Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Russia ‘is building military base in Syria’
Posted on Monday, September 7, 2015
Russia is building a military base in Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's heartland, according to American intelligence officials, in the clearest indication yet of deepening Russian support for the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. Shadowing Russian Ship in Atlantic Near Nuclear Submarine Areas
Posted on Friday, September 4, 2015
U.S. intelligence ships, aircraft, and satellites are closely watching a Russian military vessel in the Atlantic that has been sailing near a U.S. nuclear missile submarine base and underwater transit routes, according to Pentagon officials.
Iran thumbs nose at US even as Obama rallies support for nuke deal
Posted on Friday, September 4, 2015
Even as President Obama was securing the Senate support necessary to assure passage of the nuclear deal with Iran, Tehran's top defense officials were scoffing at U.S. claims the pact will restrict the Islamic Republic's military ambitions.
Iran Vows to Violate UN Restrictions on Ballistic Missiles
Posted on Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed that the Islamic Republic would violate outstanding United Nations restrictions governing the country's ballistic missile program and that the behavior would not violate the recent nuclear accord, according to a translation of the…
Iranian Guard chief says US ‘still the Great Satan’
Posted on Wednesday, September 2, 2015
The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said Tuesday that the U.S. is still the "Great Satan," regardless of the nuclear deal struck with Americans and world powers over the Islamic Republic's contested nuclear program.
NATO kicks off naval drills in Black Sea with Ukraine
Posted on Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Ukraine is hosting naval military exercise in the Black Sea with NATO forces, involving 2,500 troops and some 150 military vehicles, from warships and helicopters to armored cars.
China and Russia are using hacked data to target U.S. spies, officials say
Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Foreign spy services, especially in China and Russia, are aggressively aggregating and cross-indexing hacked U.S. computer databases -- including security clearance applications, airline records and medical insurance forms -- to identify U.S. intelligence officers and agents, U.S. officials…
ISIS ‘Growing Like Crazy’ Around World: NBC
Posted on Monday, August 31, 2015
September marks the first anniversary of the U.S. war against the Islamic State group (ISIS), but American efforts are showing little success, NBC News reported on Sunday.
Obama Admits Iran Could ‘Break Out’ Toward Nuke at End of Deal
Posted on Monday, August 31, 2015
President Obama allowed today that Iran could decide "to break out" toward a nuclear weapon at the end of the 15-year deal his team negotiated. The remarks are a stark rhetorical shift from Obama's previous statements that the…
Beijing abandons large-scale share purchases
Posted on Monday, August 31, 2015
China's government has decided to abandon attempts to boost the stock market through large-scale share purchases, and will instead intensify efforts to find and punish those suspected of "destabilizing the market", according to senior officials.
Nuke watchdog under pressure to give Iran passing grade
Posted on Friday, August 28, 2015
Enforcing President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran will greatly expand the work of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog and put it in a political spotlight that rivals, if not exceeds, the run-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Middle East leaders flock to Moscow for Syrian talks, arms deals
Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Iranian officials along with a slew of other Middle Eastern leaders this week, to seal a lucrative weapons deal with Tehran and also to discuss solutions to the ongoing Syrian conflict.
