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Around the World
U.S. walks fine line with Kurdish allies by joining Turkish forces on patrol in Syria
U.S. and Turkish military patrols have begun operating in the highly strategic northern Syrian enclave of Manbij, heading off a feared clash between the two NATO allies but potentially leaving the Pentagon’s Kurdish allies in the region shortchanged once again.
Trump threatens more tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese exports
President Trump escalated his trade feud with China Monday night, threatening to impose tariffs of 10 percent on another $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.
Russia-to-Germany undersea pipeline unnerves U.S., riles region
It has driven a wedge between America and its allies, given Russia a chance to put a stranglehold on European energy markets and may even threaten U.S. national security, some observers suggest, by potentially doubling as a spy device.
North Korea's Kim visit Beijing; South Korea, U.S. halt military drill
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, where he will likely brief Chinese President Xi Jinping on his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, as Washington and Seoul agreed to suspend a major joint military exercise.
Russia argues the Marine Corps’ beefed-up presence in Norway is an attack
Russia just can’t let it go that Norway recently decided to invite several hundred more Marines to the region for cold-weather training.
Merkel and Macron mold plans for EU reform
Proposals by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron for reforming the European Union are to be discussed at the upcoming EU summit in late June. There is plenty of agreement between the two — but also some sizeable differences.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
UN chief warns Gaza violence is close 'to the brink of war'
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the escalation of violence in Gaza is 'a warning to all how close to the brink of war the situation is,' and he is urging Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers to recommit to the cease-fire that ended their 2014 war.
Netanyahu holds rare meet with Jordan king ahead of US peace push
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman Monday, ahead of an expected visit by top White House officials seeking to lay the groundwork for the release of an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
US Senate approves $500m for Israel's missile defense program
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act passed by the US Senate yesterday allocates $500 million for Israeli missile programs and $50 million for a joint US-Israeli program for combating the tunnels threat.
Inside the United States
President Trump directs Defense Department to 'immediately begin the process' of establishing 'space force' as sixth military branch
President Donald Trump declared Monday he will move to make a new branch of the military focused solely on space.
DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow policy that blocks grants to 'sanctuary cities'
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court for a stay on a federal judge's that blocks the law enforcement agency from denying grants to cities based on immigration policy.
Judge: Kansas Cannot Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote
A federal judge ruled Monday that Kansas cannot require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, finding such laws violate the constitutional right to vote in a ruling with national implications for voting rights.
Republicans abandon Trump, demand end to zero-tolerance border policy
Congressional Republicans beat a full-scale retreat Monday from the administration’s zero-tolerance border policy, joining Democrats to demand that President Trump stop jailing parents and find ways to keep families together while trying to stop a new surge of illegal immigration.
Former CIA employee charged with leaking classified info
A former CIA employee was charged with leaking classified information, the Justice Department announced on Monday.
Christian News
Anti-Christian Agenda: Canada Cuts-Off Christian College and Bible Camp, but Boosts Muslims
Two recent Canadian government decisions are raising concerns about anti-Semitic and anti-Christian bias in Canada.
'Divisive' billboard proclaiming 'America is a Christian nation' removed in Dallas
A sign near a Dallas highway proclaiming that 'America is a Christian nation' was removed by the billboard company after it had drawn criticism, including from the city’s mayor.
U.S. walks fine line with Kurdish allies by joining Turkish forces on patrol in Syria
U.S. and Turkish military patrols have begun operating in the highly strategic northern Syrian enclave of Manbij, heading off a feared clash between the two NATO allies but potentially leaving the Pentagon’s Kurdish allies in the region shortchanged once again.
Trump threatens more tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese exports
President Trump escalated his trade feud with China Monday night, threatening to impose tariffs of 10 percent on another $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.
Russia-to-Germany undersea pipeline unnerves U.S., riles region
It has driven a wedge between America and its allies, given Russia a chance to put a stranglehold on European energy markets and may even threaten U.S. national security, some observers suggest, by potentially doubling as a spy device.
North Korea's Kim visit Beijing; South Korea, U.S. halt military drill
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, where he will likely brief Chinese President Xi Jinping on his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, as Washington and Seoul agreed to suspend a major joint military exercise.
Russia argues the Marine Corps’ beefed-up presence in Norway is an attack
Russia just can’t let it go that Norway recently decided to invite several hundred more Marines to the region for cold-weather training.
Merkel and Macron mold plans for EU reform
Proposals by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron for reforming the European Union are to be discussed at the upcoming EU summit in late June. There is plenty of agreement between the two — but also some sizeable differences.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
UN chief warns Gaza violence is close 'to the brink of war'
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the escalation of violence in Gaza is 'a warning to all how close to the brink of war the situation is,' and he is urging Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers to recommit to the cease-fire that ended their 2014 war.
Netanyahu holds rare meet with Jordan king ahead of US peace push
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman Monday, ahead of an expected visit by top White House officials seeking to lay the groundwork for the release of an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
US Senate approves $500m for Israel's missile defense program
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act passed by the US Senate yesterday allocates $500 million for Israeli missile programs and $50 million for a joint US-Israeli program for combating the tunnels threat.
Inside the United States
President Trump directs Defense Department to 'immediately begin the process' of establishing 'space force' as sixth military branch
President Donald Trump declared Monday he will move to make a new branch of the military focused solely on space.
DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow policy that blocks grants to 'sanctuary cities'
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court for a stay on a federal judge's that blocks the law enforcement agency from denying grants to cities based on immigration policy.
Judge: Kansas Cannot Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote
A federal judge ruled Monday that Kansas cannot require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, finding such laws violate the constitutional right to vote in a ruling with national implications for voting rights.
Republicans abandon Trump, demand end to zero-tolerance border policy
Congressional Republicans beat a full-scale retreat Monday from the administration’s zero-tolerance border policy, joining Democrats to demand that President Trump stop jailing parents and find ways to keep families together while trying to stop a new surge of illegal immigration.
Former CIA employee charged with leaking classified info
A former CIA employee was charged with leaking classified information, the Justice Department announced on Monday.
Christian News
Anti-Christian Agenda: Canada Cuts-Off Christian College and Bible Camp, but Boosts Muslims
Two recent Canadian government decisions are raising concerns about anti-Semitic and anti-Christian bias in Canada.
'Divisive' billboard proclaiming 'America is a Christian nation' removed in Dallas
A sign near a Dallas highway proclaiming that 'America is a Christian nation' was removed by the billboard company after it had drawn criticism, including from the city’s mayor.
Around the World
Saudi-led coalition conducts air strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah airport
Houthi forces fought to keep control of the airport in Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah on Sunday as Saudi-led coalition air strikes struck the compound, in an offensive that could be a turning point in the three-year conflict.
Energized Turkish opposition puts Erdogan in real danger of losing power
A prolonged state of emergency after a failed coup attempt and a constitutional referendum that delivered Turkey’s president sweeping new powers should deliver strongman President Recep Tayyip Erdogan an easy win in Turkey’s June 24 snap elections, a vote moved up from November 2019.
Syria says US-led strike hits troops in east, US denies
Syrian state media reported Monday that an airstrike against pro-government forces in the far east of the country caused casualties, while Iraqi officials said 20 Shiite paramilitaries were killed just across the border.
Magnitude 6.1 quake kills three, stops factories in Japan's Osaka area
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Osaka, Japan’s second-biggest metropolis, early on Monday morning, killing three people, halting factory lines in a key industrial area and bursting water mains, government officials and broadcaster NHK said.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Benjamin Netanyahu tells Vladimir Putin: ‘Iran has to withdraw from all of Syria’
Russian President Vladimir Putin can expect Israel to attack his Iranian partners anywhere they operate in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday.
Palestinians fire rockets at southern Israel as IDF pounds Gaza
Palestinians fired three rockets at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip early Monday morning, the army said, after Israeli aircraft hit a number of targets in the coastal enclave in response to numerous arson attacks by Palestinians the day before.
Inside the United States
Trump heading to Capitol Hill Tuesday to sell GOP members on both immigration bills
President Trump will reportedly meet with the entire Republican caucus on Capitol Hill Tuesday to push the caucus toward passing two immigration bills in the coming days.
House expects to finish work on opioid bills, with eye toward Senate
The House expects to finish passage next week on nearly 20 bills aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic, with an eye toward a conference with the Senate over the summer.
Devin Nunes: 'Hell to pay' if Justice Department fails to turn over Russia documents this week
The Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said Sunday there will 'be hell to pay' if the Justice Department doesn’t comply with outstanding requests this week for information related to the Russian investigation.
Trump and Giuliani go to war against Mueller as White House looks on
As President Trump seeks to de-escalate tensions with North Korea, he and his personal legal team are ratcheting up their rhetoric against special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Christian News
Two Christians Ambushed, Killed in Central Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (June 10) killed two Christians and seriously wounded another in central Nigeria as they made their way home from a church service, local sources said.
Saudi-led coalition conducts air strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah airport
Houthi forces fought to keep control of the airport in Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah on Sunday as Saudi-led coalition air strikes struck the compound, in an offensive that could be a turning point in the three-year conflict.
Energized Turkish opposition puts Erdogan in real danger of losing power
A prolonged state of emergency after a failed coup attempt and a constitutional referendum that delivered Turkey’s president sweeping new powers should deliver strongman President Recep Tayyip Erdogan an easy win in Turkey’s June 24 snap elections, a vote moved up from November 2019.
Syria says US-led strike hits troops in east, US denies
Syrian state media reported Monday that an airstrike against pro-government forces in the far east of the country caused casualties, while Iraqi officials said 20 Shiite paramilitaries were killed just across the border.
Magnitude 6.1 quake kills three, stops factories in Japan's Osaka area
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Osaka, Japan’s second-biggest metropolis, early on Monday morning, killing three people, halting factory lines in a key industrial area and bursting water mains, government officials and broadcaster NHK said.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Benjamin Netanyahu tells Vladimir Putin: ‘Iran has to withdraw from all of Syria’
Russian President Vladimir Putin can expect Israel to attack his Iranian partners anywhere they operate in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday.
Palestinians fire rockets at southern Israel as IDF pounds Gaza
Palestinians fired three rockets at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip early Monday morning, the army said, after Israeli aircraft hit a number of targets in the coastal enclave in response to numerous arson attacks by Palestinians the day before.
Inside the United States
Trump heading to Capitol Hill Tuesday to sell GOP members on both immigration bills
President Trump will reportedly meet with the entire Republican caucus on Capitol Hill Tuesday to push the caucus toward passing two immigration bills in the coming days.
House expects to finish work on opioid bills, with eye toward Senate
The House expects to finish passage next week on nearly 20 bills aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic, with an eye toward a conference with the Senate over the summer.
Devin Nunes: 'Hell to pay' if Justice Department fails to turn over Russia documents this week
The Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said Sunday there will 'be hell to pay' if the Justice Department doesn’t comply with outstanding requests this week for information related to the Russian investigation.
Trump and Giuliani go to war against Mueller as White House looks on
As President Trump seeks to de-escalate tensions with North Korea, he and his personal legal team are ratcheting up their rhetoric against special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Christian News
Two Christians Ambushed, Killed in Central Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (June 10) killed two Christians and seriously wounded another in central Nigeria as they made their way home from a church service, local sources said.
Around the World
U.S. says will "take firm, appropriate measures" against Syria violations
The United States will 'take firm and appropriate measures' in response to Syrian government violations in a so-called de-escalation zone in the country’s southwest, the State Department said on Thursday.
Trump to slap tariffs on nearly $50 billion in Chinese goods
President Trump is ready to slap tariffs on nearly $50 billion in Chinese goods, according to reports, reigniting fears of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Gene-edited 'designer babies' offer miracle cures, questionable ethics
A generation of designer babies is both an exciting and a daunting prospect for scientists who dare to imagine a future free of genetic disease but can’t say how the effects of choice and accessibility will affect society.
UN report confirms debris from missiles that hit Saudis from Iran
The United Nations has determined that debris from five ballistic missiles launched from Yemen into Saudi Arabia since July 2017 contained components manufactured in Iran and shared key design features with an Iranian missile, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a new report.
Classified Israeli report raises doubts over Trump-Kim summit
A classified report from Israel's foreign ministry raises doubts over President Trump's optimistic statements about his summit with Kim Jong-un, and determines the U.S. retreated from its positions on several issues relating to North Korea's nuclear program.
Turkey says its air strikes kill 26 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
The Turkish military said on Friday air strikes its forces carried out killed 26 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq’s Qandil mountain region on June 12, the state-run news agency Anadolu reported.
Nicaragua protesters stage national strike as clashes persist
A 24-hour general strike has brought much of Nicaragua to a standstill, as anti-government campaigners demand the resignation of President Daniel Ortega.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Israel warned to avoid Syria strikes as World Cup kicks off in Russia
With the 2018 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament kicking off on Thursday, host nation Russia has made it clear that it expects Israel and other Middle Eastern states to avoid an escalation in the Syrian civil war during the month-long championship, Israel Hayom has learned.
Palestinians prep 5,000 kite bombs in Gaza to mark end of Ramadan
The IDF struck a target in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, two hours after it fired warning shots in the same area toward Palestinians who were preparing airborne incendiary devices near the Bureij refugee camp.
Netanyahu: Iran has brought 80,000 Shiite fighters into Syria
Israel has attacked Iranian-backed Shiite Muslim militias in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, casting such actions as potentially helping to stem a Syrian Sunni Muslim refugee exodus to Europe.
Inside the United States
Federal judge halts secret FEC plot to target GOP groups
A federal judge has blown the whistle on a secret Federal Election Commission scheme to punish some Republican groups and their donors, the latest sign of an anti-GOP bias at the elections watchdog.
Comey 'insubordinate,' FBI wracked by leaks in 2016 campaign investigation
Fired FBI Director James B. Comey was 'insubordinate' and a top agent’s political bias might have skewed the bureau’s focus on candidate Donald Trump instead of Hillary Clinton in the waning days of the 2016 presidential race, the Justice Department’s inspector general said in a report that cast shame on the storied bureau.
Christian News
In North Korea, children watch Christians being executed
A North Korean who escaped from the country and now lives in the UK has spoken via persecution charity Open Doors about his life under the regime there.
U.S. says will "take firm, appropriate measures" against Syria violations
The United States will 'take firm and appropriate measures' in response to Syrian government violations in a so-called de-escalation zone in the country’s southwest, the State Department said on Thursday.
Trump to slap tariffs on nearly $50 billion in Chinese goods
President Trump is ready to slap tariffs on nearly $50 billion in Chinese goods, according to reports, reigniting fears of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Gene-edited 'designer babies' offer miracle cures, questionable ethics
A generation of designer babies is both an exciting and a daunting prospect for scientists who dare to imagine a future free of genetic disease but can’t say how the effects of choice and accessibility will affect society.
UN report confirms debris from missiles that hit Saudis from Iran
The United Nations has determined that debris from five ballistic missiles launched from Yemen into Saudi Arabia since July 2017 contained components manufactured in Iran and shared key design features with an Iranian missile, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a new report.
Classified Israeli report raises doubts over Trump-Kim summit
A classified report from Israel's foreign ministry raises doubts over President Trump's optimistic statements about his summit with Kim Jong-un, and determines the U.S. retreated from its positions on several issues relating to North Korea's nuclear program.
Turkey says its air strikes kill 26 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
The Turkish military said on Friday air strikes its forces carried out killed 26 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq’s Qandil mountain region on June 12, the state-run news agency Anadolu reported.
Nicaragua protesters stage national strike as clashes persist
A 24-hour general strike has brought much of Nicaragua to a standstill, as anti-government campaigners demand the resignation of President Daniel Ortega.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Israel warned to avoid Syria strikes as World Cup kicks off in Russia
With the 2018 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament kicking off on Thursday, host nation Russia has made it clear that it expects Israel and other Middle Eastern states to avoid an escalation in the Syrian civil war during the month-long championship, Israel Hayom has learned.
Palestinians prep 5,000 kite bombs in Gaza to mark end of Ramadan
The IDF struck a target in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, two hours after it fired warning shots in the same area toward Palestinians who were preparing airborne incendiary devices near the Bureij refugee camp.
Netanyahu: Iran has brought 80,000 Shiite fighters into Syria
Israel has attacked Iranian-backed Shiite Muslim militias in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, casting such actions as potentially helping to stem a Syrian Sunni Muslim refugee exodus to Europe.
Inside the United States
Federal judge halts secret FEC plot to target GOP groups
A federal judge has blown the whistle on a secret Federal Election Commission scheme to punish some Republican groups and their donors, the latest sign of an anti-GOP bias at the elections watchdog.
Comey 'insubordinate,' FBI wracked by leaks in 2016 campaign investigation
Fired FBI Director James B. Comey was 'insubordinate' and a top agent’s political bias might have skewed the bureau’s focus on candidate Donald Trump instead of Hillary Clinton in the waning days of the 2016 presidential race, the Justice Department’s inspector general said in a report that cast shame on the storied bureau.
Christian News
In North Korea, children watch Christians being executed
A North Korean who escaped from the country and now lives in the UK has spoken via persecution charity Open Doors about his life under the regime there.