Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Iran, in shadow proxy war with Saudis, expands its Pakistan influence
Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2018
Iran is stepping up its involvement with political and militant Shiite groups in Pakistan, in what foreign affairs experts see as an escalating shadow proxy war with Saudi Arabia in a country with the world's second-largest Muslim population.
Global debt soars, along with fears of crisis ahead
Posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Ten years after the worst financial panic since the 1930s, growing debt burdens in key developing economies are fueling fears of a new crisis that could spread far beyond the disruption sweeping Turkey.
Trump warns Syria not to ‘recklessly attack’ Idlib province
Posted on Monday, September 3, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to 'recklessly attack' Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, warning that hundreds of thousands of people could be killed.
Russian military ‘drills’ point to imminent final clash in Syria
Posted on Friday, August 31, 2018
Russia’s navy announced it will open 'large-scale drills' in the Mediterranean on Saturday in the latest sign that a major Syrian government offensive against one of the last rebel strongholds in the country is imminent -- a development…
NATO Confirms Russian Naval Buildup Off Syria, Calls for Restraint
Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2018
NATO confirmed a large-scale Russian navy buildup in the Mediterranean Sea off Syria on Tuesday. 'The Russian Navy has dispatched substantial naval forces to the Mediterranean, including several ships equipped with modern cruise missiles,' NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu…
Russia to hold biggest military drills since Cold War
Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Russia will flex its military muscles and hold the biggest war games since the Cold War era next month, including almost 300,000 troops and 1,000 aircraft, the Russian defense ministry said Tuesday, leading NATO to warn of a…
