Li Wenliang: Coronavirus kills Chinese whistleblower doctor
A Chinese doctor who tried to issue the first warning about the deadly coronavirus outbreak has died, the hospital treating him has said.
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People could get the novel coronavirus more than once, health experts warn — recovering does not necessarily make you immune
Zhan Qingyuan, director of pneumonia prevention and treatment at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, said even people who have recovered may not be immune to the virus.
Mike Pompeo launches new International Religious Freedom Alliance
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has launched a new International Religious Freedom Alliance.
Netanyahu said to warn a Gaza war is possible before March 2 elections
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told municipal leaders in the Gaza area on Wednesday that Israel could launch extensive military operations in the Palestinian enclave before the upcoming Knesset elections if Palestinian terrorists continued launching rockets and airborne explosive devices at southern Israel.
Buttigieg leads initial Iowa tally; Sanders second, Biden fourth
The political circus in the Hawkeye State inched closer to a belated conclusion Tuesday when Iowa Democrats released an initial round of caucus results that showed former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg leading, followed by Sens. Bernard Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Trump takes on ‘radical left’ in defiant State of the Union address; Pelosi rips up speech
President Trump went on the offensive against socialism and left-wing policies during a defiant third State of the Union address to Congress Tuesday night — drawing groans from Democrats in attendance and prompting a furious House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to rip up her copy of Trump’s speech as soon as it concluded in a remarkable scene.
Netanyahu suggests he’ll move annexation forward only after elections
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday suggested that he would advance applying Israeli sovereignty to parts of the West Bank only after the March elections.
US adds ‘low yield’ nuclear weapon to its submarine arsenal
The U.S. military has deployed a new addition to its nuclear arsenal — a long-range missile armed with a nuclear warhead of reduced destructive power. The so-called low-yield missile joins other, more powerful weapons aboard stealthy submarines prowling the oceans.
BGEA Responds as More UK Venues Cancel Franklin Graham: ‘We are Pursuing Actions Based on Religious Discrimination’
After facing discrimination in the UK because of his biblical beliefs, a spokesman for Franklin Graham tells CBN News they have decided to fight in court for their religious rights there.
Trump promises to grant Iraqi Christians facing deportation extensions to stay in US
President Donald Trump vowed last week to grant ‘extensions’ to stay in the United States to some Iraqi Christians that his administration had earlier sought to deport despite concerns they could face persecution upon return to the Middle East.
Israel foreign ministry: EU rejects peace plan with ‘threatening language’
The EU rejected US President Trump’s Middle East peace plan Tuesday, opposing its annexation elements that Israeli leaders have vowed to implement within weeks and promising legal opposition to attempts by Israel to carry out Jared Kushner’s vision.
Billions of ‘uncommonly large’ locusts threaten eastern Africa
A locust swarm of biblical proportions has swept into Kenya and other parts of Africa, as the UN says that $76 million will be needed to combat the plague, which experts say could grow by five hundred times by June if not contained.
U.S., NATO allies prepare for massive military exercise as Russia watches
About 20,000 U.S. troops will soon begin flooding into Europe as part of a massive, months-long military exercise that has been compared to the massive drills of the Cold War era, drills that were meant to help NATO forces beat back a hypothetical invasion from the Soviet Union.
Pastor in China describes trial of believers in Wuhan
A pastor in Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus outbreak is at its worst, penned a letter on Jan. 23 addressed to Christians everywhere seeking to describe the trial believers in Wuhan are enduring.
Christian Students Ask Supreme Court to Review Case Over Free Speech Rights on Campus
Two Christian students have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lawsuit against a Georgia College, claiming that the college’s speech zone and speech code policies violated the students’ First Amendment rights.
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.
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.
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.
Congressional Budget Office: Federal debt to grow to 98 percent of GDP by 2030
The latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report projects that the federal debt will grow to 98 percent of GDP by 2030, with the economy expanding at an average annual rate of 1.7 percent from 2021 to 2030.
Bill Would Reform NSA Surveillance Program
A bipartisan cadre of lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced legislation that would reform the 9/11-era authorities used by the intelligence community to access Americans’ phone records and other domestic communications.