Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Trump calls for G-7 countries to drop all tariffs, subsidies
Posted on Sunday, June 10, 2018
President Trump proposed a major shakeup of the world’s economic order during a summit in Canada this week, suggesting the world’s big economies drop all tariffs and market-distorting subsidies and go to a fully free system of trade.
Merkel Urges Europe to Step Up in Trump’s New World Order
Posted on Friday, June 8, 2018
Chancellor Angela Merkel made a forceful pitch for Europe to play a more assertive role in global affairs as U.S. President Donald Trump dismantles the post-World War II order, setting the stage for a potential tense standoff at…
Iran opens new nuclear facility for centrifuge production
Posted on Thursday, June 7, 2018
Iran’s nuclear chief on Wednesday inaugurated the Islamic Republic’s new nuclear enrichment facility that is geared toward producing centrifuges which will operate within the limits of the nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers.
EU sets July timeframe for US tariff reprisals
Posted on Wednesday, June 6, 2018
The EU says it expects to retaliate next month after the US imposed tariffs on the bloc's steel and aluminium products, sparking fears of a global trade war.
Merkel: Germany will exert its influence to push Iran out of Syria
Posted on Monday, June 4, 2018
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged from their 90-minute meeting in Berlin on Monday still disagreeing about the merits of the Iranian nuclear agreement, but in accord about the need to push Iran out…
U.S. airstrikes targeting Islamic State surge 300 percent
Posted on Monday, June 4, 2018
American warplanes are working overtime against Islamic State targets in Syria, with the number of combat sorties in May against the terror group surging over 300 percent compared to recent months, says new airstrike figures released by command…
Macron tells Trump US tariffs are ‘illegal’, EU will respond
Posted on Friday, June 1, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron told US President Donald Trump late Thursday (May 31) that tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the European Union (EU) were 'illegal' and that the EU would respond in a 'firm and proportionate…
U.S. Military Will Leave Syria Base in Deal with Russia, Reports Say
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2018
The U.S. has reportedly considered abandoning one of its most significant military installations in Syria as it prepared to enter into talks with Russia and Jordan over a deteriorating security situation in the war-torn country's restive south.
Russia and Turkey ink pipeline agreement, end gas dispute
Posted on Monday, May 28, 2018
Russian state gas giant Gazprom said on Saturday it had signed a protocol with the Turkish government on a planned gas pipeline and agreed with Turkish firm Botas to end an arbitration dispute over the terms of gas…
Khamenei sets terms for Tehran to remain in nuclear deal
Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2018
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday set conditions for Europe for Tehran to remain in the 2015 nuclear accord, following the US withdrawal from the deal earlier this month.
