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Around the World
Pres. Trump Considering Killing NAFTA, Creating 2 Separate Deals
President Trump signals he may eliminate the NAFTA agreement entirely and negotiate two separate deals with Canada and Mexico.
U.S. airstrikes targeting Islamic State surge 300 percent
American warplanes are working overtime against Islamic State targets in Syria, with the number of combat sorties in May against the terror group surging over 300 percent compared to recent months, says new airstrike figures released by command officials Friday.
At least 25 killed as Guatemala volcano spews fire, ash
Rescuers struggled to reach rural residents cut off by a volcanic eruption that killed at least 25 people and injured 20 near Guatemala’s capital late Sunday, and authorities feared the death toll could rise with an undetermined number of people unaccounted for.
Kim Jong Un 'fires North Korea's top three military generals'
Kim Jong Un has reportedly fired North Korea's top three military generals in what appears to be an attempt to quash dissent ahead of a summit with Donald Trump.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
US lawmakers push for recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan
An American plan to bring the U.S. closer to recognizing the Golan Heights was laid out for Israeli and American officials in Washington last week.
Netanyahu heads to Europe with Iran on his mind
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Europe this week in a bid to rally support from key allies for amending the international nuclear deal with Iran and for pushing Iranian forces out of neighboring Syria.
Inside the United States
Supreme Court likely to rack up more reversals for West Coast's 9th Circuit
The federal appeals court that covers the country’s West Coast is doing little to shake its reputation as the most out-of-touch circuit, already having notched seven cases that have been reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court so far this year and 115 over the past decade.
London ‘bridges’ falling down: Curious origins of FBI’s Trump-Russia probe
The bridge to the Russia investigation wasn’t erected in Moscow during the summer of the 2016 election.
Trump slams trade critics: 'U.S. has been ripped off for years'
President Trump on Saturday blasted critics who accused him of starting a trade war, saying the U.S. has been losing the trade war for years.
Portland sees bloody fighting as Antifa activists storm Patriot Prayer rally
Violence broke out in downtown Portland, Oregon, on Sunday as Antifa activists stormed a Patriot Prayer rally -- about a year after similar dueling rallies triggered bloody fights and arrests.
Google blames Wikipedia for "Nazism" tag on California GOP
Google is blaming Wikipedia for search results that said the ideology of the California Republican Party included 'Nazism.' Results were seen in a Google information box screen-captured by Vice News on Thursday.
Atlanta Fed Ups 2nd Quarter Growth Forecast to a Blazing 4.8%
The U.S. economy is expanding at a 4.8 percent annualized rate in the second quarter, the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow forecast model showed on Friday.
Christian News
Why Japan Wants Its Past Persecution of Christians to Be World Renowned
This month, a dozen Christian landmarks in Japan—where just 1 percent of the population claims Christ—have been officially recommended to be named World Heritage sites.
Pres. Trump Considering Killing NAFTA, Creating 2 Separate Deals
President Trump signals he may eliminate the NAFTA agreement entirely and negotiate two separate deals with Canada and Mexico.
U.S. airstrikes targeting Islamic State surge 300 percent
American warplanes are working overtime against Islamic State targets in Syria, with the number of combat sorties in May against the terror group surging over 300 percent compared to recent months, says new airstrike figures released by command officials Friday.
At least 25 killed as Guatemala volcano spews fire, ash
Rescuers struggled to reach rural residents cut off by a volcanic eruption that killed at least 25 people and injured 20 near Guatemala’s capital late Sunday, and authorities feared the death toll could rise with an undetermined number of people unaccounted for.
Kim Jong Un 'fires North Korea's top three military generals'
Kim Jong Un has reportedly fired North Korea's top three military generals in what appears to be an attempt to quash dissent ahead of a summit with Donald Trump.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
US lawmakers push for recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan
An American plan to bring the U.S. closer to recognizing the Golan Heights was laid out for Israeli and American officials in Washington last week.
Netanyahu heads to Europe with Iran on his mind
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Europe this week in a bid to rally support from key allies for amending the international nuclear deal with Iran and for pushing Iranian forces out of neighboring Syria.
Inside the United States
Supreme Court likely to rack up more reversals for West Coast's 9th Circuit
The federal appeals court that covers the country’s West Coast is doing little to shake its reputation as the most out-of-touch circuit, already having notched seven cases that have been reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court so far this year and 115 over the past decade.
London ‘bridges’ falling down: Curious origins of FBI’s Trump-Russia probe
The bridge to the Russia investigation wasn’t erected in Moscow during the summer of the 2016 election.
Trump slams trade critics: 'U.S. has been ripped off for years'
President Trump on Saturday blasted critics who accused him of starting a trade war, saying the U.S. has been losing the trade war for years.
Portland sees bloody fighting as Antifa activists storm Patriot Prayer rally
Violence broke out in downtown Portland, Oregon, on Sunday as Antifa activists stormed a Patriot Prayer rally -- about a year after similar dueling rallies triggered bloody fights and arrests.
Google blames Wikipedia for "Nazism" tag on California GOP
Google is blaming Wikipedia for search results that said the ideology of the California Republican Party included 'Nazism.' Results were seen in a Google information box screen-captured by Vice News on Thursday.
Atlanta Fed Ups 2nd Quarter Growth Forecast to a Blazing 4.8%
The U.S. economy is expanding at a 4.8 percent annualized rate in the second quarter, the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow forecast model showed on Friday.
Christian News
Why Japan Wants Its Past Persecution of Christians to Be World Renowned
This month, a dozen Christian landmarks in Japan—where just 1 percent of the population claims Christ—have been officially recommended to be named World Heritage sites.
Around the World
Macron tells Trump US tariffs are 'illegal', EU will respond
French President Emmanuel Macron told US President Donald Trump late Thursday (May 31) that tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the European Union (EU) were 'illegal' and that the EU would respond in a 'firm and proportionate manner', the Elysee Palace said.
Rival Koreas resuming high-level peace talks
North and South Korea are resuming senior-level peace talks Seoul sees as an important step in building trust with Pyongyang amid a U.S.-led diplomatic push to persuade the North to give up its nuclear weapons.
As US tariffs go into effect, Europe vows retaliation
Tariffs imposed by the US on steel and aluminum imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico went into effect on Friday. The penalties will amount to a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum.
Assad warned against hitting U.S. troops in Syria
The Pentagon is warning the Syrian regime to refrain from attacking U.S.-backed forces in the country, shortly after Syrian President Bashar Assad demanded U.S. forces depart and threatened to launch attacks on territory held by American-backed Kurdish paramilitary units in northeast Syria.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
U.S. will 'unquestionably' veto U.N. Security Council resolution on Gaza
Ambassador Nikki Haley 'will unquestionably veto' a 'morally bankrupt' draft resolution on the violence between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza, she announced late Thursday.
Senior IDF official: Israel at closest point to war since 2014
Despite relative calm returning to southern Israel after more than 100 mortars and rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, Israel is at its closest point to war since Operation Protective Edge four years ago, a senior IDF officer in the Southern Command said on Thursday.
Inside the United States
US job growth might have picked up in May despite trade rift
U.S. employers are thought to have hired at a solid pace in May and helped extend the economy's nearly nine-year expansion -- the second-longest on record -- despite uncertainty caused by trade disputes.
Lava from Kilauea 'hotter than ever' after eruption, scientists warn
Lava bubbling to the surface on Hawaii’s Big Island is the hottest and most fluid it’s been since Kilauea erupted four weeks ago -- measuring at least 1,652 degrees Fahrenheit with no upper limit in sight, a volcanologist with the USGS warned Thursday.
Christian News
Church Sued for $2.3 Million for Not Hosting LGBT Event in Building It Owns
An Oregon business has filed a complaint against a church that prohibited it from hosting an LGBT event in a building owned by the church, claiming that the fallout from that decision has harmed the company.
Macron tells Trump US tariffs are 'illegal', EU will respond
French President Emmanuel Macron told US President Donald Trump late Thursday (May 31) that tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the European Union (EU) were 'illegal' and that the EU would respond in a 'firm and proportionate manner', the Elysee Palace said.
Rival Koreas resuming high-level peace talks
North and South Korea are resuming senior-level peace talks Seoul sees as an important step in building trust with Pyongyang amid a U.S.-led diplomatic push to persuade the North to give up its nuclear weapons.
As US tariffs go into effect, Europe vows retaliation
Tariffs imposed by the US on steel and aluminum imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico went into effect on Friday. The penalties will amount to a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum.
Assad warned against hitting U.S. troops in Syria
The Pentagon is warning the Syrian regime to refrain from attacking U.S.-backed forces in the country, shortly after Syrian President Bashar Assad demanded U.S. forces depart and threatened to launch attacks on territory held by American-backed Kurdish paramilitary units in northeast Syria.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
U.S. will 'unquestionably' veto U.N. Security Council resolution on Gaza
Ambassador Nikki Haley 'will unquestionably veto' a 'morally bankrupt' draft resolution on the violence between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza, she announced late Thursday.
Senior IDF official: Israel at closest point to war since 2014
Despite relative calm returning to southern Israel after more than 100 mortars and rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, Israel is at its closest point to war since Operation Protective Edge four years ago, a senior IDF officer in the Southern Command said on Thursday.
Inside the United States
US job growth might have picked up in May despite trade rift
U.S. employers are thought to have hired at a solid pace in May and helped extend the economy's nearly nine-year expansion -- the second-longest on record -- despite uncertainty caused by trade disputes.
Lava from Kilauea 'hotter than ever' after eruption, scientists warn
Lava bubbling to the surface on Hawaii’s Big Island is the hottest and most fluid it’s been since Kilauea erupted four weeks ago -- measuring at least 1,652 degrees Fahrenheit with no upper limit in sight, a volcanologist with the USGS warned Thursday.
Christian News
Church Sued for $2.3 Million for Not Hosting LGBT Event in Building It Owns
An Oregon business has filed a complaint against a church that prohibited it from hosting an LGBT event in a building owned by the church, claiming that the fallout from that decision has harmed the company.
Around the World
Study Unwittingly Uncovers Possible Major Flaw in Evolution of Species Theory
New scientific findings published last week might be compelling enough to change popular beliefs surrounding the evolution of species, Phys.org reported.
U.S., North Korea enter second day of nuclear talks
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and high-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol enter a second day of meetings in New York on Thursday as they try to settle nuclear weapons disagreements and set the stage for an historic summit between their two leaders.
'I Know I'm Going to Get Killed': The UK's Stunning Punishment for a Man Who Protested Radical Islam
The arrest and imprisonment of Stephen Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, has set off protests around the world. Lennon is a British right-wing activist who's been outspoken about the growing influence of Islam in that country. Some have compared him to a 'whistleblower.'
Adviser to Iran’s top leader pushes uranium enrichment
A top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is proposing Iran resume its uranium enrichment in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal between world powers and Tehran.
Syria's Assad threatens to attack area under US-backed Kurds
Syrian President Bashar Assad is threatening to attack a region held by U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria if talks fail to bring the area back under Damascus' authority.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
IDF releases satellite images of ‘significant’ Gaza targets hit in airstrikes
The Israeli military on Thursday released satellite images and details of the more than 65 targets it struck in Gaza in response to massive mortar and rocket attacks by terror groups from the coastal enclave on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Iran is the culprit behind Tuesday's Gaza rocket barrage, Israel says
Israel is pointing a finger at Iran for being behind the most serious escalation on it’s southern front in four years.
Haley calls Security Council response to Gazan volleys 'outrageous'
Nikki Haley, US President Donald Trump's envoy to the UN, tore into the organization on Wednesday for what she characterized as a lackadaisical response to the firing of over 70 rockets on Israel from Gaza the day before.
Inside the United States
Blockbuster term: Justices could determine limits of courts’ ability to check Trump administration
The Supreme Court over the next month is poised to upend the way the country picks representatives to Congress, decide whether the First Amendment protects people who refuse to do business with same-sex couples and rule on whether President Trump’s tweets can be used in court to derail his agenda.
President Trump Signs ‘Right To Try’ Act, Keeping Another Promise To The American People
President Trump kept another promise Wednesday by signing the Right to Try Act into law, while joined by several patients and their families.
Current lava flows are hottest, fastest of latest eruption
The hottest and fastest-moving lava of Kilauea volcano's latest eruption spread across new parts of the Big Island Wednesday, forcing officials to order evacuations in two coastal neighborhoods over fears that the rapidly advancing flows could cut off dwindling escape routes.
Christian News
Algeria: two more Protestant churches closed down by government
The authorities in Algeria have closed down two more Protestant churches, amidst growing pressure on the country’s Christian minority.
India: 2017 saw 20% increase in atrocities against Christians, says lawyer
Amid growing extreme Hindu nationalism in India, dozens of speakers have called for concerted action to uphold the country’s constitution and fundamental rights, at a conference to mark four years of government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
California's Sanctuary Cities 'a Little Picture of Hell,' Franklin Graham Says
While defending his Decision America California Tour during a radio interview on Tuesday, leading evangelist Franklin Graham decried California as a 'sinking' state and even stated that sanctuary cities like San Francisco are a 'little picture of Hell.'
American Bible Society to Require Church Attendance, Certain Beliefs about LGBT
One of the oldest nonprofit organizations dedicated to distributing Bibles around the world will soon require all employees to adhere to orthodox Christian beliefs and heed a conservative code of sexual ethics.
‘Oldest Manuscript’ of Gospel of Mark Discovered
An ancient and much-debated fragment of the Gospel of Mark has been dated to the late second to early third century A.D., making it the oldest fragment of Mark ever found.
Study Unwittingly Uncovers Possible Major Flaw in Evolution of Species Theory
New scientific findings published last week might be compelling enough to change popular beliefs surrounding the evolution of species, Phys.org reported.
U.S., North Korea enter second day of nuclear talks
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and high-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol enter a second day of meetings in New York on Thursday as they try to settle nuclear weapons disagreements and set the stage for an historic summit between their two leaders.
'I Know I'm Going to Get Killed': The UK's Stunning Punishment for a Man Who Protested Radical Islam
The arrest and imprisonment of Stephen Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, has set off protests around the world. Lennon is a British right-wing activist who's been outspoken about the growing influence of Islam in that country. Some have compared him to a 'whistleblower.'
Adviser to Iran’s top leader pushes uranium enrichment
A top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is proposing Iran resume its uranium enrichment in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal between world powers and Tehran.
Syria's Assad threatens to attack area under US-backed Kurds
Syrian President Bashar Assad is threatening to attack a region held by U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria if talks fail to bring the area back under Damascus' authority.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
IDF releases satellite images of ‘significant’ Gaza targets hit in airstrikes
The Israeli military on Thursday released satellite images and details of the more than 65 targets it struck in Gaza in response to massive mortar and rocket attacks by terror groups from the coastal enclave on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Iran is the culprit behind Tuesday's Gaza rocket barrage, Israel says
Israel is pointing a finger at Iran for being behind the most serious escalation on it’s southern front in four years.
Haley calls Security Council response to Gazan volleys 'outrageous'
Nikki Haley, US President Donald Trump's envoy to the UN, tore into the organization on Wednesday for what she characterized as a lackadaisical response to the firing of over 70 rockets on Israel from Gaza the day before.
Inside the United States
Blockbuster term: Justices could determine limits of courts’ ability to check Trump administration
The Supreme Court over the next month is poised to upend the way the country picks representatives to Congress, decide whether the First Amendment protects people who refuse to do business with same-sex couples and rule on whether President Trump’s tweets can be used in court to derail his agenda.
President Trump Signs ‘Right To Try’ Act, Keeping Another Promise To The American People
President Trump kept another promise Wednesday by signing the Right to Try Act into law, while joined by several patients and their families.
Current lava flows are hottest, fastest of latest eruption
The hottest and fastest-moving lava of Kilauea volcano's latest eruption spread across new parts of the Big Island Wednesday, forcing officials to order evacuations in two coastal neighborhoods over fears that the rapidly advancing flows could cut off dwindling escape routes.
Christian News
Algeria: two more Protestant churches closed down by government
The authorities in Algeria have closed down two more Protestant churches, amidst growing pressure on the country’s Christian minority.
India: 2017 saw 20% increase in atrocities against Christians, says lawyer
Amid growing extreme Hindu nationalism in India, dozens of speakers have called for concerted action to uphold the country’s constitution and fundamental rights, at a conference to mark four years of government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
California's Sanctuary Cities 'a Little Picture of Hell,' Franklin Graham Says
While defending his Decision America California Tour during a radio interview on Tuesday, leading evangelist Franklin Graham decried California as a 'sinking' state and even stated that sanctuary cities like San Francisco are a 'little picture of Hell.'
American Bible Society to Require Church Attendance, Certain Beliefs about LGBT
One of the oldest nonprofit organizations dedicated to distributing Bibles around the world will soon require all employees to adhere to orthodox Christian beliefs and heed a conservative code of sexual ethics.
‘Oldest Manuscript’ of Gospel of Mark Discovered
An ancient and much-debated fragment of the Gospel of Mark has been dated to the late second to early third century A.D., making it the oldest fragment of Mark ever found.