IAEA: Uranium traces found at undeclared Iranian site
The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said it has detected uranium particles at an undeclared site in Iran in its latest report on the country’s nuclear program issued on Monday.
Month: November 2019
Trump eyes executive order tying foreign aid to religious freedom
The White House is reportedly drafting plans to condition U.S. foreign assistance on religious freedom.
Impeachment aside, federal budget remains a pressing matter
Impeachment hearings for President Donald Trump come at the very time that Capitol Hill usually tends to its mound of unfinished business.
Islamic Jihad says senior commander targeted in Damascus strike, son killed
Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Syria said Tuesday morning that a building bombed overnight in Damascus was the home of Akram al-Ajouri, a senior member of the terror group.
Some 150 rockets fired at Israel after IDF assassinates Gaza terror leader
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday ordered schools closed in southern and central Israel, including the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, as terror groups in the Gaza Strip began firing dozens of rockets at cities and towns throughout the country in retaliation for the assassination of Palestinian Islamic Jihad senior commander Baha Abu al-Ata.
Netanyahu: Gaza Operation will take time; We will hit anyone who hits us
Israel will target anyone who tries to attack the State of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Tuesday, hours after the IDF assassinated a top Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata in the Gaza Strip and as dozens of rockets were being fired across the country.
Israel kills powerful Islamic Jihad commander Abu al-Ata in targeted Gaza strike
The Israel Defense Forces killed a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad terror group responsible for the firing dozens of rockets out of the Gaza Strip, authorities said early Tuesday, in an attack that could send the sides sliding back toward war.
Fires at three churches in Egypt are ‘not coincidence’
Church leaders in Egypt are sounding the alarm after three Coptic churches were hit by fires in the last few weeks.
Two pastors beheaded as violence against Christians flares in Ethiopia
Two Ethiopian pastors have been beheaded in Sebeta, near the capital Addis Ababa, in an outburst of violence against Christians at the end of October, reported a Barnabas Fund contact.
Bill to Ensure Schools Offer Bible Classes Advances in Florida
A new bill that aims to roll out optional Bible classes across Florida’s public schools has advanced to the state Senate.
Trump to make health price transparency a centerpiece of his campaign
The White House is planning a major announcement on improving healthcare price transparency this month as it prepares to put the issue at the heart of President Trump’s 2020 reelection effort.
House Democrats Take Trump Impeachment Inquiry Public
House Democrats will launch a new phase in the impeachment investigation of U.S. President Donald Trump next week with a round of public testimony from former administration officials. Those witnesses will provide a detailed picture of Trump’s alleged invitation of foreign interference into the 2020 presidential election. Newly released transcripts from the closed door testimony preview could mark a pivotal week in the Trump presidency.
Locust invasion: UN warning for Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea and Sudan
The UN has said that if an Ethiopian locust infestation is not brought under control then the crop-devouring insect could ‘invade’ neighboring countries.
Netanyahu appoints Bennett as defense minister; Likud, New Right to unite
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday offered New Right party leader Naftali Bennett the position of defense minister in a move widely seen as a bid to prevent Bennett joining a Blue and White-led government.
Violence spreads across Hong Kong’s New Territories in 24th weekend of unrest
Police fired tear gas and water cannon to break up rallies as activists blocked roads and trashed shopping malls across Hong Kong’s New Territories and Kowloon peninsula on Sunday during the 24th straight weekend of anti-government unrest.
Bolivia’s Morales resigns after protests, lashes out at ‘coup’
Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday he was resigning to ease violence that has gripped the South American nation since a disputed election, but he stoked fears of more unrest by saying he was the victim of a ‘coup’ and faced arrest.
IDF to hold nation-wide drill with new, more specific siren system
The IDF will hold a nation-wide drill with the recently introduced, more specific siren system for the first time on November 26-28 from 9:05 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. each day.
Alan Dershowitz: Congress is trying to ‘create crimes out of nothing’
Attorney Alan Dershowitz warned that Americans should be ‘frightened’ of the House’s impeachment investigation, accusing Democrats of trying to ‘create crimes out of nothing.’
Turkey begins returning Western ISIS members to US and Europe
Turkey has deported an American member of the Islamic State back to the US and will soon start sending back Europeans, the Turkish government said Monday, as it began carrying out its pledge to send foreign jihadists home.
Evangelicals must be alert to ‘urgency’ of need for the Gospel
Evangelicals from around the world meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, have been challenged to check their priorities and whether they are working to reach the lost or have become ‘distracted’.