The highest governing body of the Presbyterian Church(USA) voted Thursday, by a 3-to-1 margin, to allow its ministers to perform same-sex marriages wherever such marriages are legal, according to The Christian Post.
The United States has been cooling since the 1930’s. However, climate records published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are ‘adjusted’ according to computer models, instead of data from true temperature readings, the Telegraph reported.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck nine army positions in Syria, including a regional command center, after a 15-year-old Israeli Arab was killed earlier on Sunday.
Matteo Renzi, the Italian Prime Minister, said that Italy will push for a “United States of Europe” during its six-month EU presidency, the Telegraph reported.
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.
Thousands of illegal kids entering the United States can live in American cities, attend public schools and work without ramifications due to an “overburdened, deeply flawed system of immigration courts and a 2002 law intended to protect children’s welfare,” the Associated Press reported.
The Federal Government, in order to alleviate the workload at the Texas Border, will fly nearly 300 Central American illegal immigrants from Texas to California for processing, the Washington Times reported.
Four senior church leaders in Eritrea have published an open letter criticizing the African state as “truly shameful and unacceptable,” according to Barnabas Aid.
Last week a group of pastors and Bible students were beaten by a mob that stormed the building they were meeting in and then attacked them, according to Release International.
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 U.S. concerns that the Iraqi government would share sensitive information to its Shiite counterpart, Iran, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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. interference there.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayahu addressed his cabinet today, saying the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are continuing their search for the abducted three Israeli teenagers, and will soon provide to the world incontrovertible proof that Hamas is behind the recent kidnappings.
A petition drive is taking place in California to get the “Six Californias” initiative on the 2016 ballot. The plan is to divide the state into “Six Californias” because advocates say the state is too big to govern effectively. However, Republicans and Democrats ridiculed the measure because even if the measure acquires the 807,615 signatures to get to the ballot, and if it’s approved by the citizens of California, it still must be approved by the Californian legislature as well as Congress. And politicians say that will not happen.
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.
A mortar was fired from Syria into Israel which killed a 15-year old boy, at least three others, including his father. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) responded with tank fire. Afterwards, the IDF searched the area for possible terrorists who may have crossed into Israel.
Operation Bring Back Our Brothers continued into its tenth day as Israel searches for three kidnapped teenagers. Nine more Palestinians were arrested bringing the total to approximately 350, mostly Hamas members. In clashes with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) two Palestinians were killed.
The September 11 Memorial Museum opened last month controversially as a 17-foot-tall steel beam ‘cross’ was part of its exhibit. However, atheists find the cross objectionable and filed a lawsuit to have it removed. Now, a federal appeals court told the atheist group they must provide a better explanation why the artifact is offensive and violates members’ constitutional rights.
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.”
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.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) captured four towns in Western Iraq, including a strategic border crossing, in a campaign to establish an Islamic Caliphate across the Middle East.