Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
IMF poised to put Chinese yuan in elite currency basket
Posted on Tuesday, December 1, 2015
The International Monetary Fund is expected to approve inclusion of China's yuan in its SDR basket of elite currencies on Monday, rewarding Beijing's strong pursuit of the global status.
Fourteen Countries Flying Sorties Over Syrian Airspace
Posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Fourteen air forces have begun operating in Syrian airspace as a result of Operation Inherent Resolve, the air coaliton against ISIS. The air arms of the Syrian, Russian, Israeli, American, Jordanian, Australian, French, British, Turkish. Saudi, Canadian, Qatari,…
NATO sets emergency meeting after Turkey downs Russian jet
Posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2015
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday after Turkey's military shot down a Russian jet fighter, and defended its action as one that fell "within the framework of engagement rules."
Visiting Tehran, Putin begins transfer of S-300
Posted on Monday, November 23, 2015
Russia's President Vladimir Putin approved a plan on Monday to begin the transfer of the advanced S300 anti-aircraft system to Iran as he attended talks with leaders in Tehran.
Assad’s Fate Likely to Top Agenda During Putin’s Iran
Posted on Monday, November 23, 2015
Russia's President Vladimir Putin was in Tehran on Monday for talks with Iranian leaders expected to focus on the Syrian crisis and an international peace plan intended to end the conflict.
Islamic State Employs New Tactics to Plot Attacks
Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2015
The Islamic State is using a variety of new tactics, including encryption and control of local resources in Iraq and Syria, that make it more difficult to defeat without a greater U.S. presence in the Middle East, analysts…
Officials: IS determined to produce chemical weapons
Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2015
The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region, according to Iraqi and U.S.…
Iran uranium stockpile grows after deal with Obama
Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium has grown in the past three months, the United Nations nuclear watchdog reported on Wednesday. The stockpile is supposed to be slashed as a result of the agreement the regime reached this summer…
Devil is in the detail before new round of Syria peace talks
Posted on Sunday, November 15, 2015
Two weeks after they jointly called for a political solution to Syria's civil war, foreign ministers and senior officials from Russia, the United States, Europe and the Middle East struggled on Friday to turn that idea into a…
Iran Threatens to Walk Away from Nuke Deal
Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2015
Iran has threatened to walk away from the recently inked nuclear deal and stop rolling back its nuclear enrichment program, according to recent comments by Hassan Rouhani, the Islamic Republic's president.
