Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Risk of global financial crash has increased, warns IMF
Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2015
The risk of a global financial crash has increased because a slowdown in China and decline in world trade are undermining the stability of highly indebted emerging economies, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Nuclear smugglers sought Middle East terrorists
Posted on Wednesday, October 7, 2015
In the backwaters of Eastern Europe, authorities working with the FBI have interrupted four attempts in the past five years by gangs with suspected Russian connections that sought to sell radioactive material to Middle Eastern terrorists, The Associated…
Russia May Use Navy to Blockade Syrian Coast
Posted on Monday, October 5, 2015
Russia may use its Black Sea Fleet to blockade the Syrian coast according to the force's former commander and current Duma defense committee head.
U.S. Aims to Put More Pressure on ISIS in Syria
Posted on Monday, October 5, 2015
The American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State has begun preparing to open a major front in northeastern Syria, aiming to put pressure on Raqqa, the terrorist group's de facto capital, according to military and administration officials.
Iranian weapons seized in Arabian Sea
Posted on Thursday, October 1, 2015
A ship carrying illicit arms believed to be from Iran was intercepted last week off the southern Arabian Peninsula by a member of a US-backed naval coalition and was not registered with any country, the US Navy said…
Russia’s legislature authorizes Putin to use military force in Syria
Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The Russian legislature on Wednesday voted to give President Vladimir V. Putin authorization to use military force in Syria, where Putin deployed warplanes and battle tanks earlier this month and has called for an international coalition to battle…
IS preparing for a global nuclear holocaust
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2015
A German journalist who became the first embedded reporter within the Islamic State recently revealed that its jihadists intend to trigger a worldwide nuclear holocaust.
Obama to head UN gathering on countering terrorism
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2015
President Barack Obama is chairing a U.N. gathering of world leaders to discuss countering terrorism, a day after he and the leaders of Russia, China and Iran addressed the General Assembly on its 70th anniversary.
Obama and Putin spar over Syria at the U.N.
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2015
President Obama and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin tried to downplay personal and policy tensions during a rare face-to-face meeting Monday in New York, but fierce disagreements bubbled to the surface in competing speeches to an audience of other…
