Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
May hails new optimism in Brexit talks after deal
Posted on Sunday, December 10, 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May will hail 'a new sense of optimism' in Brexit talks on Monday, telling parliament Britain and the European Union should sign off on a deal at a summit this week 'to move forwards together'…
Iraq holds victory parade after defeating Islamic State
Posted on Sunday, December 10, 2017
An Iraqi military parade in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone celebrated final victory over Islamic State on Sunday, with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi looking on as troops marched in formation, their bodies spelling 'victory day' in Arabic.
UN Security Council to hold ministerial meeting on NKorea
Posted on Monday, December 4, 2017
Japan announced Friday it will host a ministerial meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Dec. 15 focused on finding peaceful ways to pressure North Korea to halt its nuclear and ballistic missile tests and denuclearize the Korean…
Yemen rebel missiles fired at Saudi Arabia appear Iranian – U.N.
Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2017
Remnants of four ballistic missiles fired into Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Houthi rebels this year appear to have been designed and manufactured by Riyadh’s regional rival Iran, a confidential report by United Nations sanctions monitors said, bolstering a…
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…
