Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Exodus: Why Europe’s Jews Are Fleeing Again
Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2014
France has suffered the worst violence, but anti-Semitism is spiking across Europe, fueled by the war in Gaza. In Britain, the Community Security Trust (CST) says there were around 100 anti-Semitic incidents in July, double the usual number.…
Revival Breaking Out in Islamic Countries
Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2014
A revival is taking place in the Islamic world as between two and seven million former Muslims have converted to Christianity, World Magazine reported.
Rubio: Iran Nuclear Talks are a “Disaster” (Video)
Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) blasted U.S. nuclear negotiations with Iran Tuesday, saying the rolling back of sanctions and allowance of the world's largest sponsor of terrorism to enrich uranium constituted a "dangerous national security failure," the Washington…
Obama, EU Leaders Expand Russian Sanctions
Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2014
President Obama along with Western Nations announced new, tougher sanctions against Russia on Tuesday targeting key sectors of the Russian economy: energy, arms and finance.
US House Panel Set to Approve Hezbollah Sanctions Bill
Posted on Tuesday, July 29, 2014
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee has nearly completed "The Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014", which will prevent the Lebanese terrorist organization from receiving financing from international institutions.
Iraq Has Split into Three States
Posted on Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Iraq has effectively been split into three States, each representing ethnic factions, according to a former U.S. Ambassador.
U.S. Accuses Russia of Violating Missile Treaty
Posted on Tuesday, July 29, 2014
The Obama administration has accused Russia of violating a 1987 nuclear missile treaty by testing a ground-launched cruise missile and says the U.S. is prepared for immediate high-level dialogue with Moscow over the matter, Fox News reported.
River Turns Bloody Red in China
Posted on Monday, July 28, 2014
Last Thursday, a river in China mysteriously turned a blood red color. China's environmental protection bureau has yet found the cause of the incident, but suspicions are the 'blood red' color was a result of illegal dumping.
U.S. Releases Images Showing Russian Military Firing into Ukraine
Posted on Monday, July 28, 2014
The United States released a series of satellite images Sunday that appear to support its claims that Russian forces have fired across the border into Ukraine to support rebels there, suggesting a new level of direct Russian involvement…
Russia Supplying Weapons to Iraq
Posted on Friday, July 25, 2014
Russia has begun supplying military helicopters and fighters jets to Iraq, a report said Thursday, as Iraq's defense minister visited Moscow to press for equipment to thwart a jihadist offensive, AFP reported.
‘Solution is Israel’s Destruction’, Iran’s Ayatollah Declares
Posted on Thursday, July 24, 2014
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated on Wednesday that the only solution for the region is the destruction of Israel, and that the armed confrontation must expand beyond Gaza, the Daily Caller reported.
European Court Rules Against Poland Over Secret CIA Prisons
Posted on Thursday, July 24, 2014
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that Poland is financially responsible to two individuals, who are now held in Guantanamo Bay, for rights that were violated by the CIA on Polish soil. Poland denied the…
Iran Could Achieve Nuclear ‘Breakout’ in Two Months
Posted on Thursday, July 24, 2014
Iran could still produce enough nuclear material to fuel a bomb in as little as two months, a time frame that has not been prolonged under the recently struck agreement to extend nuclear talks through November, the Washington…
