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Around the World
Russian Missiles in Venezuela Heighten US Tensions
Russian military personnel flying into Venezuela in recent weeks were likely sent to ensure the nation's sophisticated S-300 surface-to-air missiles remain a credible deterrent to any U.S. military action against the government of socialist President Nicolas Maduro, according to defense analysts in Latin America, the U.S. and Russia.
Iranian general: We won’t talk to US under pressure of sanctions
The new head of Iran's hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on Monday said the country wouldn’t negotiate with the United States while it maintains economic sanctions on his country.
IS chief Baghdadi emerges on video for first time in five years
The elusive chief of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appeared for the first time in five years in a propaganda video released Monday by the jihadist organization.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Palestinians on verge of financial collapse
The Palestinian Authority is facing imminent financial collapse over its refusal on principle to accept any tax revenues from Israel, and its dire call for help to the Arab world is mostly going unheeded.
Israeli ambassador calls NYT 'cesspool of hostility'
The Israeli ambassador to the United States linked The New York Times to the 'Jew-hatred of growing parts of the intellectual class.'
Inside the United States
House Democrats move to defund Trump administration rule targeting Planned Parenthood
House Democrats moved Monday to block the Trump administration from cutting off family-planning grants for medical facilities such as Planned Parenthood that also provide and refer to abortions.
320 more troops to be sent to U.S. southern border
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan approved Monday to send an additional 320 military troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to provide humanitarian support, the Department of Defense said.
Michigan Court Overturns State Law Protecting Christian Adoption Agencies
A Michigan court recently overturned a 2015 law that allowed state-contracted Christian adoption agencies to decline placing children with same-sex adoptive parents.
Christian News
United Methodist Court Upholds Ban on LGBTQ Clergy, Same Sex Marriage
The United Methodist Church’s top court has upheld much of the Traditional Plan approved earlier this year, continuing the global denomination’s ban on the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members.
Russian Missiles in Venezuela Heighten US Tensions
Russian military personnel flying into Venezuela in recent weeks were likely sent to ensure the nation's sophisticated S-300 surface-to-air missiles remain a credible deterrent to any U.S. military action against the government of socialist President Nicolas Maduro, according to defense analysts in Latin America, the U.S. and Russia.
Iranian general: We won’t talk to US under pressure of sanctions
The new head of Iran's hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on Monday said the country wouldn’t negotiate with the United States while it maintains economic sanctions on his country.
IS chief Baghdadi emerges on video for first time in five years
The elusive chief of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appeared for the first time in five years in a propaganda video released Monday by the jihadist organization.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Palestinians on verge of financial collapse
The Palestinian Authority is facing imminent financial collapse over its refusal on principle to accept any tax revenues from Israel, and its dire call for help to the Arab world is mostly going unheeded.
Israeli ambassador calls NYT 'cesspool of hostility'
The Israeli ambassador to the United States linked The New York Times to the 'Jew-hatred of growing parts of the intellectual class.'
Inside the United States
House Democrats move to defund Trump administration rule targeting Planned Parenthood
House Democrats moved Monday to block the Trump administration from cutting off family-planning grants for medical facilities such as Planned Parenthood that also provide and refer to abortions.
320 more troops to be sent to U.S. southern border
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan approved Monday to send an additional 320 military troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to provide humanitarian support, the Department of Defense said.
Michigan Court Overturns State Law Protecting Christian Adoption Agencies
A Michigan court recently overturned a 2015 law that allowed state-contracted Christian adoption agencies to decline placing children with same-sex adoptive parents.
Christian News
United Methodist Court Upholds Ban on LGBTQ Clergy, Same Sex Marriage
The United Methodist Church’s top court has upheld much of the Traditional Plan approved earlier this year, continuing the global denomination’s ban on the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members.
Around the World
Iran says leaving nuclear treaty one of many options after U.S. sanctions move
Iran said on Sunday it could quit a treaty against the spread of nuclear weapons after the United States tightens sanctions, while an Iranian general said the U.S. Navy was interacting as before with an elite military unit blacklisted by Washington.
Cyclone Kenneth: Entire villages wiped out, says UN
A powerful cyclone has 'entirely wiped out' villages in Mozambique, according to a UN official.
Iran says it made surveillance flight over US aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards have successfully managed a surveillance flight over a US aircraft carrier, the nation’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Saturday.
US to donate additional $500K to restore tomb of biblical prophet Nahum in Iraq
The United States announced Friday that it would contribute an additional $500,000 to help restore the tomb believed to be the resting place of the biblical prophet Nahum in the town of Alqosh in northern Iraq.
Heavy rains cause massive flooding in cyclone-hit Mozambique
Heavy rainfall caused flooding in northern Mozambique on Sunday, just three days after Cyclone Kenneth killed at least eight people and damaged thousands of houses in the southeast African country.
Trump is ‘a threat to our world order’
Donald Trump has been branded a 'threat to our world order' and unworthy of a state visit, after he moved to pull the United States from the international Arms Trade Treaty.
IMF: Iran Inflation Could Reach 40 Percent Amid Sanctions
Iran's economy is expected to shrink by six percent this year and inflation could reach 40 percent, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts, as the country copes with the impact of tighter U.S. sanctions.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
NYT: ‘Error of Judgment’ to Publish Anti-Semitic Cartoon Featuring Netanyahu as Guide Dog for Trump
The New York Times announced Saturday it was deleting an anti-Semitic cartoon from its international edition featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a guide dog leading a blind Donald Trump.
Netanyahu, Kahlon reportedly plan for possible financial collapse of PA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon have reportedly discussed emergency plans, should the Palestinian Authority’s financial system collapse over its refusal to accept tax dividends collected by Israel, according to television reports Sunday.
Inside the United States
Economy grew at 3.2% in first quarter, beating expectations
The economy grew at a 3.2% annual rate in the first quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday morning, easily beating forecasters' expectations.
Trump Says U.S. Withdrawing From Treaty Regulating Conventional Weapons
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would withdraw U.S. backing for a treaty that sought to regulate the global trade in small arms and other conventional weaponry.
Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on 'Gruesome' Dismemberment Abortions
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday blocking a 2015 ban on dismemberment abortions.
Satanic Temple sues Minnesota city over proposed monument
The Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple is suing a Minnesota city for withdrawing permission for a satanic monument two years ago, when local government officials got tangled in a debate over religious symbols in public places.
Christian News
Christian conservatives are as empathetic as liberals, analysis finds
New analysis of research is challenging common stereotypes about politically conservative religious people, who, though thought to be religious and 'cold-blooded,' report being as empathetic as political 'bleeding-heart' liberals when surveyed.
Iran says leaving nuclear treaty one of many options after U.S. sanctions move
Iran said on Sunday it could quit a treaty against the spread of nuclear weapons after the United States tightens sanctions, while an Iranian general said the U.S. Navy was interacting as before with an elite military unit blacklisted by Washington.
Cyclone Kenneth: Entire villages wiped out, says UN
A powerful cyclone has 'entirely wiped out' villages in Mozambique, according to a UN official.
Iran says it made surveillance flight over US aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards have successfully managed a surveillance flight over a US aircraft carrier, the nation’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Saturday.
US to donate additional $500K to restore tomb of biblical prophet Nahum in Iraq
The United States announced Friday that it would contribute an additional $500,000 to help restore the tomb believed to be the resting place of the biblical prophet Nahum in the town of Alqosh in northern Iraq.
Heavy rains cause massive flooding in cyclone-hit Mozambique
Heavy rainfall caused flooding in northern Mozambique on Sunday, just three days after Cyclone Kenneth killed at least eight people and damaged thousands of houses in the southeast African country.
Trump is ‘a threat to our world order’
Donald Trump has been branded a 'threat to our world order' and unworthy of a state visit, after he moved to pull the United States from the international Arms Trade Treaty.
IMF: Iran Inflation Could Reach 40 Percent Amid Sanctions
Iran's economy is expected to shrink by six percent this year and inflation could reach 40 percent, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts, as the country copes with the impact of tighter U.S. sanctions.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
NYT: ‘Error of Judgment’ to Publish Anti-Semitic Cartoon Featuring Netanyahu as Guide Dog for Trump
The New York Times announced Saturday it was deleting an anti-Semitic cartoon from its international edition featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a guide dog leading a blind Donald Trump.
Netanyahu, Kahlon reportedly plan for possible financial collapse of PA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon have reportedly discussed emergency plans, should the Palestinian Authority’s financial system collapse over its refusal to accept tax dividends collected by Israel, according to television reports Sunday.
Inside the United States
Economy grew at 3.2% in first quarter, beating expectations
The economy grew at a 3.2% annual rate in the first quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday morning, easily beating forecasters' expectations.
Trump Says U.S. Withdrawing From Treaty Regulating Conventional Weapons
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would withdraw U.S. backing for a treaty that sought to regulate the global trade in small arms and other conventional weaponry.
Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on 'Gruesome' Dismemberment Abortions
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday blocking a 2015 ban on dismemberment abortions.
Satanic Temple sues Minnesota city over proposed monument
The Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple is suing a Minnesota city for withdrawing permission for a satanic monument two years ago, when local government officials got tangled in a debate over religious symbols in public places.
Christian News
Christian conservatives are as empathetic as liberals, analysis finds
New analysis of research is challenging common stereotypes about politically conservative religious people, who, though thought to be religious and 'cold-blooded,' report being as empathetic as political 'bleeding-heart' liberals when surveyed.
Around the World
America Outstripped by China and Russia in Hypersonic Weapons Race
The U.S. is lagging behind China in its development of hypersonic weapons technologies, according to senior Pentagon officials.
Saudi Government Claims ‘Terror’ in Slew of Executions Condemned by Rights Groups
37 people in Saudi Arabia were executed Tuesday on terrorism-related charges, according to the Saudi Press Agency, during which ceremony the body of a dead man was later crucified.
Earth's Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting, Prompting Fears of a Coming Global Chaos
he Earth's north magnetic pole has been moving from its old location in Northern Canada towards Siberia. And there is a growing concern among scientists that the weakening of the Earth's magnetic field could someday cause its north and south poles to flip. And that could lead to global chaos.
Cyclone Kenneth: Mozambique could face 'catastrophic flooding' as new storm makes landfall
Six weeks after a tropical storm left hundreds dead in Mozambique, another potentially destructive cyclone has made landfall.
China Plastic Waste Ban Throws Global Recycling into Chaos
From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants from the US to Australia, China's ban on accepting the world's used plastic has plunged global recycling into turmoil.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Israel Air Force opens second F-35 squadron
The Israeli Air Force opened a second squadron of F-35 stealth fighter jets, The Jerusalem Post learned on Thursday.
Major Archaeological Discovery Puts Biblical Excavators at Odds with Israeli Highway Construction
A major archaeological discovery in Israel raised the question of how to preserve the past without stopping progress towards the future when a modern highway and an ancient town came to a crossroads.
Inside the United States
Trump: Russia investigations an attempted 'coup'
President Donald Trump on Thursday called the FBI probe into his 2016 campaign and subsequent investigations into Russian election meddling 'an attempted overthrow' of his administration.
CA Supreme Court Halts Abortion Case About Baby Body Parts Trafficking by Planned Parenthood
California's Supreme Court has halted an abortion case surrounding the trafficking of baby body parts by Planned Parenthood employees, granting pro-life activist David Daleiden an unexpected victory.
Half of Americans Say Evangelicals Are Discriminated Against
Though evangelical Protestants remain the largest faith group in the country, as clashes over their beliefs turn up in the public square, half the country has come to believe evangelicals face discrimination in the US.
Half of Americans want religion to play a more important role in the US
ore people globally — including a majority in the United States — say that they desire to see religion play a more important role in their country, new polling data from the Pew Research Center shows.
Christian News
As Warning Emerges of New Sri Lanka Church Attacks, Global Christian Persecution Still 'Obscured'
Sri Lankan Christians fear more attacks are coming as the nation is still in mourning over the horrific bombings on Easter Sunday.
Over half of Protestant churchgoers failed to share the Gospel in the last 6 months: LifeWay
More than fifty percent of Protestant church attendees have admitted to not engaging in evangelism in the past half a year, according to a recently released report by LifeWay Research.
Nepal arrests 4 Christians over 'false' conversion allegation; US citizen deported
Four Christians have been arrested in Nepal, including a United States citizen, months after a controversial law criminalizing religious conversion went into effect in the Asian nation.
America Outstripped by China and Russia in Hypersonic Weapons Race
The U.S. is lagging behind China in its development of hypersonic weapons technologies, according to senior Pentagon officials.
Saudi Government Claims ‘Terror’ in Slew of Executions Condemned by Rights Groups
37 people in Saudi Arabia were executed Tuesday on terrorism-related charges, according to the Saudi Press Agency, during which ceremony the body of a dead man was later crucified.
Earth's Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting, Prompting Fears of a Coming Global Chaos
he Earth's north magnetic pole has been moving from its old location in Northern Canada towards Siberia. And there is a growing concern among scientists that the weakening of the Earth's magnetic field could someday cause its north and south poles to flip. And that could lead to global chaos.
Cyclone Kenneth: Mozambique could face 'catastrophic flooding' as new storm makes landfall
Six weeks after a tropical storm left hundreds dead in Mozambique, another potentially destructive cyclone has made landfall.
China Plastic Waste Ban Throws Global Recycling into Chaos
From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants from the US to Australia, China's ban on accepting the world's used plastic has plunged global recycling into turmoil.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Israel Air Force opens second F-35 squadron
The Israeli Air Force opened a second squadron of F-35 stealth fighter jets, The Jerusalem Post learned on Thursday.
Major Archaeological Discovery Puts Biblical Excavators at Odds with Israeli Highway Construction
A major archaeological discovery in Israel raised the question of how to preserve the past without stopping progress towards the future when a modern highway and an ancient town came to a crossroads.
Inside the United States
Trump: Russia investigations an attempted 'coup'
President Donald Trump on Thursday called the FBI probe into his 2016 campaign and subsequent investigations into Russian election meddling 'an attempted overthrow' of his administration.
CA Supreme Court Halts Abortion Case About Baby Body Parts Trafficking by Planned Parenthood
California's Supreme Court has halted an abortion case surrounding the trafficking of baby body parts by Planned Parenthood employees, granting pro-life activist David Daleiden an unexpected victory.
Half of Americans Say Evangelicals Are Discriminated Against
Though evangelical Protestants remain the largest faith group in the country, as clashes over their beliefs turn up in the public square, half the country has come to believe evangelicals face discrimination in the US.
Half of Americans want religion to play a more important role in the US
ore people globally — including a majority in the United States — say that they desire to see religion play a more important role in their country, new polling data from the Pew Research Center shows.
Christian News
As Warning Emerges of New Sri Lanka Church Attacks, Global Christian Persecution Still 'Obscured'
Sri Lankan Christians fear more attacks are coming as the nation is still in mourning over the horrific bombings on Easter Sunday.
Over half of Protestant churchgoers failed to share the Gospel in the last 6 months: LifeWay
More than fifty percent of Protestant church attendees have admitted to not engaging in evangelism in the past half a year, according to a recently released report by LifeWay Research.
Nepal arrests 4 Christians over 'false' conversion allegation; US citizen deported
Four Christians have been arrested in Nepal, including a United States citizen, months after a controversial law criminalizing religious conversion went into effect in the Asian nation.