ida, storm surge, flash flooding, and tornadoes remain a real threat for Northeastern states.
Abortion providers ask Supreme Court to block Texas’ post-six-weeks ban
Abortion providers and pro-choice advocates asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a Texas law going into effect on Wednesday that bans abortion after six weeks and allows private citizens to sue abortion providers for violating the law.
Hate Crimes Reach 12-Year High in United States in 2020, FBI Says
The number of hate crimes in the United States rose last year to the highest level in more than a decade, driven by a rise in assaults targeting Black victims and victims of Asian descent, the FBI reported on Monday.
Wildfire Forces Thousands From Popular Lake Tahoe Resort
Thousands of people rushed to leave South Lake Tahoe as the entire resort city came under evacuation orders and wildfire raced toward Lake Tahoe, a large freshwater lake straddling the California-Nevada border.
Harvard Chose Atheist to Be Its Head Chaplain
The new head chaplain at Harvard University is an atheist and “ordained humanist rabbi,” Christian Headlines reports. Greg Epstein, 44, was the unanimous first choice of a selection committee made up of a Lutheran, an evangelical Christian, a Christian Scientist, and a Bahá’í.
Pentagon prepared for ‘mass casualty’ attack at Kabul Airport hours before explosion
Just 24 hours before a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside Hamid Karzai International Airport, senior military leaders gathered for the Pentagon’s daily morning update on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

Christian News
Indonesia: Christian man charged with blasphemy after uploading Youtube video
Indonesian police have charged a Christian man with the imprisonable offense of blasphemy after he uploaded a Youtube video which went viral and caused offense to local Muslims, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
India persecution: Christian youth burned in acid attack
A Christian youth was horribly burned with acid in a suspected anti-Christian attack in northern India’s Bihar state last week, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Christian persecution in India has intensified dangerously since the Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata Party took power in 2014; India now ranks 10 on the US Open Doors 2021 Watch List of countries where Christians are persecuted.

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Thousands Protests in America
Protests Take Place in Canada
Around the World
UN Watchdog: ‘North Korea’s Restart Of Nuclear Enrichment Plant Deeply Troubling’
The United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Monday that nuclear-armed North Korea appears to have restarted its plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor.
New COVID variant detected in South Africa, most mutated variant so far
A new coronavirus variant, C.1.2, has been detected in South Africa and a number of other countries, with concerns that it could be more infectious and evade vaccines, according to a new preprint study by South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform. The study is awaiting peer review.
‘Civilians Killed As US Strike Targets Suicide Bombers’
Innocent civilians may have been killed when a U.S. drone strike blew up a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Islamic State, U.S. officials said Sunday.
Taliban: ‘US Kills Suicide Bomber In Afghanistan’
Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban says the United States has carried out an airstrike targeting a suicide bomber in a vehicle Sunday who wanted to attack the Kabul International airport.
US Drone Strike Kills “Planner” Of Kabul Attacks
The United States has carried out a drone strike against an Islamic State (IS) group "planner" in eastern Afghanistan after an attack outside Kabul's airport killed 13 U.S. troops and at least 169 Afghans, officials say.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Tensions flare up between Israel and Hamas; Israel targets military compound and tunnel entrance
Israeli planes bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday in a continuation of violent confrontations between the two parties.
In first top-level meeting in a decade, Gantz holds talks with Abbas in Ramallah
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Defense Minister Benny Gantz met in Ramallah on Sunday evening in the first such high-level face-to-face talks in over a decade, Israeli and Palestinian officials announced.

Inside the United States
Marine fired for criticizing military leaders resigns, says chasing stability makes ‘slave to the system’ (Video)
The U.S. Marine relieved of his command for calling out his superiors over the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal that led to the deaths of 13 service members said Sunday he was officially resigning.
One Of US’s Most Powerful Storms Hit Louisiana Causing Massive Damage
Hurricane Ida, one of America’s most powerful storms on record, hit southeast Louisiana Sunday, killing at least one person. The storm wreaked havoc precisely 16 years after Hurricane Katrina slammed New Orleans, leaving more than 1,800 people dead.
U.S. Supreme Court hands Biden another loss, strikes down eviction moratorium
The Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration's COVID-19 eviction moratorium, allowing evictions to resume.
Roughly one-third of U.S. population had COVID-19 by the end of 2020, new study
Roughly one-third of the U.S. population had been infected by the coronavirus by the end of 2020, according to a new study that appears to show how widespread but underreported the virus was.
Key inflation indicator jumps 3.6 percent, fastest rise in 30 years
A key inflation indicator rose 3.6 percent in July from last year — its biggest year-over-year jump in 30 years — as costs continued to build in the US economy, the feds said Friday.

Christian News
Christian Alternatives to Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Sees Membership Spike as BSA and GSA Take a Nosedive
Christian families across the US say they are “disappointed and dismayed” by the changes in the culture and policies of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. What once began as programs that helped to raise up young men and women of strong faith and godly character have become more casualties bowing to the growing idol of godlessness in American society, the families say.
Russian-Backed Separatists Ban Christian Books In Eastern Ukraine
There was mounting concern Friday about the plight of devoted Christians in eastern Ukraine after pro-Russian separatists reportedly banned more Christian books.
Indonesia Christians Urge Government To Halt Church Demolitions
Christians in Aceh, Indonesia’s only province governed by Islamic Sharia law, have urged the central government to help prevent the demolition of churches, Worthy News learned.
Thousands of Christians Fleeing Executions In Afghanistan
Many of thousands of Afghan Christians are fleeing through mountains and other challenging terrains to neighboring nations amid fears they will be killed by Afghanistan's ruling Islamist Taliban group, according to multiple sources.

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Protests Erupt in Italy over Covid Restrictions, Health Pass and mandatory vaccinations.
Hundreds Protest in Olympia, Washington
Fallen Marines Arrive in the United States
Protests Take Place in Switzerland
Protesters Take to the Streets in New York City
Protests in France Continue into the 7th Weekend
Protests Erupt in Berlin, Germany
Protests Continue in Italy Over Covid
Protests Continue in Great Britain Over Covid
Around the World
US President Biden Warns Islamist State After Kabul Blasts Kill 13 American Troops, 60 Civilians
A visibly moved U.S. President Joe Biden addressed the nation Thursday, saying it “is a tough day” after the bloodiest attack in Afghanistan in a decade killed 13 American troops and scores of civilians around Kabul’s airport.
US General Warns Of More Attacks After Kabul Airport Bombings
U.S. General Kenneth F. McKenzie has warned of more attacks after 12 American troops were killed in suicide blasts and shootings around Kabul’s main airport. “They range from rocket attacks to suicide vehicles for a small to a bigger vehicle as well as a walking vest-wearing suicide attacker,” he said.
Kabul Airport Suicide Blasts Kill Four U.S. Marines
Four U.S. Marines were among dozens killed in twin suicide attacks and gunfire at Kabul’s airport, U.S. officials and other sources said. Three American Marines and roughly 120 other people were injured. The blasts and gunfire erupted around Hamid Karzai International Airport.
Islamic State Involved In Kabul Airport Suicide Attacks; 15 Killed
The Islamic State group was involved in twin suicide bombings targeting crowds outside Kabul’s airport, killing more than a dozen people, U.S. and Russian officials said Thursday.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Bennett-Biden meeting delayed to Friday due to deadly Kabul attacks
The much-anticipated meeting between Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and US President Joe Biden at the White House was postponed Thursday, after deadly attacks at Kabul airport.

Inside the United States
US: Economy Advanced 6.6% from April to June
The United States said Thursday its economy grew at an annualized 6.6% rate in the April-to-June period as the world’s largest economy continued its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Tropical Storm Ida Likely to Become Major Hurricane
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Thursday that Tropical Storm Ida in the Caribbean Sea was likely to become a major hurricane and reach the United States on Sunday.
California Wildfire Dangers May Be Spreading to the South
A wildfire that burned several homes near Los Angeles may signal that the region is facing the same dangers that have scorched Northern California this summer.

Christian News
Australian church fined US $36,000 for COVID-19 breaches
The Christ Embassy at Blacktown congregation in Sydney, Australia has been fined nearly AUS $50,000 (USD $36,000) for breaching public COVID-19 orders on two occasions, ABC.Au reports.
New YouTube Community Guidelines Censor Prayer and Faith Concerning COVID-19
According to Western Journal, YouTube has issued new “community guidelines” that will prevent YouTubers from posting videos suggesting that anyone should pray about COVID rather than seeking medical attention.
Church in Wales to consider offering service of blessing for same-sex couples
The Governing Body of the Church in Wales will consider passing a bill that would allow a service of blessing for same-sex couples who are married or in civil partnerships, Christian Today (CT) reports. The Church is not considering allowing gay couples to marry in church, however.
Nigeria persecution Fulani jihadists murder 37 Christians in one night; “please continue to pray for our Nigerian brothers and sisters”
Fulani jihadist terrorists murdered 37 Christians on Tuesday night during a raid on a village in Nigeria’s Plateau state, Reuters reports. With little opposition from the government, Fulani jihadists have murdered thousands of Christians in Nigeria, triggering international rights groups to warn of a genocide.
Court upholds death sentence for white supremacist who murdered nine at South Carolina black church
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the conviction and death sentence of Dylann Roof, a young, self-confessed white supremacist who murdered nine members of a South Carolina black congregation in 2015, Voice of America (VOA) reports. The unanimous three-judge panel rejected arguments that Roof should have been ruled incompetent to stand trial for the killings at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.

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Biden: The first person I was instructed to call on …
Australian Truckers to Strike on Aug. 31st
Former Pfizer VP States Kids Should Not Be Vaccinated
Biden Gives Taliban Kill List!