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Around the World
Blinken: Iran may cut nuclear breakout time to weeks if it keeps breaching deal
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Monday that the “breakout time” Iran needs to assemble an atomic bomb could be reduced to just weeks, if Tehran keeps violating the 2015 accord limiting its nuclear program.
Russia Officially Pulls Out Of Open Skies Treaty
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that formalizes Russia's withdrawal from an international treaty allowing nations to collect information on one another’s military forces in order to increase transparency, following the departure from the accord by the United States late last year.
UK health chief: Indian strain ‘around 40%’ more infectious than British variant
Britain’s health secretary on Sunday said a coronavirus variant first detected in India was roughly 40 percent more transmissible than the so-called UK strain blamed for a severe COVID-19 outbreak over the winter.
Iran loses voting rights at UN after failing to pay dues
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said this week that Iran will lose its voting rights in the General Assembly after failing to pay its dues to the multilateral organization’s operating budget.
Pakistan Train Crash Kills Dozens
Two passenger trains collided Monday in southern Pakistan, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens more, authorities say.
David Dushman, Last Surviving Liberator Or Auschwitz Dies At 98
David Dushman, the last surviving soldier who participated in the liberation of the notorious Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in January 1945, has died. He was 98.
New Crisis? EU Claims Millions Die Of Pollution
As the European Union slowly emerges from coronavirus lockdowns, thousands of delegates gathered to tackle another perceived crisis: pollution. The EU Green Week 2021 included a virtual conference amid concerns that millions of people “prematurely die” because of pollution.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Knesset to meet on setting date for vote on new government, likely June 14
Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin will on Monday bring to the Knesset Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid’s statement that he can form a government, setting in motion the process of holding a vote of confidence in the new, eight-party coalition that would oust the current transition government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Bennett, Lapid said to share veto powers under coalition deal
Yamina chief Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid will share mutual veto power as part of the coalition agreement for the emerging "government for change", Hebrew media reported Monday evening.
Inside the United States
Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary protected status
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously against an illegal, but temporarily protected, immigrant seeking permanent residency in the country.
ore than 600 earthquakes have shaken the California-Mexico border since Saturday — the largest registering 5.3
More than 600 small earthquakes have been recorded this weekend in a rural area near the Salton Sea in Southern California, with the largest having a magnitude of 5.3, a US Geological Survey geophysicist told CNN.
US surpasses 300 million COVID-19 vaccine shots administered
The U.S. surpassed another milestone Sunday in its efforts to vaccinate Americans against the coronavirus.
Christian News
Iran Convert Jailed For Evangelism
Iranian Christians requested prayers Monday for a Christian convert after he turned himself in to start serving a nine-month prison term in Iran for evangelism and leaving Islam, sources told Worthy News.
California agrees never to impose discriminatory restrictions on houses of worship; will pay over $2 million in attorney’s fees
In what the plaintiffs’ lawyers described as a “triumph for religious liberty,” California has agreed to never again impose discriminatory restrictions on houses of worship, and to pay a total of $2,150,000 in attorney’s fees in settlement of separate lawsuits filed by South Bay United Pentecostal Church and Catholic priest Trevor Burfitt, Christian Headlines reports.
India persecution: Pastor’s father murdered by Animist relatives
Seven animist relatives of Christian pastor Ramesh Bumbariya in India’s Rajasthan state have been charged with murder and attempted murder after they first killed his father with an ax and then tried to kill him too during an attack at his home on May 18, Morning Star News reports.
Pakistan persecution: Christian woman abducted, raped, beaten by Islamic attackers; “Please Pray”
A Christian woman in Pakistan was abducted on April 1 by Muslim men who drugged, beat, and raped her during the 20 days they held her captive, International Christian Concern reports. Pakistan ranks 5 on the US Open Doors watch list of 50 countries where Christians are most persecuted; Christian girls and women are frequently abducted and murdered with no action being taken against the perpetrators.
Indiana Baptist church ordains transgender pastor
The University Baptist Church in Bloomington, Indiana has ordained a transgender woman, Church Leaders reports. The ordination of Laura Bethany Buchleiter took place on May 23, a few weeks after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elected its first transgender bishop.
‘Nigeria’s Islamic Boko Haram Leader Dead’; Concerns About Christians
The leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, whose group killed or kidnapped thousands of Christians, has committed suicide, rival Islamist militants say.
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US-linked Chinese military scientist filed patent for COVID vaccine just after contagion emerged
Yet Another Scientific Study Concludes COVID Is Likely Lab Engineered
Virologist Who Told Fauci SARS-CoV-2 ‘Potentially Engineered’ Just Nuked His Twitter Account
Blinken: Iran may cut nuclear breakout time to weeks if it keeps breaching deal
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Monday that the “breakout time” Iran needs to assemble an atomic bomb could be reduced to just weeks, if Tehran keeps violating the 2015 accord limiting its nuclear program.
Russia Officially Pulls Out Of Open Skies Treaty
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that formalizes Russia's withdrawal from an international treaty allowing nations to collect information on one another’s military forces in order to increase transparency, following the departure from the accord by the United States late last year.
UK health chief: Indian strain ‘around 40%’ more infectious than British variant
Britain’s health secretary on Sunday said a coronavirus variant first detected in India was roughly 40 percent more transmissible than the so-called UK strain blamed for a severe COVID-19 outbreak over the winter.
Iran loses voting rights at UN after failing to pay dues
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said this week that Iran will lose its voting rights in the General Assembly after failing to pay its dues to the multilateral organization’s operating budget.
Pakistan Train Crash Kills Dozens
Two passenger trains collided Monday in southern Pakistan, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens more, authorities say.
David Dushman, Last Surviving Liberator Or Auschwitz Dies At 98
David Dushman, the last surviving soldier who participated in the liberation of the notorious Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in January 1945, has died. He was 98.
New Crisis? EU Claims Millions Die Of Pollution
As the European Union slowly emerges from coronavirus lockdowns, thousands of delegates gathered to tackle another perceived crisis: pollution. The EU Green Week 2021 included a virtual conference amid concerns that millions of people “prematurely die” because of pollution.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Knesset to meet on setting date for vote on new government, likely June 14
Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin will on Monday bring to the Knesset Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid’s statement that he can form a government, setting in motion the process of holding a vote of confidence in the new, eight-party coalition that would oust the current transition government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Bennett, Lapid said to share veto powers under coalition deal
Yamina chief Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid will share mutual veto power as part of the coalition agreement for the emerging "government for change", Hebrew media reported Monday evening.
Inside the United States
Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary protected status
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously against an illegal, but temporarily protected, immigrant seeking permanent residency in the country.
ore than 600 earthquakes have shaken the California-Mexico border since Saturday — the largest registering 5.3
More than 600 small earthquakes have been recorded this weekend in a rural area near the Salton Sea in Southern California, with the largest having a magnitude of 5.3, a US Geological Survey geophysicist told CNN.
US surpasses 300 million COVID-19 vaccine shots administered
The U.S. surpassed another milestone Sunday in its efforts to vaccinate Americans against the coronavirus.
Christian News
Iran Convert Jailed For Evangelism
Iranian Christians requested prayers Monday for a Christian convert after he turned himself in to start serving a nine-month prison term in Iran for evangelism and leaving Islam, sources told Worthy News.
California agrees never to impose discriminatory restrictions on houses of worship; will pay over $2 million in attorney’s fees
In what the plaintiffs’ lawyers described as a “triumph for religious liberty,” California has agreed to never again impose discriminatory restrictions on houses of worship, and to pay a total of $2,150,000 in attorney’s fees in settlement of separate lawsuits filed by South Bay United Pentecostal Church and Catholic priest Trevor Burfitt, Christian Headlines reports.
India persecution: Pastor’s father murdered by Animist relatives
Seven animist relatives of Christian pastor Ramesh Bumbariya in India’s Rajasthan state have been charged with murder and attempted murder after they first killed his father with an ax and then tried to kill him too during an attack at his home on May 18, Morning Star News reports.
Pakistan persecution: Christian woman abducted, raped, beaten by Islamic attackers; “Please Pray”
A Christian woman in Pakistan was abducted on April 1 by Muslim men who drugged, beat, and raped her during the 20 days they held her captive, International Christian Concern reports. Pakistan ranks 5 on the US Open Doors watch list of 50 countries where Christians are most persecuted; Christian girls and women are frequently abducted and murdered with no action being taken against the perpetrators.
Indiana Baptist church ordains transgender pastor
The University Baptist Church in Bloomington, Indiana has ordained a transgender woman, Church Leaders reports. The ordination of Laura Bethany Buchleiter took place on May 23, a few weeks after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elected its first transgender bishop.
‘Nigeria’s Islamic Boko Haram Leader Dead’; Concerns About Christians
The leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, whose group killed or kidnapped thousands of Christians, has committed suicide, rival Islamist militants say.
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US-linked Chinese military scientist filed patent for COVID vaccine just after contagion emerged
Yet Another Scientific Study Concludes COVID Is Likely Lab Engineered
Virologist Who Told Fauci SARS-CoV-2 ‘Potentially Engineered’ Just Nuked His Twitter Account
Around the World
G-7 Ministers Agree On Biden’s Global Tax Plan
In a victory for U.S. President Joe Biden, finance ministers for the G-7 advanced economies agreed on an accord to reshape the tax obligations of multinational corporations worldwide.
Johnson to Call on G-7 to ‘Vaccinate World by 2022’
When the leaders of the world’s industrialized nations meet next week in Cornwall, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will ask them to commit to “vaccinate the entire world against coronavirus by the end of 2022,” according to a statement Saturday.
Jihadists kill at least 160 killed in deadliest Burkina Faso attack since 2015
Suspected jihadists massacred at least 160 civilians, including around 20 children, in a village in Burkina Faso’s volatile north, the deadliest attack since Islamist violence erupted in the West African country in 2015, local officials said Sunday.
U.S. eyes coronavirus modified in Wuhan as possible ‘backbone’ behind pandemic
U.S. intelligence agencies have zeroed in on a bat coronavirus modified during experiments inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) as a possible “backbone” for the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, according to American government officials.
Iranian-linked terrorists in Iraq step up drone warfare against US forces
The Iraqi army said Sunday that the United States military's C-RAM defense system shot down two drones operated by Iranian terrorists above a base housing US troops, one month after the same base was targeted by an armed drone.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Knesset speaker to announce date for new government vote Monday
Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin has confirmed that he will announce on Monday to the plenum that Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid has managed to form a coalition, a technical step that must be met before the Knesset can approve the new government.
State Department Shuns Term ‘Abraham Accords’
The Biden State Department discourages employees from referring to the historic peace agreements signed by Israel and its Arab neighbors by its official name, the Abraham Accords, according to one source with direct knowledge of the Biden administration’s internal decision-making process and emails reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. The name has also been erased from a wide array of official State Department communications as the new administration presses officials to refer to the Trump-era deals as "normalization agreements."
Netanyahu Vows to Bring Down Lapid-Bennett Government ‘Very Quickly’
A belligerent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Sunday that he will act swiftly to bring down the “change coalition” led by Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and Yamina leader Naftali Bennett, which is widely expected to be voted into government within days, ending Netanyahu’s remarkable 12-year reign as the head of Israeli government.
Israel kicks off COVID-19 vaccine campaign for 600,000 children aged 12-15
Some 600,000 Israelis aged 12-15 are eligible to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus from Sunday.
In first, Israeli F-35s train in Italy — with Iran in their sights
Six Israeli F-35 stealth fighters landed in Italy last week to take part in a two-week air exercise in Italy with its air force, alongside those of the United States and United Kingdom, in the largest and farthest drill that the aircraft have taken part in to date, the military said Sunday.
Inside the United States
Manchin to vote against bill federalizing elections, dealing major blow to Democrats
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., declared Sunday he will oppose his party’s legislation to federalize how elections are conducted, dealing a severe blow to Democratic passage in the evenly divided Senate.
Two more states sue Biden administration over Keystone XL pipeline, bringing total to 23
Two more attorneys general have announced their respective states are joining a lawsuit against the Biden administration and its “illegal” cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Another pillow case: Mike Lindell suing Dominion and Smartmatic for ‘weaponizing the litigation process’
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is expanding his legal offensive against Dominion Voting Systems, now taking aim at another voting machine company, Smartmatic, as he continues to push allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.
Christian News
India Pastor’s Father Killed By Hindus; Son Continues Ministry
A young pastor in northern India wants to continue preaching and starting churches after he survived an attack in which Hindu militants killed his father.
Islamists Call For Killing Christians In Mauritania
Islamic militants have created an online hit list that encourages Muslims to assassinate Christian leaders in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Worthy News established Friday.
Newsom Hit With Major Settlement Over COVID Lockdowns on Churches
California is paying more than $2 million in legal fees after discriminating against places of worship during the coronavirus pandemic.
Worthy Watch
Pork-Stuffed Bill About To Pass Senate Enables Splicing Aborted Babies With Animals
Ironic Twist as Twitter Bans Nigerian President, Nigeria Blocks Twitter … Twitter Calls Foul
Journalists Want $2.3 Billion Bailout as Part of Infrastructure Bill
Vanity Fair Exposes the Fight to Uncover Covid-19 Origins
Fact-Checkers Exposed in Real Clear Politics Report
Dutch leader Thierry Baudet Slams in Globalist Covid ‘Obedience Training’ in Parliament
High-Ranking Chinese Defector Has ‘Direct Knowledge’ of CCP’s Working to Release Variants to Cover Up Original Lab Leak
G-7 Ministers Agree On Biden’s Global Tax Plan
In a victory for U.S. President Joe Biden, finance ministers for the G-7 advanced economies agreed on an accord to reshape the tax obligations of multinational corporations worldwide.
Johnson to Call on G-7 to ‘Vaccinate World by 2022’
When the leaders of the world’s industrialized nations meet next week in Cornwall, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will ask them to commit to “vaccinate the entire world against coronavirus by the end of 2022,” according to a statement Saturday.
Jihadists kill at least 160 killed in deadliest Burkina Faso attack since 2015
Suspected jihadists massacred at least 160 civilians, including around 20 children, in a village in Burkina Faso’s volatile north, the deadliest attack since Islamist violence erupted in the West African country in 2015, local officials said Sunday.
U.S. eyes coronavirus modified in Wuhan as possible ‘backbone’ behind pandemic
U.S. intelligence agencies have zeroed in on a bat coronavirus modified during experiments inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) as a possible “backbone” for the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, according to American government officials.
Iranian-linked terrorists in Iraq step up drone warfare against US forces
The Iraqi army said Sunday that the United States military's C-RAM defense system shot down two drones operated by Iranian terrorists above a base housing US troops, one month after the same base was targeted by an armed drone.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Knesset speaker to announce date for new government vote Monday
Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin has confirmed that he will announce on Monday to the plenum that Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid has managed to form a coalition, a technical step that must be met before the Knesset can approve the new government.
State Department Shuns Term ‘Abraham Accords’
The Biden State Department discourages employees from referring to the historic peace agreements signed by Israel and its Arab neighbors by its official name, the Abraham Accords, according to one source with direct knowledge of the Biden administration’s internal decision-making process and emails reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. The name has also been erased from a wide array of official State Department communications as the new administration presses officials to refer to the Trump-era deals as "normalization agreements."
Netanyahu Vows to Bring Down Lapid-Bennett Government ‘Very Quickly’
A belligerent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Sunday that he will act swiftly to bring down the “change coalition” led by Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and Yamina leader Naftali Bennett, which is widely expected to be voted into government within days, ending Netanyahu’s remarkable 12-year reign as the head of Israeli government.
Israel kicks off COVID-19 vaccine campaign for 600,000 children aged 12-15
Some 600,000 Israelis aged 12-15 are eligible to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus from Sunday.
In first, Israeli F-35s train in Italy — with Iran in their sights
Six Israeli F-35 stealth fighters landed in Italy last week to take part in a two-week air exercise in Italy with its air force, alongside those of the United States and United Kingdom, in the largest and farthest drill that the aircraft have taken part in to date, the military said Sunday.
Inside the United States
Manchin to vote against bill federalizing elections, dealing major blow to Democrats
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., declared Sunday he will oppose his party’s legislation to federalize how elections are conducted, dealing a severe blow to Democratic passage in the evenly divided Senate.
Two more states sue Biden administration over Keystone XL pipeline, bringing total to 23
Two more attorneys general have announced their respective states are joining a lawsuit against the Biden administration and its “illegal” cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Another pillow case: Mike Lindell suing Dominion and Smartmatic for ‘weaponizing the litigation process’
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is expanding his legal offensive against Dominion Voting Systems, now taking aim at another voting machine company, Smartmatic, as he continues to push allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.
Christian News
India Pastor’s Father Killed By Hindus; Son Continues Ministry
A young pastor in northern India wants to continue preaching and starting churches after he survived an attack in which Hindu militants killed his father.
Islamists Call For Killing Christians In Mauritania
Islamic militants have created an online hit list that encourages Muslims to assassinate Christian leaders in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Worthy News established Friday.
Newsom Hit With Major Settlement Over COVID Lockdowns on Churches
California is paying more than $2 million in legal fees after discriminating against places of worship during the coronavirus pandemic.
Worthy Watch
Pork-Stuffed Bill About To Pass Senate Enables Splicing Aborted Babies With Animals
Ironic Twist as Twitter Bans Nigerian President, Nigeria Blocks Twitter … Twitter Calls Foul
Journalists Want $2.3 Billion Bailout as Part of Infrastructure Bill
Vanity Fair Exposes the Fight to Uncover Covid-19 Origins
Fact-Checkers Exposed in Real Clear Politics Report
Dutch leader Thierry Baudet Slams in Globalist Covid ‘Obedience Training’ in Parliament
High-Ranking Chinese Defector Has ‘Direct Knowledge’ of CCP’s Working to Release Variants to Cover Up Original Lab Leak
Around the World
EU plans digital ID wallet for bloc’s post-pandemic life
The European Union unveiled plans Thursday for a digital ID wallet that residents could use to access services across the 27-nation bloc, part of a post-pandemic recovery strategy that involves accelerating the shift to an online world.
Germany’s coronavirus lockdown ‘not responsible’ for pandemic decline, study finds
A new study from a German university found that the country’s COVID-19 infections were already falling prior to each government-mandated lockdown.
US spy agencies investigating if Putin knew about Russian cyber-attacks on Western targets
US intelligence officials are working to understand whether Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was aware of recent Russian cyberattacks on Western targets, Just the News reports. Some commentators have speculated the attacks were orchestrated by Putin to test US President Joe Biden’s resolve in dealing with Russia.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Top IDF general says last month’s Gaza battle was only ‘first stage’ of campaign
The head of the Israel Defense Forces’ Southern Command on Thursday indicated he anticipated fighting would again break out in the Gaza Strip, saying that the conflict last month was only the “first stage” of a wider campaign.
Thousands attend Jerusalem Pride Parade under heavy security
Thousands took part in Jerusalem's Pride Parade Thursday under heavy security over fears of extremist attacks and a year after most of the globe's pride events were scrapped over the coronavirus pandemic.
Israeli scientists increase life expectancy of mice, research may eventually translate to humans
Israeli scientists have been able to increase the life expectancy of mice by 23%, and believe this outcome could one day be translatable to humans, the Times of Israel reports. The peer-reviewed research was a collaboration between international scientists, including Prof. Rafael de Cabo from the US National Institutes of Health, and has been published in the journal Nature Communications.
Inside the United States
US Jobless Claims Drop to 385,000, Another Pandemic Low
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fifth straight week to a new pandemic low, the latest evidence that the U.S. job market is regaining its health as the economy further reopens.
U.S. government found no evidence UFOs were alien vehicles: report
U.S. intelligence officials have not uncovered evidence that unidentified aerial phenomena encountered by Navy pilots are alien vehicles, but they are not able to explain the abnormal movements that have confounded scientists and the military, according to administration officials briefed about the findings of a government report.
Texas: Federal judge throws out Planned Parenthood lawsuit effort to block “sanctuary city for the unborn” ordinance
Lubbock in Texas is officially a “sanctuary city for the unborn:” a federal judge has dismissed Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against Lubbock’s voter-approved ban on abortion, the Christian Post reports. The Planned Parenthood suit was thrown out Tuesday by Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas, on the grounds the court “lacks jurisdiction.”
Christian News
Supreme Court denies Colorado churches’ request for relief from COVID-19 worship restrictions
The United States Supreme Court has rejected a request for emergency relief from two churches that are challenging Colorado's restrictions on worship in response to COVID-19.
Burmese military attacks two churches within a week, four refugees killed
The Burmese army attacked two churches in one week in Kayah State, Myanmar, killing four and wounding eight refugees who were sheltering in one of the church’s buildings, International Christian Concern reports. The attacks came amid intense fighting between the military and local resistance groups in the wake of the February 1 coup.
Pakistan Christian Couple On Deathrow Acquitted Of Blasphemy
A Christian husband and wife in Pakistan who faced execution for sending “blasphemous” texts were acquitted of the charges, a well-informed source tells Worthy News.
‘Somaliland Christian Couple Need Prayers As Execution Draws Near’
A detained Christian couple facing potential execution in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland for leaving Islam and spreading Christianity need prayers as their court hearing was postponed, supporters told Worthy News.
Worthy Watch
New ‘Rainbow Index of Churches in Europe’ measures ‘LGBT inclusivity’ of Christian denominations
CBS, Hallmark Reject Pro-Life Ad that Shows Ultrasounds, Babies: ‘Too Controversial’
Emails show Fauci made urgent inquiry about gain-of-function research as pandemic began
EU plans digital ID wallet for bloc’s post-pandemic life
The European Union unveiled plans Thursday for a digital ID wallet that residents could use to access services across the 27-nation bloc, part of a post-pandemic recovery strategy that involves accelerating the shift to an online world.
Germany’s coronavirus lockdown ‘not responsible’ for pandemic decline, study finds
A new study from a German university found that the country’s COVID-19 infections were already falling prior to each government-mandated lockdown.
US spy agencies investigating if Putin knew about Russian cyber-attacks on Western targets
US intelligence officials are working to understand whether Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was aware of recent Russian cyberattacks on Western targets, Just the News reports. Some commentators have speculated the attacks were orchestrated by Putin to test US President Joe Biden’s resolve in dealing with Russia.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Top IDF general says last month’s Gaza battle was only ‘first stage’ of campaign
The head of the Israel Defense Forces’ Southern Command on Thursday indicated he anticipated fighting would again break out in the Gaza Strip, saying that the conflict last month was only the “first stage” of a wider campaign.
Thousands attend Jerusalem Pride Parade under heavy security
Thousands took part in Jerusalem's Pride Parade Thursday under heavy security over fears of extremist attacks and a year after most of the globe's pride events were scrapped over the coronavirus pandemic.
Israeli scientists increase life expectancy of mice, research may eventually translate to humans
Israeli scientists have been able to increase the life expectancy of mice by 23%, and believe this outcome could one day be translatable to humans, the Times of Israel reports. The peer-reviewed research was a collaboration between international scientists, including Prof. Rafael de Cabo from the US National Institutes of Health, and has been published in the journal Nature Communications.
Inside the United States
US Jobless Claims Drop to 385,000, Another Pandemic Low
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fifth straight week to a new pandemic low, the latest evidence that the U.S. job market is regaining its health as the economy further reopens.
U.S. government found no evidence UFOs were alien vehicles: report
U.S. intelligence officials have not uncovered evidence that unidentified aerial phenomena encountered by Navy pilots are alien vehicles, but they are not able to explain the abnormal movements that have confounded scientists and the military, according to administration officials briefed about the findings of a government report.
Texas: Federal judge throws out Planned Parenthood lawsuit effort to block “sanctuary city for the unborn” ordinance
Lubbock in Texas is officially a “sanctuary city for the unborn:” a federal judge has dismissed Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against Lubbock’s voter-approved ban on abortion, the Christian Post reports. The Planned Parenthood suit was thrown out Tuesday by Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas, on the grounds the court “lacks jurisdiction.”
Christian News
Supreme Court denies Colorado churches’ request for relief from COVID-19 worship restrictions
The United States Supreme Court has rejected a request for emergency relief from two churches that are challenging Colorado's restrictions on worship in response to COVID-19.
Burmese military attacks two churches within a week, four refugees killed
The Burmese army attacked two churches in one week in Kayah State, Myanmar, killing four and wounding eight refugees who were sheltering in one of the church’s buildings, International Christian Concern reports. The attacks came amid intense fighting between the military and local resistance groups in the wake of the February 1 coup.
Pakistan Christian Couple On Deathrow Acquitted Of Blasphemy
A Christian husband and wife in Pakistan who faced execution for sending “blasphemous” texts were acquitted of the charges, a well-informed source tells Worthy News.
‘Somaliland Christian Couple Need Prayers As Execution Draws Near’
A detained Christian couple facing potential execution in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland for leaving Islam and spreading Christianity need prayers as their court hearing was postponed, supporters told Worthy News.
Worthy Watch
New ‘Rainbow Index of Churches in Europe’ measures ‘LGBT inclusivity’ of Christian denominations
CBS, Hallmark Reject Pro-Life Ad that Shows Ultrasounds, Babies: ‘Too Controversial’
Emails show Fauci made urgent inquiry about gain-of-function research as pandemic began