Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Oil Prices Hit Nine-Month Low
Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Oil prices have fallen to a nine-month low as surging supply from OPEC and the U.S. floods the market and fresh demand withers.
Power Struggle in Baghdad As Maliki Replaced But Refuses to Step Down
Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Iraq's president named a new prime minister to end Nuri al-Maliki's eight-year rule on Monday, but the veteran leader refused to go after deploying militias and special forces on the streets, creating a dangerous political showdown in Baghdad.
Full Coverage: U.S. Begins Bombardment of ‘Islamic State’
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2014
As the Islamic State continues to spread across Syria, Iraq and Lebanon seizing a Syrian base over the weekend, President Barack Obama authorized strikes against the jihadist organization throughout the region. U.S. spy agencies have begun to see…
Ukraine demands that rebels in Donetsk surrender
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2014
Fighting raged in the city of Donetsk on Sunday, as government forces continued to close in on the rebel stronghold and pro-Russian insurgents backed away from an unconditional cease-fire offer that they announced just the day before.
Egypt court bans Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2014
An Egyptian court on Saturday dissolved the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, dealing a crippling blow in the campaign to crush Egypt's oldest Islamist movement.
Russia Forces US Submarine Out of Boundary Waters
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2014
Russia's Northern Fleet's anti-submarine forces have detected and forced out a US submarine from Russian boundary waters, a high-ranking source in Russia's Navy told RIA Novosti Saturday.
Full Coverage: Islamic State Advances in Iraq; Obama Issues Drone Strikes
Posted on Friday, August 8, 2014
Thousands of Christians fled as the 'Islamic State' (IS) seized Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian city, on Thursday. U.S. Thousands of Christians fled as the 'Islamic State' (IS) seized Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian city, on Thursday. U.S. President Barack…
75 Percent of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Destroyed
Posted on Friday, August 8, 2014
Nearly 75 percent of Syria's entire chemical weapons stockpile, 190 tons of agents, has been destroyed in Britian, according to the world's chemical weapons watchdog group.
Russian Hackers Gather Over a Billion Internet Passwords
Posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2014
A Russian crime ring has amassed the largest known collection of stolen Internet credentials, including 1.2 billion user name and password combinations and more than 500 million email addresses.
Full Coverage: Ebola Virus Outbreak
Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2014
The Ebola virus death toll is nearing 900 as more than 100 health workers have been infected by the disease, which has no known cure, including two doctors working for Samaritan's purse.
Islamic State Captures Its First Lebanese City
Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2014
The Islamic State (IS) captured its first Lebanese city, Arsal, on Monday. Fighting began Friday evening in Arsal after Abu Ahmad al-Jumaa, a former commander in the Free Syrian Army who declared his allegiance to IS, was arrested…
6.1 Mag Earthquake Kills More than 380 in China
Posted on Monday, August 4, 2014
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern China killing at least 380 people and leaving at least 1,800 injured. Some 12,000 homes were destroyed and another 30,000 were damaged in Sunday's earthquake.
