‘We expect to see more’: CDC confirms second case of person-to-person coronavirus transmission in US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the second case of human transmission of the coronavirus within the United States.
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Senate rejects witnesses, sets final impeachment acquittal vote for Wednesday
Senators defeated a last-ditch effort by Democrats to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Trump Friday evening, then approved a final schedule that will force a vote Wednesday on Mr. Trump’s fate.
China facing global isolation as virus toll rises
China faced mounting isolation in the face of increasing international travel curbs and flight suspensions on Saturday, as the death toll from a spreading coronavirus outbreak rose to 259.
US, at least 17 countries to launch first-ever International Religious Freedom Alliance
Government officials from the United States and several countries will convene in Washington, D.C., next week on the eve of the National Prayer Breakfast for the inaugural meeting of the new International Religious Freedom Alliance.
Trump Admin Expands Travel Ban Against Six Countries Due to Security Concerns
President Trump on Friday signed the authorization for an expanded travel ban against six countries who have failed to comply with a minimum standard of travel security protocols since 2017.
US Believes Al Qaeda Leader in Yemen ‘Likely’ Killed by Airstrike, Source Says
U.S. officials believe the leader of Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen was ‘likely’ killed by an American airstrike earlier this month, a well-placed source told Fox News Friday.
With laser weapons coming, the US Navy’s newest super carrier has space and power to spare
The is U.S. Navy desperately trying to get away from shooting down anti-ship missiles with other missiles, and the carrier Gerald R. Ford could prove useful in the pursuit of alternatives.
IDF launches drill simulating multi-front war
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday launched a large-scale exercise simulating a war on multiple fronts, with units throughout the military taking part, the army said.
Backing Abbas, Arab League unanimously rejects Trump’s Middle East peace plan
The Arab League on Saturday unanimously rejected US President Donald Trump’s controversial Middle East plan, calling it ‘unfair’ to Palestinians.
Iran says it will launch observation satellite in ‘coming days’
Iran is preparing to launch a new scientific observation satellite in the ‘coming days,’ the head of the country’s national space agency told AFP on Saturday.
Kushner: ‘Deal of the Century’ map can be changed by Palestinians
Palestinians can weigh in on the ‘Deal of the Century’ map, US envoy Jared Kushner told the Egyptian MBC Masr network in an interview, where he also spoke of the Trump administration’s plans to recognize Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Savaging Trump plan, Abbas says Palestinians cutting all ties with Israel, US
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he was cutting all ties, including security coordination, with both Israel and the US on Saturday, in a lengthy speech delivered at an Arab League meeting in Egypt’s capital denouncing the new White House plan for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Franklin Graham says he’s still ‘looking forward’ to preaching the Gospel in the UK despite multiple cancellations
Franklin Graham is determined to press ahead with his UK preaching tour this summer despite multiple venues pulling out.
Gaza Terror Groups Fear Israeli Retaliation After Rocket Attacks, Islamic Jihad Leaders Go Into Hiding
Terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip are reportedly on high alert as tensions rise in Israel’s south after a series of rocket attacks over the weekend, with Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders going into hiding for fear of targeted assassinations.
China persecutes believers ‘even after death’
China is cracking down on Christian weddings and funerals, meaning that believers are ‘persecuted even after death,’ according to one villager in Henan province whose family was forced by the government to hold a secular funeral for his believing father.
Young Christian husbands and fathers killed by Muslims in Nigeria
Thirteen young Christian men defending their cattle in Nigeria where murdered by Muslim Fulani herders, who have vowed to execute any Christian ‘infidel’ caught possessing livestock.
Christian Rohingya refugees persecuted by Muslim Rohingya refugees in camp
One Rohingya Christian is missing and 12–several of whom are children–are seriously injured after Muslims of the famously persecuted ethnic group from Myanmar assaulted the small Christian enclave within the refugee community in Bangladesh.
Protestant churches in Algeria shut down for lacking approval from a government committee that hasn’t met
Protestant churches are facing ‘systemic closure’ in Algeria, according to Open Doors USA, under a 2006 law that bans non-Muslim worship without prior approval from a government-appointed committee–a committee that hasn’t even convened yet.
Final Day of Q & A in Trump Trial: Will Republicans Bring Swift End to Proceedings Friday?
It looks like Senate Republicans are getting ready to pull the ripcord in President Trump’s impeachment trial.
Netanyahu in Moscow to discuss U.S. peace plan, retrieve Issachar
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Moscow on Thursday to discuss the U.S. Mideast peace plan and take an Israeli woman who had been jailed in Russia back home.