British Police Link Killing Legislator To Islamist Extremism
British police say Friday’s killing of British legislator Sir David Amess at a Methodist church in southeast England was a terror attack potentially linked to Islamist extremism.
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India Hindu Mob Cuts Of Ears From Christian Boy In Church Attack
A dozen Christian worshipers have been attacked by hundreds of Hindu hardliners in northern India amid
spreading Hindu nationalist hate speech and violence towards minority Christians in the country, Worthy News established Saturday.
Uganda Police Detain Muslims For Killing Evangelist
Two men in eastern Uganda have been detained and charged in the September 12 killing of a Christian evangelist, Christian sources confirmed Friday.
Canada Court Sentences COVID Sceptic Pastor
A Canadian court has sentenced an outspoken pastor, his brother, and an anti-mask cafe owner in the western Canadian province of Alberta for rallying against COVID-19 restrictions.
Britain hopes to join transatlantic trade agreement next year, no date for US-UK deal yet
While it is not known when post-Brexit Britain will be able to sign a full and comprehensive free trade deal with the United States, Boris Johnson hopes to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) partnership in 2022, Reuters reports.
US to rejoin UN Human Rights Council following Trump withdrawal
The United States is rejoining the controversial UN Human Rights Council (HRC) amid concerns that China has used America’s three-and-a-half year absence to grow its influence and power, AFP reports. Former President Trump withdrew the US from the Council in June 2018 to protest what UN Ambassador Nikki Haley described as the body’s “disproportionate focus and unending hostility toward Israel” which is “clear proof that the council is motivated by political bias, not by human rights.”
Norway ‘Bow-And-Arrow Attack Act Of Terror’
Norwegian police say the bow-and-arrow rampage by a man who killed five people in a small town near Norway’s capital appeared to be an Islamic terrorist act.
Israeli planes said to strike in central Syria, killing 1, injuring three others
A Syrian soldier was killed and three others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting an area south of the city of Palmyra in central Syria on Wednesday night, according to Syrian media.
Federal Judge Pushes DOJ To Launch Civil Rights Probe Into Jail’s Treatment Of Jan 6 Detainees
A federal judge is pushing for Biden’s Department of Justice to launch a civil rights investigation into the treatment of January 6 detainees after finding the warden of a D.C. jail and the director of the D.C. Department of Corrections in contempt.
US, Israel warn Iran of force if nuclear diplomacy fails
US President Joe Biden’s administration hinted Wednesday that it could use force if diplomacy fails on Iran’s nuclear program.
‘Iran becoming a nuclear threshold state,’ Lapid tells Biden aide in Washington
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid told US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Tuesday that Iran is “becoming a nuclear threshold state.”
House passes short-term debt limit increase, setting up new December showdown
The House voted Tuesday to extend the nation’s borrowing limit until early December, clearing the measure for President Joe Biden’s signature and averting a default that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned could happen as soon as Oct. 18.
Jailed Kremlin Critic Congratulates Nobel Peace Winners
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whom supporters saw as a top candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, has congratulated countryman Dmitry Muratov for winning it.
Nephew Poland’s Prime Minister Detained At Pro-EU Rally
Police in Warsaw confirmed Monday that they detained a prime minister’s nephew and three others at a protest against government policies that critics fear could cost Poland its European Union membership.
Israel says it will keep Golan as Assad’s fortunes, U.S. views shift
Israel will keep the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in a 1967 Six-Day War, even if international views on Damascus change, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday.
‘Build Back Better World:’ U.S. races to counter China’s ‘predatory’ Belt and Road initiative
America and its allies are scrambling to establish a global infrastructure funding mechanism to counter the trillions of dollars China has spent to build projects and buy influence through what U.S. officials describe as Beijing‘s “mercantilist” and “predatory” Belt and Road development lending initiative.
Merkel in Jerusalem: We are in ‘decisive weeks’ for Iran nuclear talks
During a joint press conference Sunday alongside Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that negotiations over the return to the nuclear deal have entered “very decisive weeks.”
Taiwan: President Tsai Ing-wen vows to do ‘utmost’ to defend country from China
The president of Taiwan has vowed to do her “utmost” to defend her country from Chinese claims on its territory.
Two killed in Israel strike on Syria base, monitor says
An Israeli missile strike on an airbase in central Syria has killed two Damascus-allied foreign fighters and wounded several Syrian service personnel, a Britain-based war monitor said on Saturday.
U.S. special operations troop, Marines have been deployed to Taiwan for at least a year, report
A U.S. special operations unit and a group of Marines have secretly been operating in Taiwan to train military forces there as China ramps up its aggression toward the small island nation, according to U.S. officials.