Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Pro-Russian Militias Seize Tank Base in Ukraine
Posted on Monday, June 23, 2014
Pro-Russian Militas took control of a tank base in Ukraine seizing 221 tanks, 288 armored vehicles, 12 self-propelled guns, 18 Grad volley fire systems, 183 infantry vehicles, and 12 mortars, Interfax reported.
Secret U.S. Plan to Aid Iraq Ended Because of Mutual Distrust
Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2014
President Barack Obama authorized a secret plan to aid Iraq by sharing intelligence on Sunni jihadist's camps. However, only a handful of U.S. specialists were tasked to the operation, and it provided limited information to Iraq, due to…
Khamenei says Tehran and U.S. Not Aligned in Iraq
Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2014
Any military cooperation between the United States and Iran in Iraq was dismissed by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameni. On Sunday, Khamenei stated, "We don't support any foreign interference in Iraq and we're strongly opposed to U.S.…
Cashless Experiment Takes Place in Great Britian
Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2014
In a social experiment, all vendors along a street in Manchester will only accept cards as payment for a day. Within 20 years, some experts predict transactions with physical currency will cease to exist.
‘Don’t Go to U.S.’ says Central America Media (Video)
Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2014
Over the past few days, the message was loud and clear as newspapers, TV and Radio programs in Central America repeated the same message -- "The U.S. will not give asylum to migrant children."
Mafia is Ex-Communicated Declares Pope Francis
Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2014
Pope Francis targeted Italy's most dangerous crime organizations, the Mafia, stating the Mafiosi and their actions were an example of the "adoration of evil" and any members of the crime syndicate were excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
U.S. Broadens Sanctions on Russia; Putin Places 65,000 Troops on Alert
Posted on Saturday, June 21, 2014
Over 65,000 Russian troops were placed on combat alert and ordered to take part in readiness drills by Russian President Vladmir Putin. Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury Department levied sanctions against seven separatists with broader measures being readied against…
Obama to Dispatch Military Advisers to Iraq
Posted on Friday, June 20, 2014
President Obama is preparing to send up to 300 military advisers to aid the Iraqi military. Along with the 275 Obama announced on Thursday, it could place close to 600 additional U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq.
ISIS Occupy Saddam Hussein’s Chemical Weapons Facility
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) occupy a chemical-weapons production facility built by Saddam Hussein, a complex U.S. officials said still contain a stockpile of old weapons, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Iraq Request U.S. for Air Support (Video)
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014
Iraq has requested the U.S. for air support to target the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey said during a Congressional hearing yesterday.
American Trained Iraqi Divisions Dissolved, says Gen. Dempsey
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014
Roughly 60,000 American trained Iraqi troops threw down their "arms, and in some cases" colluded with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a Senate committee.
Obama Wants New Iraq Government, Without Maliki
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014
The White House is convinced that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, is unable to reconcile the Islamic factions in the country and wants to see a new government installed without Maliki, The Wall Street Journal reported.
North Korea Reportly Has a New Cruise Missile
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014
Did you see that? A brief scene that lasts just over a second, buried within a North Korean military propaganda appears to indicate that the country has developed a new cruise missile, a Johns Hopkins university group announced.
