Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Mexican Volcano Spews Ash Two Kilometres into the Sky
Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2015
Amazing footage has emerged of dozens of ash exhalations from Mexico's most active volcano, Popocatepetl - reaching up to two kilometers into the sky. Just one of over 25 active volcanoes erupting at the moment.
Obama Lectures Kenyan President on Gay Rights
Posted on Monday, July 27, 2015
President Obama openly criticized Kenyan laws that criminalize sexual activity between men Saturday and lectured Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on the country's gay rights record. Kenyatta hit back at Obama's assertion, calling the issue of gay rights "really…
Turkey Opens Key Air Bases for US Strikes On ISIS
Posted on Friday, July 24, 2015
Turkey will open up Incirlik Air Force Base, about 250 miles from the Syrian city of Raqqa, to U.S. and coalition strike operations against the Islamic State, or ISIS, Pentagon and Obama administration officials confirmed. The move puts…
Iran preparing to enter WTO, set up preferential trade with EU
Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2015
Iran wants to join the World Trade Organization after putting the final signatures on a nuclear deal with the six world powers. Tehran is also interested in a preferential trade deal with the EU, says Industry Minister Mohammad…
White House ‘Satisfied’ with Secret Iran Side Deal
Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2015
White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Wednesday that the administration is well aware of an unpublished side deal that Iran negotiated with the International Atomic Energy Agency and is "satisfied" with the result.
Greece approves fresh reforms, clearing way for new bailout talks
Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Greece's radical left-led government emerged bloodied but alive early Thursday from a key vote in parliament, which overwhelmingly approved new creditor-demanded reforms despite a revolt among hardliners in the main coalition partner.
Nuclear Arms Race: Saudi Source Reveals Plan for the Bomb
Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2015
One likely Saudi Arabian response to the deal its biggest enemy Iran has struck with world powers is to accelerate its own nuclear power plans, creating an atomic infrastructure it could, one day, seek to weaponize.
Iran: ‘We Will Trample Upon America’
Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2015
A senior Iranian cleric delivered Friday prayers in Tehran while standing behind a podium that declared, "We Will Trample Upon America," according to photos released by Iran's state-controlled media.
U.N. Endorses Iran Nuclear Deal
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2015
The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously endorsed the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers and authorized a series of measures leading to the end of U.N. sanctions that have hurt Iran's economy.
Islamic State forces children to practice beheadings on dolls
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2015
The children had all been shown videos of beheadings and told by their trainers with the Islamic State group that they would perform one someday. First, they had to practice technique. The more than 120 boys were each…
Despite Nuke Deal, Anti-US Chants Erupt in Iranian Capital
Posted on Friday, July 17, 2015
The main prayer service in the Iranian capital has been interrupted by repeated chants of "Death to America" — despite this week's landmark nuclear deal with world powers that was welcomed by authorities in Tehran, the Associated Press…
