Democrats complained Wednesday that the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing featuring former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was a distraction from the dual crises confronting the nation.
Hungarians commemorated on Thursday the 100th anniversary of the treaty that forced them to give up two-thirds of their nation’s territory after World War One.
The Palestinian Authority announced Monday it will continue paying monthly salaries to terrorists in prison, WND reports. In violation of recent Israeli law, the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) said the salaries would continue to be paid through local banks in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank).
Iran has released U.S. Navy veteran Michael White who was detained in the Islamic nation for nearly two years, his mother confirmed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency after a fuel tank at a Siberian power plant collapsed on Friday and spilled 20,000 tonnes of diesel oil into the Arctic Circle’s Ambarnaya river, BBC News reported. The oil spread around 12km (7.5 miles) from the plant, reportedly contaminating a 350 sq. km (135 sq. mile) area.
Amid nationwide waves of extreme violence and looting that erupted following the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, 77-year-old retired African American Police Captain David Dorn was fatally shot while checking on Lee’s Pawn Shop and Jewelry, a business that belonged to a friend of his, CBN reported. No arrests have been made.
In a warning to Washington, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new nuclear policy that allows him to use atomic weapons even in response to a non-nuclear attack.
Wycliffe Associates, an international organization that empowers mother-tongue Bible translators and partners with local churches in the advancement of Bible translation, reports that Bible translators and their families in remote and poverty-stricken areas are facing starvation due to food shortages resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
At least three people reportedly died as a powerful cyclone roared ashore near India’s financial capital of Mumbai on Wednesday. Cyclone Nisarga was the most severe storm to threaten the city of 20 million people in more than 70 years, forcing many to flee the area.
U.S. prosecutors have charged a white Minneapolis police officer with the more serious charge of second-degree murder for allegedly pressing his knee on the neck of unarmed black man George Floyd, who later died.
Thousands of demonstrators ignored social distancing rules across Europe on Wednesday to protest against police violence and racial injustice.
As the Democratic Republic of the Congo neared declaring an Ebola outbreak in its eastern provinces over, health officials on Monday announced a new cluster has emerged on the other side of the African nation.
Turkey and Russia have agreed to cooperate in the development of a coronavirus vaccine and plan to carry out joint clinical trials, the Turkish health minister said Wednesday.
The state of Minnesota will start an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department’s (MPD) policies and procedures over the last ten years, to determine if officers “engaged in systemic discriminatory practices,” the Star Tribune reported. The inquiry follows the death of George Floyd, who died on May 25 after an arresting officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes as he lay face down on the road, unarmed and with his hands cuffed behind his back.
It is highly unlikely the US will approve Israeli advancement of plans to unilaterally annex parts of the West Bank on July 1, a well-placed source told the Times of Israel (TOI) Wednesday. A central condition of US approval is that a joint US-Israel mapping committee must conclude its work on delineating the exact borders of the territory Israel would annex. According to the TOI source, it could take the committee weeks, if not months, to complete this task.
Tony Dungy, the first African American coach to win the NFL Super Bowl, said Saturday that healing for a deeply divided US “has to start with those of us who claim to be Christian.” In a Twitter post about the police killing of George Floyd and the widespread protests and rioting that followed, Dungy said Christians “can’t be silent.” Most important, Dungy said, is for Christians to follow the Apostle Paul in his exhortation: “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Global outrage over the unarmed black man who died in U.S. police custody last week spread to the streets of Paris Tuesday where protesters clashed with riot police.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants a different state to host the Republican National Convention because host North Carolina refuses to guarantee the event can take place in Charlotte without restrictions due to ongoing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.
Hindu violence and threats against minority Christians spread in eastern India, a leading advocacy group says.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that a nationwide vote which could keep him in power until 2036 will now be held on July 1.