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EU tells UK single market access requires full free movement
European Union leaders met for the first time without Britain on Wednesday less than a week after it voted to leave, delivering a tough message that London can access the bloc's lucrative single market only if it agrees to allow free movement for EU workers.
EU army? New security strategy says bloc should 'go beyond NATO'
The EU should develop military autonomy from NATO and take a stronger role on the global stage as it must be able to 'repel, to respond and to protect,' a new EU security strategy says, encouraging closer military cooperation within the union.
Japan's top court has approved blanket surveillance of the country's Muslims
Japan's Supreme Court has upheld the government's blanket surveillance of the country's Muslim community.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
IDF dismantles three Hebron-area terror cells
Israeli security forces in recent months broke up three Palestinian terror cells operating near the West Bank city of Hebron, police said Wednesday.
Haredi parties threaten PM to cancel Western-Wall agreement
The heads of Shas and United Torah Judaism met on Wednesday afternoon with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and demanded that he back down from the decision to grant a mixed-gender prayer area for the more liberal streams of Judaism.
Muslims killing Muslims in droves, but Israel the one being condemned
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid said Wednesday after the te said Wednesday after the terror attack in Istanbul that killed 41 people that it was time for the world to 'wake up.' 'Twelve million Muslims have been killed by other Muslims since 1948,' Lapid said. 'The number of people killed during the Arab-Israeli conflict is 0.3 percent of this.'
Security cabinet approves Turkey reconciliation deal 7-3
The security cabinet on Wednesday approved the reconciliation deal with Turkey, with seven ministers voting in favor of the agreement and three voting against.

Inside the United States
Why the Supreme Court's ruling could be worse for pro-lifers than you think
This week's Supreme Court decision on abortion was a huge setback for the pro-life movement. It is possible things are about to get much worse.
Atheists Attack America's Most Religious State in Anti-God Billboard
An atheist group has posted a billboard in Mississippi, one of the most religious states in America, telling residents that God and faith will not solve their problems.
Federal court orders schools to end anti-Christian bias
It's being hailed as good news in the unfolding battle for religious freedom: A Christian ministry has won its three-year legal struggle against an Ohio school district accused of discriminating against the faith-based group.
Fox targeted by FEC Dems in first-ever vote to punish debate sponsorship
Finally making good on long-harbored anger at conservative media, Democrats on the Federal Election Commission voted in secret to punish Fox News' sponsorship of a Republican presidential debate, using an obscure law to charge the network with helping those on stage.
Obama Bans Single-Sex Bathrooms at National Parks
President Barack Obama's deputies have decreed that single-sex bathrooms will be eliminated in national parks to help make the nation's outdoors into a transgender-supportive environment.
Anne Graham Lotz Lists 3 Sins America Is Committing Against God
Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz has listed three 'national sins' that she believes are prompting God to back away from America.

U.S. Politics
Pro-Hillary group takes $200K in banned donations
A super-PAC backing Hillary Clinton has accepted $200,000 in donations from a company holding multiple contracts with the federal government -- despite a ban on such contributions.
New national poll has Clinton, Trump in virtual tie
A new national Quinnipiac University poll shows that the race for the White House is in a virtual deadlock.

Christian News
Proposed law in Russia would ban proselytizing
Legislation which passed the Russian legislature and awaits President Vladimir Putin's signature could ban private citizens from sharing their faith with others, Christianity Today reported on Wednesday.
Methodists Nominate 3 Openly Gay Candidates for Bishop
At its quadrennial meeting last month, the United Methodist Church decided not to take up contentious LGBT issues. But that's not stopping its regional conferences from making decisions on their own.
'House church' prompts Muslims to attack Christian homes in Alexandria
Although the number of casualties may not cross the world-attention threshold, the story of what happened in al-Bayda-1, a settlement outside Alexandria, is indicative of a pattern faced by minority Christians in Egypt when failure of the rule of law and religious prejudice become the order of the day.