Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Superbugs Threatens to Return Medicine to Dark Ages
Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2014
Britain called for global action in development of a new generation of antibiotics to fight against the rising threat of drug-resistant superbugs which threaten to push medicine back into the "dark ages," Reuters reported.
Iran, West in Final Push in Nuclear Talks
Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2014
A July 20 deadline looms for a 'historic' nuclear agreement with Iran as the sixth and final round of negotiations with Western powers and Iran begun in Vienna.
Full Coverage: ‘Islamic State’ Caliph Calls Muslims to Jihad
Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2014
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, self-appointed Caliph of the Islamic State, issued a 19-minute audio message entitled, "A Message to the Majahideen and the Muslim Ummah in the Month of Ramadan" where he called on Muslims across to globe to…
BRICS Join to End Dollar Dominance
Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2014
Russia and China will meet to continue negotiations of its ruble-yuan swap deal next week, in its quest to end the dominance of the dollar, the Voice of Russia reported.
U.S. F-16’s Not Expected in Iraq Until Fall
Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2014
The 'Islamic State' continued its assault on the Iraq's Balad air force base, formerly known as Camp Anaconda, as U.S. does not expect F-16s to be supplied in Iraq until the fall.
Thousands March Through Hong Kong Demanding Democracy
Posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Thousands of people crowded the streets of Hong Kong organized by "Occupy Central with Love and Peace" to press the mainland China for full democratic elections. Estimates greatly vary from 100,000 to 800,000 assembled advocating free and open…
European Court Upholds French Full Veil Ban
Posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2014
In 2010, France instituted a ban on Muslim woman wearing a full-face veil, niqab, and the law was upheld by the European Court of Human Rights yesterday.
Obama Sends More Troops to Iraq
Posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2014
U.S. President Barack Obama ordered another 200 troops to Iraq to protect American interests in the country.
‘Islamic State’ Releases Its Vision for a Caliphate
Posted on Monday, June 30, 2014
According to a world map released by the "Islamic State" on Twitter shows the jihadist organization's 5-year plan to establish the Caliphate across the entire Middle East including Israel, North Africa, Spain, Greece, Pakistan, Georgia, China and parts…
Facebook Conducts Psychology Experiment on its Users
Posted on Monday, June 30, 2014
Two U.S. universities conducted a psychology experiment with over 600,000 Facebook users unbeknownst to them as Facebook altered their news feeds both positively and negatively to see if it affected their online behavior.
‘Islamic State’ Rises in the Middle East
Posted on Monday, June 30, 2014
On the first day of Ramadan, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has declared a new Islamic Caliphate in the areas it now occupies, and has renamed itself as simply, "Islamic State", as it ushers in…
