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Around the World
North Korea backs off its threat to strike Guam
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has backed down on his threat to launch a missile attack on Guam.
Iran Sending Warships to Atlantic Ocean Amid Massive New Military Buildup
Iran is preparing to send a flotilla of warships to the Atlantic Ocean following the announcement of a massive $500 million investment in war spending, according to Iranian leaders, who say the military moves are in response to recent efforts by the United States to impose a package of new economic sanctions on Tehran.
US Navy reports another tense encounter with an Iran drone
An unarmed Iranian drone shadowed a U.S. aircraft carrier at night and came close enough to F-18 fighter jets to put the lives of American pilots at risk, the Navy said Tuesday, reporting the second such tense encounter within a week. Iran's Revolutionary Guard said the U.S. safety concerns were unfounded.
Top US military officer warns NKorea that US military ready
The top U.S. military officer is warning during a trip to Seoul that the United States is ready to use the full range of its military capabilities to defend itself and its allies from North Korea.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Palestinians consider turning to int’l bodies again if peace process fails
The Palestinian leadership is considering turning to international institutions including the UN afresh, if US President Donald Trump’s administration fails to revive a 'serious'” peace process, Fatah Central Committee member Azzam al-Ahmad said on Monday.
Fatah Condemns U.S. Senators
At a meeting of the PLO Executive Committee, led by PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the PLO condemned the US Senators of the Committee on Foreign Relations for their vote in favor of the Taylor Force Act, which calls to cut all funding to the PA if it continues paying salaries to terrorists and allowances to families of so-called Martyrs.
Inside the United States
California sues Trump administration over sanctuary policy
California sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday over federal restrictions on some law enforcement grants to so-called sanctuary cities, continuing a legal counterattack by Democrats against President Donald Trump's administration.
FBI Thwarts Anti-Government Bomb Plot in Oklahoma City
The FBI detained an Oklahoma man over the weekend on charges he attempted to detonate what he thought was a vehicle bomb outside of a bank in a manner similar to the devastating Oklahoma City bombings carried out in the 1990s, the Justice Department announced Monday.
71% of Cities Will See Double-Digit Premium Increases as More Insurers Drop Out of Exchanges
A majority of cities—71 percent—will see Obamacare premiums rise by double-digits next year as more health insurers drop out of the exchanges, according to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Christian News
'This is NOT the Way of the Cross': Christian Leaders Condemn White Supremacism
Christian leaders are condemning white nationalism and the alt-right movement in the wake of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one person dead after a car plowed through a crowd of counter-protestors.
State Government in India Passes Anti-Conversion Bill Despite Widespread Opposition
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Jharkhand Assembly, a state legislative body in northeastern India, passed the Jharkhand Freedom of Religion Bill-2017, also known as 'Jharkhand Dharma Swatantra Adhiniyam,' on Saturday, August 12. The bill will now be sent to the governor, following whose approval it would go to the president for final assent. The bill was passed by the BJP-led government despite significant opposition from religious groups, civil society, and the tribal groups across Jharkhand.
North Korea backs off its threat to strike Guam
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has backed down on his threat to launch a missile attack on Guam.
Iran Sending Warships to Atlantic Ocean Amid Massive New Military Buildup
Iran is preparing to send a flotilla of warships to the Atlantic Ocean following the announcement of a massive $500 million investment in war spending, according to Iranian leaders, who say the military moves are in response to recent efforts by the United States to impose a package of new economic sanctions on Tehran.
US Navy reports another tense encounter with an Iran drone
An unarmed Iranian drone shadowed a U.S. aircraft carrier at night and came close enough to F-18 fighter jets to put the lives of American pilots at risk, the Navy said Tuesday, reporting the second such tense encounter within a week. Iran's Revolutionary Guard said the U.S. safety concerns were unfounded.
Top US military officer warns NKorea that US military ready
The top U.S. military officer is warning during a trip to Seoul that the United States is ready to use the full range of its military capabilities to defend itself and its allies from North Korea.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Palestinians consider turning to int’l bodies again if peace process fails
The Palestinian leadership is considering turning to international institutions including the UN afresh, if US President Donald Trump’s administration fails to revive a 'serious'” peace process, Fatah Central Committee member Azzam al-Ahmad said on Monday.
Fatah Condemns U.S. Senators
At a meeting of the PLO Executive Committee, led by PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the PLO condemned the US Senators of the Committee on Foreign Relations for their vote in favor of the Taylor Force Act, which calls to cut all funding to the PA if it continues paying salaries to terrorists and allowances to families of so-called Martyrs.
Inside the United States
California sues Trump administration over sanctuary policy
California sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday over federal restrictions on some law enforcement grants to so-called sanctuary cities, continuing a legal counterattack by Democrats against President Donald Trump's administration.
FBI Thwarts Anti-Government Bomb Plot in Oklahoma City
The FBI detained an Oklahoma man over the weekend on charges he attempted to detonate what he thought was a vehicle bomb outside of a bank in a manner similar to the devastating Oklahoma City bombings carried out in the 1990s, the Justice Department announced Monday.
71% of Cities Will See Double-Digit Premium Increases as More Insurers Drop Out of Exchanges
A majority of cities—71 percent—will see Obamacare premiums rise by double-digits next year as more health insurers drop out of the exchanges, according to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Christian News
'This is NOT the Way of the Cross': Christian Leaders Condemn White Supremacism
Christian leaders are condemning white nationalism and the alt-right movement in the wake of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one person dead after a car plowed through a crowd of counter-protestors.
State Government in India Passes Anti-Conversion Bill Despite Widespread Opposition
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Jharkhand Assembly, a state legislative body in northeastern India, passed the Jharkhand Freedom of Religion Bill-2017, also known as 'Jharkhand Dharma Swatantra Adhiniyam,' on Saturday, August 12. The bill will now be sent to the governor, following whose approval it would go to the president for final assent. The bill was passed by the BJP-led government despite significant opposition from religious groups, civil society, and the tribal groups across Jharkhand.
Today's Breaking News
Around the World
Satellite Photos Show North Korea Preparing for Submarine Missile Launch
Recent satellite images appear to show activity at one of North Korea’s submarine bases.
Britain Says Brexit Talks Should Move to Next Phase, as Ministers Show Unity
Britain said on Sunday that it wants talks with the EU to move on to the next phase, as it set out details of the future relationship it envisages with the bloc and senior ministers presented a united approach to negotiations.
Iran filling vacuum left by IS retreat in Syria, Iraq, Mossad chief warns
The head of the Mossad warned Sunday that as the Islamic State terrorist group is beaten back, Iran and its proxies are rushing in to take over its territory.
At least 11 people die in Kenyan post-election violence
Tensions remained high in Kenya yesterday after 11 people died in violent protests and the opposition stood by its demand that the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta be overturned.
At least 18 dead after gunmen attack restaurant in Burkina Faso: official
Suspected Islamic extremists opened fire at a Turkish restaurant in the capital of Burkina Faso late Sunday, killing at least 18 people in the second such attack on a restaurant popular with foreigners in the last two years.
Strong earthquake strikes off Indonesian island of Sumatra
A strong earthquake struck Sunday off the coast of southern Sumatra in Indonesia, causing panic as it was felt several hundred miles (kilometers) away in Singapore.
Russia says Syrian government doubled territory it controls
The Syrian government has increased the size of the territory under its control by two and a half times in just two months, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Sunday, as Syrian forces backed by regional allies and the Russian air force seized thousands of square kilometers from the Islamic State group in the center of the country.
Two U.S. service members killed, five injured in northern Iraq
Two U.S. service members were killed and five injured during combat operations in northern Iraq on Sunday, the military said, adding that initial reports indicated the incident was not due to enemy contact.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Nasrallah threatens 'greater defeat' to Israel in future war
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah marked 11 years to the Second Lebanon War on Sunday with a speech in which he threatened that 'the defeat Israel suffered in 2006, it will suffer again, but it will be a much greater defeat.'
Netanyahu to introduce law making it easier to declare war: report
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is promoting a legal amendment that would give him more leeway to declare war without consulting the full cabinet, Channel Two reported Sunday.
Protesting ban on visits, lawmaker to set up office outside Temple Mount
A Knesset lawmaker said Sunday he will set up his office outside an entrance to the Temple Mount in protest of an ongoing ban against MKs visiting the holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem, imposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Inside the United States
Democrats see ObamaCare leverage in spending fights
House Democrats want to use the looming battle over government spending and raising the debt limit as leverage to shore up ObamaCare.
Violence Breaks Out As Alt-Right and Anti-Facist Protesters Collide Leaving One Dead, DOJ to Investigate
US federal investigators said Saturday they have opened a civil rights investigation into the circumstances that led a driver to plow a car into a crowd while white nationalist activists and counter-protesters clashed in Charlottesville.
Trump's apparently split with Hill Republicans could widen when Congress returns to Washington
The breach will come in September. The breakpoint has been coming for a while now. It’s built over the past few weeks as President Trump browbeat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Christian News
Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Released from Five Days of Captivity
Suspecting corrupt police and accusing the Nigerian government of failing to contain a rash of kidnappings, Christian leaders announced that a pastor abducted last week was freed on Wednesday (Aug. 9).
Christian Rights Activists in Vietnam Charged with Serious ‘Crimes’
After 19 long months of investigative detention following his Dec. 16, 2015 arrest, renowned human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai was finally charged with a crime on July 30.
Gospel Being Released into N Korea by Balloon Offensive (Video)
For nearly three decades, one Christian human rights group has carried out an unusual aerial offensive to encourage North Korea's secret believers.
Around the World
Satellite Photos Show North Korea Preparing for Submarine Missile Launch
Recent satellite images appear to show activity at one of North Korea’s submarine bases.
Britain Says Brexit Talks Should Move to Next Phase, as Ministers Show Unity
Britain said on Sunday that it wants talks with the EU to move on to the next phase, as it set out details of the future relationship it envisages with the bloc and senior ministers presented a united approach to negotiations.
Iran filling vacuum left by IS retreat in Syria, Iraq, Mossad chief warns
The head of the Mossad warned Sunday that as the Islamic State terrorist group is beaten back, Iran and its proxies are rushing in to take over its territory.
At least 11 people die in Kenyan post-election violence
Tensions remained high in Kenya yesterday after 11 people died in violent protests and the opposition stood by its demand that the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta be overturned.
At least 18 dead after gunmen attack restaurant in Burkina Faso: official
Suspected Islamic extremists opened fire at a Turkish restaurant in the capital of Burkina Faso late Sunday, killing at least 18 people in the second such attack on a restaurant popular with foreigners in the last two years.
Strong earthquake strikes off Indonesian island of Sumatra
A strong earthquake struck Sunday off the coast of southern Sumatra in Indonesia, causing panic as it was felt several hundred miles (kilometers) away in Singapore.
Russia says Syrian government doubled territory it controls
The Syrian government has increased the size of the territory under its control by two and a half times in just two months, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Sunday, as Syrian forces backed by regional allies and the Russian air force seized thousands of square kilometers from the Islamic State group in the center of the country.
Two U.S. service members killed, five injured in northern Iraq
Two U.S. service members were killed and five injured during combat operations in northern Iraq on Sunday, the military said, adding that initial reports indicated the incident was not due to enemy contact.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Nasrallah threatens 'greater defeat' to Israel in future war
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah marked 11 years to the Second Lebanon War on Sunday with a speech in which he threatened that 'the defeat Israel suffered in 2006, it will suffer again, but it will be a much greater defeat.'
Netanyahu to introduce law making it easier to declare war: report
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is promoting a legal amendment that would give him more leeway to declare war without consulting the full cabinet, Channel Two reported Sunday.
Protesting ban on visits, lawmaker to set up office outside Temple Mount
A Knesset lawmaker said Sunday he will set up his office outside an entrance to the Temple Mount in protest of an ongoing ban against MKs visiting the holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem, imposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Inside the United States
Democrats see ObamaCare leverage in spending fights
House Democrats want to use the looming battle over government spending and raising the debt limit as leverage to shore up ObamaCare.
Violence Breaks Out As Alt-Right and Anti-Facist Protesters Collide Leaving One Dead, DOJ to Investigate
US federal investigators said Saturday they have opened a civil rights investigation into the circumstances that led a driver to plow a car into a crowd while white nationalist activists and counter-protesters clashed in Charlottesville.
Trump's apparently split with Hill Republicans could widen when Congress returns to Washington
The breach will come in September. The breakpoint has been coming for a while now. It’s built over the past few weeks as President Trump browbeat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Christian News
Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Released from Five Days of Captivity
Suspecting corrupt police and accusing the Nigerian government of failing to contain a rash of kidnappings, Christian leaders announced that a pastor abducted last week was freed on Wednesday (Aug. 9).
Christian Rights Activists in Vietnam Charged with Serious ‘Crimes’
After 19 long months of investigative detention following his Dec. 16, 2015 arrest, renowned human rights attorney Nguyen Van Dai was finally charged with a crime on July 30.
Gospel Being Released into N Korea by Balloon Offensive (Video)
For nearly three decades, one Christian human rights group has carried out an unusual aerial offensive to encourage North Korea's secret believers.
Today's Breaking News
Around the World
Trump: Iran is ‘not in compliance’ with nuclear deal
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran was not upholding its obligations under the landmark nuclear deal struck in 2015 by former president Barack Obama.
Obama administration knew about North Korea's miniaturized nukes
Tuesday's bombshell Washington Post story that the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has determined North Korea is capable of constructing miniaturized nuclear weapons that could be used as warheads for missiles – possibly ICBMs – left out a crucial fact: DIA actually concluded this in 2013. The Post also failed to mention that the Obama administration tried to downplay and discredit this report at the time.
China to Stay Neutral, Unless U.S. Attacks N Korea
If North Korea launches an attack that threatens the United States then China should stay neutral, but if the United States attacks first and tries to overthrow North Korea's government China will stop them, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Friday.
State Department: U.S. Passports to North Korea Restricted Beginning Sept. 1
The Department of State has announced it will restrict all U.S. citizens from traveling into, in, or through North Korea beginning Sept. 1. This warning, issued on Thursday, comes in the wake of the escalating rhetoric between the DPRK and President Donald Trump over the past few days.
More than half a million children in Libya need help: UNICEF
United Nations children agency UNICEF warned on Wednesday that more than half a million children in Libya need help and called on warring parties to end the violence and negotiate a political solution to the crisis.
North Korea missiles can reach Guam in 14 minutes, local official says
If North Korea fires missiles toward Guam, they would take about 14 minutes to reach the island, said Guam Homeland Security spokeswoman Jenna Gaminde.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Hamas Considering Military Rule in Gaza
Hamas is reportedly considering advancing an unprecedented move in the Gaza Strip in response to the harsh sanctions imposed on it by the Palestinian Authority. This is a scenario that has been taken into account in Israel and could lead to chaos in the Gaza Strip. A source within Hamas said that the organization's military wing recently submitted a proposal to the organization's political leadership, suggesting Hamas create a political and security vacuum in the Gaza Strip by waiving its management of the Gaza Strip.
Underground barrier with Gaza to extend into the sea
The underground barrier designed to prevent tunnels from crossing into Israel from Gaza will stretch into the Mediterranean to stave off Hamas infiltration by sea.
Waqf says Israel didn’t damage any historic items on Temple Mount
The Jerusalem Waqf said on Wednesday that when Israeli security services conducted searches on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem following a shooting attack at the site, they did not damage or steal any historical items.
Inside the United States
Trump: Opioid Crisis is a National Emergency
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the opioid crisis is a national emergency.
Trump administration defends travel ban in Supreme Court brief
President Donald Trump's administration reiterated arguments defending its temporary travel ban in a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, repeatedly citing the executive's broad powers to exclude foreigners from the United States.
DCCC: ‘No Interest’ in Working With Democratic Pro-Life Group
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has 'no interest' in working with Democrats for Life of America, a pro-life Democratic organization.
DNC Hack was 'Inside Job' : Report
The Democratic National Committee was not hacked by Russia — nor by anyone else — but instead was 'an inside job by someone with access to the DNC's system,' according to a report in The Nation.
Ex-US intel chief says Trump leaks have a 'corrosive effect'
US President Donald Trump’s sharing of Israeli intelligence with Russia without prior coordination 'has an erosive and corrosive effect' on global data sharing with Washington, a former US intelligence chief told The Jerusalem Post.
Around the World
Trump: Iran is ‘not in compliance’ with nuclear deal
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran was not upholding its obligations under the landmark nuclear deal struck in 2015 by former president Barack Obama.
Obama administration knew about North Korea's miniaturized nukes
Tuesday's bombshell Washington Post story that the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has determined North Korea is capable of constructing miniaturized nuclear weapons that could be used as warheads for missiles – possibly ICBMs – left out a crucial fact: DIA actually concluded this in 2013. The Post also failed to mention that the Obama administration tried to downplay and discredit this report at the time.
China to Stay Neutral, Unless U.S. Attacks N Korea
If North Korea launches an attack that threatens the United States then China should stay neutral, but if the United States attacks first and tries to overthrow North Korea's government China will stop them, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Friday.
State Department: U.S. Passports to North Korea Restricted Beginning Sept. 1
The Department of State has announced it will restrict all U.S. citizens from traveling into, in, or through North Korea beginning Sept. 1. This warning, issued on Thursday, comes in the wake of the escalating rhetoric between the DPRK and President Donald Trump over the past few days.
More than half a million children in Libya need help: UNICEF
United Nations children agency UNICEF warned on Wednesday that more than half a million children in Libya need help and called on warring parties to end the violence and negotiate a political solution to the crisis.
North Korea missiles can reach Guam in 14 minutes, local official says
If North Korea fires missiles toward Guam, they would take about 14 minutes to reach the island, said Guam Homeland Security spokeswoman Jenna Gaminde.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Hamas Considering Military Rule in Gaza
Hamas is reportedly considering advancing an unprecedented move in the Gaza Strip in response to the harsh sanctions imposed on it by the Palestinian Authority. This is a scenario that has been taken into account in Israel and could lead to chaos in the Gaza Strip. A source within Hamas said that the organization's military wing recently submitted a proposal to the organization's political leadership, suggesting Hamas create a political and security vacuum in the Gaza Strip by waiving its management of the Gaza Strip.
Underground barrier with Gaza to extend into the sea
The underground barrier designed to prevent tunnels from crossing into Israel from Gaza will stretch into the Mediterranean to stave off Hamas infiltration by sea.
Waqf says Israel didn’t damage any historic items on Temple Mount
The Jerusalem Waqf said on Wednesday that when Israeli security services conducted searches on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem following a shooting attack at the site, they did not damage or steal any historical items.
Inside the United States
Trump: Opioid Crisis is a National Emergency
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the opioid crisis is a national emergency.
Trump administration defends travel ban in Supreme Court brief
President Donald Trump's administration reiterated arguments defending its temporary travel ban in a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, repeatedly citing the executive's broad powers to exclude foreigners from the United States.
DCCC: ‘No Interest’ in Working With Democratic Pro-Life Group
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has 'no interest' in working with Democrats for Life of America, a pro-life Democratic organization.
DNC Hack was 'Inside Job' : Report
The Democratic National Committee was not hacked by Russia — nor by anyone else — but instead was 'an inside job by someone with access to the DNC's system,' according to a report in The Nation.
Ex-US intel chief says Trump leaks have a 'corrosive effect'
US President Donald Trump’s sharing of Israeli intelligence with Russia without prior coordination 'has an erosive and corrosive effect' on global data sharing with Washington, a former US intelligence chief told The Jerusalem Post.