Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
UN Security Council to meet on North Korea missile launch
Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2017
The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting on Wednesday (Nov 29) to discuss North Korea's latest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, the US mission to the United Nations said.
NKorea launches ICBM in possibly its longest-range test yet
Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2017
After 2 ½ months of relative peace, North Korea launched its most powerful weapon yet early Wednesday, a presumed intercontinental ballistic missile that could put Washington and the entire eastern U.S. seaboard within range.
Egypt reeling from attack on mosque in Sinai that killed 305
Posted on Sunday, November 26, 2017
Egypt was reeling Sunday from the horrific militant attack on a mosque in northern Sinai that killed 305 people two days earlier — the deadliest assault by Islamic extremists in its modern history and a grim milestone in…
Indonesia raises alert to highest level 4 on Bali volcano
Posted on Sunday, November 26, 2017
Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency said on Monday it had raised the alert to the highest level four on Bali's Mount Agung volcano and warned residents in a 8-10 km (5-6 miles) radius around the volcano to evacuate immediately.
Single U.S. airstrike wipes out 100 terrorists in Somalia
Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2017
A single American military airstrike killed at least 100 fighters allied with the Somali-based terror group al-Shabab, the Pentagon revealed Tuesday, adding to an escalating body count as the Trump administration ramps up its counterterrorism campaign in the…
US declares NKorea a terror sponsor; new sanctions expected
Posted on Monday, November 20, 2017
President Donald Trump announced Monday the U.S. is putting North Korea’s 'murderous regime' on America’s terrorism blacklist, despite questions about Pyongyang’s support for international attacks beyond the assassination of its leader’s half brother in February.
German coalition talks break down, raising prospect of new election
Posted on Sunday, November 19, 2017
High-stakes talks to form a new German government collapsed Sunday as the pro-business FDP party walked out, plunging Europe’s biggest economy into a political crisis and potentially precipitating the end of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s career.
Russia vetoes U.S. resolution to probe chemical attack in Syria
Posted on Friday, November 17, 2017
Russia used its U.N. Security Council veto power on Thursday to stop a U.S.-drafted resolution that would have extended an investigation into allegations that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons on his own people earlier this year.
EU takes step toward joint army
Posted on Monday, November 13, 2017
The vast majority of EU states have agreed to create what some have called the nucleus of a joint army.
3 US Navy aircraft carriers operate off Korean Peninsula
Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2017
Three U.S. Navy aircraft carriers joined South Korea forces on Saturday to begin joint naval exercises in the waters off the Korean Peninsula in a show of force against North Korea as President Donald Trump ends his five-country…
