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Terrorist Attack in France: At least 60 killed as truck crashes into Bastille Day crowd
France’s national holiday turned bloody and violent Thursday night in the southern city of Nice, as a truck drove through crowds of Bastille Day revelers and gunmen attacked several tourist haunts throughout the city.
Kerry meets Putin to work on new Syria plan
Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday at the Kremlin to discuss a new proposal that would coordinate Russian and U.S. forces in Syria to try and hasten an end to Syria's five-year-long civil war.
Russia, China move closer to joint moon, Mars missions
The U.S. might soon see two of its Cold War adversaries move closer to an agreement on joint missions to colonize Mars and the moon. Russia and China discussed expanding their cooperation to explore outer space, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told reporters Wednesday.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
EU UNESCO draft also disregards Jewish connection to Temple Mount
The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem is fuming over a draft decision distributed on Thursday by representatives of the European Union at meetings of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in Istanbul on the subject of the Israeli capital's Old City that completely ignores the Jewish connection to the site.

Inside the United States
Military told to avoid 37 U.S. cities for fear anti-police protests may turn violent
The Army last week warned all military personnel in the United States to avoid 37 American cities this week over concerns that anti-police protests, dubbed “Days of Rage,” are planned and could turn violent.
Editor's Note: Are nationwide day of rages scheduled? If so, it would fall on the 9th of Tammuz on the Hebrew calendar. This is historically the day "walls were breached" in Jersualem. Last year, the Supreme Court redefined marriage on this very same day.

Religious Freedom Bill Ignites New Battle over Gay Marriage
Legislators on Capitol Hill are weighting a bill that would protect those who have a religious objection to gay marriage.
Satanic prayer disrupted at council meeting
Satanic prayer at Pensacola city council meeting was disrupted by crowd. Police escorted people out of the meeting.
ISIS hit list names include 1,700 individual churchgoers, Jewish worshippers in U.S. labelled as 'crusaders'
The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) disseminated a new hit list of American targets earlier this month, including churchgoers and Jewish worshippers, forcing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to brief religious leaders.
Feds fear prospect of violence at GOP, Dem conventions
Top national security officials testified on Capitol Hill on Thursday that they are worried about the prospect of violence descending on the Republican and Democratic national conventions over the next two weeks.
Newt Gingrich: Deport all Muslims who support shariah law
One of the Republican Party's most-prominent figures blamed the Nice terror attack on gutless Western elites and called for the deportation of every Muslim in the U.S. who supports shariah law.

U.S. Politics
National polls shift toward Trump
As the effects of the FBI's investigation into her use of a private email system begin to sink in with the electorate, Hillary Clinton has seen her 6-point lead in one poll evaporate and Donald Trump pull ahead in another poll by 7 points.
Sources Say Gov. Mike Pence Is Trump's VP Pick
It appears that presidential candidate Donald Trump has chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate.
Evangelicals back Trump; atheists support Hillary, Pew survey finds
A new survey shows evangelicals and atheists are sharply divided over which presidential candidate to support in 2016.

Christian News
Together 2016: 1M Christians, Francis Chan, Hillsong United, Pope Francis Will Pray for Revival This Saturday
Influential evangelical leaders throughout the U.S. will fly to Washington, D.C. this weekend to join a crowd of as many as 1 million Christians to pray and worship together for the nation.
Pastor Evan Mawarire released from custody, calls for more protests against Mugabe
A Zimbabwean court has dismissed charges against a pastor accused of trying to overthrow the government through an internet campaign that inspired rare protests against President Robert Mugabe.