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Around the World
Trump suspends arms treaty, citing Chinese, Russian threats
The Trump administration is pulling the plug on a decades-old nuclear arms treaty with Russia, lifting what it sees as unreasonable constraints on competing with a resurgent Russia and a more assertive China. The move announced Friday sets the stage for delicate talks with U.S. allies over potential new American missile deployments.
Russia to pull plug on nuclear arms pact after US does same
Following in the footsteps of the U.S., Russia will abandon a centerpiece nuclear arms treaty but will only deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles if Washington does so, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday.
Trump says U.S. military intervention in Venezuela 'an option;' Russia objects
U.S. President Donald Trump said military intervention in Venezuela was 'an option' as Western nations boost pressure on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to step down, while the troubled OPEC nation’s ally Russia warned against 'destructive meddling.'
Iran says new cruise missile successfully fired on revolution’s 40th anniversary
Iran on Saturday said it had successfully fired a new long-range cruise missile, amid events marking 40 years since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran controls new Lebanese government, Netanyahu tells visiting UN envoys
Iran controls the new Lebanese government via its proxy Hezbollah group, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, in his first public comments on the government formed in Beirut last week.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Trump team says PA wants to skirt U.S. courts
The administration of US President Donald Trump confirmed on Friday that it has ended security funding and training to the Palestinian Authority, claiming that Ramallah itself had requested that the aid be cut in order to circumvent the jurisdiction of US courts.
Israel Begins Building Massive Fence on Gaza Border
Israel says it has started construction of a galvanized steel barrier 20 feet high that will run the length of its frontier border with the Gaza Strip.
New Right said seeking bloc with Likud, Kulanu and Yisrael Beytenu
With Benny Gantz’s Israel Resilience party soaring in the polls after announcing a merger with fellow former chief of staff Moshe Ya’alon’s Telem faction last week, the newly formed New Right party is now reportedly seeking to form a united bloc of all the major right-wing parties in order to counter a challenge from the center.
Inside the United States
Pentagon sending thousands more troops to southern border
The Pentagon announced on Sunday 3,750 additional U.S. forces will be deployed to the southern border to provide support to Customs and Border Protection.
Labor Force Participation at Trump-Era High of 63.2% in January
The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said the economy added 304,000 jobs last month, higher than analysts were expecting.
Virginia Rally Rejects Radical Democratic Abortion Agenda for State
Hundreds of pro-life advocates gathered in Lorton, Virginia Saturday to hold what they labeled as a Rally Against Abortion Extremism. It comes after a week in which a Democratic bill was defeated in Virginia's legislature that would have allowed unrestricted abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.
State legislatures consider expanding use of Bible in high school curricula
Legislatures from the Bible Belt to the Dakotas are mulling bills that would establish biblical literacy courses in high schools, but some education analysts say classes focusing on the Bible’s cultural and historical relevance already are offered in public schools in those states and elsewhere.
Christian News
Churches step in to help people fleeing chaos in Venezuela
Churches are offering practical and psychological help to people fleeing political and economic turmoil in Venezuela.
Trump suspends arms treaty, citing Chinese, Russian threats
The Trump administration is pulling the plug on a decades-old nuclear arms treaty with Russia, lifting what it sees as unreasonable constraints on competing with a resurgent Russia and a more assertive China. The move announced Friday sets the stage for delicate talks with U.S. allies over potential new American missile deployments.
Russia to pull plug on nuclear arms pact after US does same
Following in the footsteps of the U.S., Russia will abandon a centerpiece nuclear arms treaty but will only deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles if Washington does so, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday.
Trump says U.S. military intervention in Venezuela 'an option;' Russia objects
U.S. President Donald Trump said military intervention in Venezuela was 'an option' as Western nations boost pressure on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to step down, while the troubled OPEC nation’s ally Russia warned against 'destructive meddling.'
Iran says new cruise missile successfully fired on revolution’s 40th anniversary
Iran on Saturday said it had successfully fired a new long-range cruise missile, amid events marking 40 years since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran controls new Lebanese government, Netanyahu tells visiting UN envoys
Iran controls the new Lebanese government via its proxy Hezbollah group, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, in his first public comments on the government formed in Beirut last week.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Trump team says PA wants to skirt U.S. courts
The administration of US President Donald Trump confirmed on Friday that it has ended security funding and training to the Palestinian Authority, claiming that Ramallah itself had requested that the aid be cut in order to circumvent the jurisdiction of US courts.
Israel Begins Building Massive Fence on Gaza Border
Israel says it has started construction of a galvanized steel barrier 20 feet high that will run the length of its frontier border with the Gaza Strip.
New Right said seeking bloc with Likud, Kulanu and Yisrael Beytenu
With Benny Gantz’s Israel Resilience party soaring in the polls after announcing a merger with fellow former chief of staff Moshe Ya’alon’s Telem faction last week, the newly formed New Right party is now reportedly seeking to form a united bloc of all the major right-wing parties in order to counter a challenge from the center.
Inside the United States
Pentagon sending thousands more troops to southern border
The Pentagon announced on Sunday 3,750 additional U.S. forces will be deployed to the southern border to provide support to Customs and Border Protection.
Labor Force Participation at Trump-Era High of 63.2% in January
The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said the economy added 304,000 jobs last month, higher than analysts were expecting.
Virginia Rally Rejects Radical Democratic Abortion Agenda for State
Hundreds of pro-life advocates gathered in Lorton, Virginia Saturday to hold what they labeled as a Rally Against Abortion Extremism. It comes after a week in which a Democratic bill was defeated in Virginia's legislature that would have allowed unrestricted abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.
State legislatures consider expanding use of Bible in high school curricula
Legislatures from the Bible Belt to the Dakotas are mulling bills that would establish biblical literacy courses in high schools, but some education analysts say classes focusing on the Bible’s cultural and historical relevance already are offered in public schools in those states and elsewhere.
Christian News
Churches step in to help people fleeing chaos in Venezuela
Churches are offering practical and psychological help to people fleeing political and economic turmoil in Venezuela.
Around the World
Trump says he'll meet with China's Xi after trade talks end with no deal
President Donald Trump expects to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to try to resolve a six-month trade standoff after U.S. and Chinese negotiators ended two days of talks Thursday without settling the toughest issues that divide the world's two biggest economies.
Russians won't be able to push Iran out of Syria, expert says
Iran isn’t going to leave Syria and Russia won’t be able to fully push them out of the conflict-ridden country, an expert on Shia militias told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
Report: Hezbollah terror group in midst of deep economic crisis
Are U.S. sanctions beginning to have an impact on Hezbollah? Sky News Arabia has reported that the Shiite terrorist organization has postponed a number of payments, including to Hezbollah members as a result of financial difficulties.
Nearly all of Iran's advanced nuke centrifuges failing, top expert reveals
Nearly all of Iran’s advanced centrifuges used for enriching uranium potentially towards a nuclear bomb are failing, one of the world’s leading nuclear weapons experts revealed to The Jerusalem Post this week.
Iran general says Tehran aims to wipe Israel off the ‘global political map’
he deputy head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Monday that Tehran’s strategy was to eventually wipe Israel off the 'global political map.'
Top Saudi official: Barack Obama lied, set Middle East back 20 years
Former US president Barack Obama lied to Saudi Arabia when violating the redlines he famously declared regarding Syria’s use of chemical weapons and then not acting when they were used, a former senior Saudi official said in an interview with Independent Arabia.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
PM hails energy 'revolution’ as Leviathan edges closer to completion
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed a 'tremendous revolution' in the country’s energy independence on Thursday as he marked the arrival of the foundations, also known as jackets, of Noble Energy’s offshore Leviathan gas platform.
Army simulates attack on gas rigs in most complex naval drill in decades
The Israel Navy this week simulated an attack on the country’s natural gas platforms, including a live-fire test of sea-to-sea missiles to destroy an 'enemy ship,' the military said Thursday.
Inside the United States
Spy chief says Russia will attempt to interfere in 2020, contradicts Trump on North Korea's denuclearization, ISIS defeat
Russia and other actors will attempt to interfere in the 2020 elections, U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress on Tuesday, saying such actors will use the tactics they deployed in the 2016 and 2018 campaigns.
Senate rebukes Trump, advances measure on Syria troops
In a rebuke of President Donald Trump, the Republican-led U.S. Senate advanced largely symbolic legislation on Thursday opposing plans for any abrupt withdrawal of troops from Syria and Afghanistan.
Midwestern US endures worst of polar vortex, all-time record lows broken
Records have been shattered as the polar vortex unleashed the harshest cold in years on the midwestern United States during the final days of January.
Border security talks begin with no sign of compromise to avert another government shutdown
With just 16 days before temporary government funding runs out once again for a quarter of the U.S. government, talks between House and Senate negotiators showed little sign of progress on the stickiest of issues: border wall funding.
House Democrats change course, vote to keep ‘God’ in committee oath
The Democrat-controlled House Natural Resources Committee will not remove 'so help you God' from the oath taken, reversing course on a proposed rules draft that would have done so.
Christian News
Persecution spreading at a 'rapid rate' across India
Persecution in India is at its highest level in 70 years, a new report has warned.
Pastors feel greatest pressure to address, avoid divisive issues from inside the church: Barna
American pastors often feel the greatest pressure to either speak out on or avoid talking about divisive issues inside the church, according to a new report by the Barna Group.
Trump says he'll meet with China's Xi after trade talks end with no deal
President Donald Trump expects to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to try to resolve a six-month trade standoff after U.S. and Chinese negotiators ended two days of talks Thursday without settling the toughest issues that divide the world's two biggest economies.
Russians won't be able to push Iran out of Syria, expert says
Iran isn’t going to leave Syria and Russia won’t be able to fully push them out of the conflict-ridden country, an expert on Shia militias told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
Report: Hezbollah terror group in midst of deep economic crisis
Are U.S. sanctions beginning to have an impact on Hezbollah? Sky News Arabia has reported that the Shiite terrorist organization has postponed a number of payments, including to Hezbollah members as a result of financial difficulties.
Nearly all of Iran's advanced nuke centrifuges failing, top expert reveals
Nearly all of Iran’s advanced centrifuges used for enriching uranium potentially towards a nuclear bomb are failing, one of the world’s leading nuclear weapons experts revealed to The Jerusalem Post this week.
Iran general says Tehran aims to wipe Israel off the ‘global political map’
he deputy head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Monday that Tehran’s strategy was to eventually wipe Israel off the 'global political map.'
Top Saudi official: Barack Obama lied, set Middle East back 20 years
Former US president Barack Obama lied to Saudi Arabia when violating the redlines he famously declared regarding Syria’s use of chemical weapons and then not acting when they were used, a former senior Saudi official said in an interview with Independent Arabia.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
PM hails energy 'revolution’ as Leviathan edges closer to completion
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed a 'tremendous revolution' in the country’s energy independence on Thursday as he marked the arrival of the foundations, also known as jackets, of Noble Energy’s offshore Leviathan gas platform.
Army simulates attack on gas rigs in most complex naval drill in decades
The Israel Navy this week simulated an attack on the country’s natural gas platforms, including a live-fire test of sea-to-sea missiles to destroy an 'enemy ship,' the military said Thursday.
Inside the United States
Spy chief says Russia will attempt to interfere in 2020, contradicts Trump on North Korea's denuclearization, ISIS defeat
Russia and other actors will attempt to interfere in the 2020 elections, U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress on Tuesday, saying such actors will use the tactics they deployed in the 2016 and 2018 campaigns.
Senate rebukes Trump, advances measure on Syria troops
In a rebuke of President Donald Trump, the Republican-led U.S. Senate advanced largely symbolic legislation on Thursday opposing plans for any abrupt withdrawal of troops from Syria and Afghanistan.
Midwestern US endures worst of polar vortex, all-time record lows broken
Records have been shattered as the polar vortex unleashed the harshest cold in years on the midwestern United States during the final days of January.
Border security talks begin with no sign of compromise to avert another government shutdown
With just 16 days before temporary government funding runs out once again for a quarter of the U.S. government, talks between House and Senate negotiators showed little sign of progress on the stickiest of issues: border wall funding.
House Democrats change course, vote to keep ‘God’ in committee oath
The Democrat-controlled House Natural Resources Committee will not remove 'so help you God' from the oath taken, reversing course on a proposed rules draft that would have done so.
Christian News
Persecution spreading at a 'rapid rate' across India
Persecution in India is at its highest level in 70 years, a new report has warned.
Pastors feel greatest pressure to address, avoid divisive issues from inside the church: Barna
American pastors often feel the greatest pressure to either speak out on or avoid talking about divisive issues inside the church, according to a new report by the Barna Group.
Around the World
Iran, Syria Strike Deals to Advance Economic Cooperation
Syria and Iran signed on Monday 11 agreements, memoranda of understanding and an executive program to boost bilateral cooperation in the economic, cultural, scientific, infrastructure, services, investment and housing fields.
EU rejects fresh Brexit negotiations
European leaders stood firm late Tuesday after the British parliament voted to send Prime Minister Theresa May back to Brussels to renegotiate the EU-backed withdrawal agreement.
US spy agencies doubt North Korea will give up its nukes
In an assessment casting doubt on US President Donald Trump’s goal of a nuclear-disarmed North Korea, US intelligence agencies told Congress on Tuesday that the North is unlikely to entirely dismantle its nuclear arsenal.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Iran: Proxies in Lebanon, Gaza will respond with 'hellfire' to Israeli attacks
Iran will continue supplying high-precision missiles to its proxies in Lebanon and Gaza so they would be able to respond to Israel’s 'acts of stupidity with hellfire' said the country’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani on Tuesday.
A cure for cancer? Israeli scientists say they think they found one
A small team of Israeli scientists think they might have found the first complete cure for cancer.
Inside the United States
FBI finds no motive for Las Vegas shooting, closes probe
The FBI has found no clear motive for the killing of 58 people by a sniper firing down at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas in 2017, the agency said on Tuesday as it closed an investigation into the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
OB/GYN Blasts N.Y. Law: ‘Absolutely No’ Medical Reason for 3rd-Trimester Abortion
A message from an obstetrician/gynecologist who has delivered more than 2,500 babies has gone viral after he proclaimed there is 'absolutely no' medical reason to abort an unborn infant in the third trimester.
Nearly 900,000 immigration cases outstanding as 82,000 hearings canceled during shutdown
A data research group estimates that more than 82,000 immigration hearings were canceled because the judges were furloughed during the partial government shutdown.
Christian News
Supreme Court in Pakistan Upholds Acquittal of Asia Bibi
Pakistan’s Supreme Court today upheld its acquittal of Christian mother Aasiya Noreen (better known as Asia Bibi), leaving her free to leave the country after spending nine years on death row in Pakistan’s most high-profile blasphemy case.
Iran, Syria Strike Deals to Advance Economic Cooperation
Syria and Iran signed on Monday 11 agreements, memoranda of understanding and an executive program to boost bilateral cooperation in the economic, cultural, scientific, infrastructure, services, investment and housing fields.
EU rejects fresh Brexit negotiations
European leaders stood firm late Tuesday after the British parliament voted to send Prime Minister Theresa May back to Brussels to renegotiate the EU-backed withdrawal agreement.
US spy agencies doubt North Korea will give up its nukes
In an assessment casting doubt on US President Donald Trump’s goal of a nuclear-disarmed North Korea, US intelligence agencies told Congress on Tuesday that the North is unlikely to entirely dismantle its nuclear arsenal.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Iran: Proxies in Lebanon, Gaza will respond with 'hellfire' to Israeli attacks
Iran will continue supplying high-precision missiles to its proxies in Lebanon and Gaza so they would be able to respond to Israel’s 'acts of stupidity with hellfire' said the country’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani on Tuesday.
A cure for cancer? Israeli scientists say they think they found one
A small team of Israeli scientists think they might have found the first complete cure for cancer.
Inside the United States
FBI finds no motive for Las Vegas shooting, closes probe
The FBI has found no clear motive for the killing of 58 people by a sniper firing down at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas in 2017, the agency said on Tuesday as it closed an investigation into the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
OB/GYN Blasts N.Y. Law: ‘Absolutely No’ Medical Reason for 3rd-Trimester Abortion
A message from an obstetrician/gynecologist who has delivered more than 2,500 babies has gone viral after he proclaimed there is 'absolutely no' medical reason to abort an unborn infant in the third trimester.
Nearly 900,000 immigration cases outstanding as 82,000 hearings canceled during shutdown
A data research group estimates that more than 82,000 immigration hearings were canceled because the judges were furloughed during the partial government shutdown.
Christian News
Supreme Court in Pakistan Upholds Acquittal of Asia Bibi
Pakistan’s Supreme Court today upheld its acquittal of Christian mother Aasiya Noreen (better known as Asia Bibi), leaving her free to leave the country after spending nine years on death row in Pakistan’s most high-profile blasphemy case.