Archaeologist claims to find oldest Hebrew text in Israel, including the name of God

Archaeologist Dr. Scott Stripling and a team of international scholars held a press conference on Thursday in Houston, Texas, unveiling what he claims is the earliest proto-alphabetic Hebrew text — including the name of God, “YHVH” — ever discovered in ancient Israel. It was found at Mount Ebal, known from Deuteronomy 11:29 as a place of curses.

US President At NATO Emergency Summit Over Ukraine War

U.S. President Joe Biden is at an emergency summit of the NATO military alliance amid concerns the war in Ukraine will further escalate. NATO will approve significant increases of forces in Eastern Europe.

Idaho Governor Signs Abortion Ban Modeled on Texas Law

Idaho on Wednesday became the first state to enact a law modeled after a Texas statute that bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and that can be enforced through lawsuits to avoid constitutional court challenges.

NATO Fears Nuclear Strike In Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden is visiting Europe for talks with fellow leaders of the NATO military alliance about the Russian invasion of Ukraine as Moscow may use nuclear weapons of mass destruction there.

Taiwan: Christian leaders consider equipping church for possible invasion by China

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, Christian leaders in Taiwan are considering how to equip the local church to face any future invasion by China, Christianity Today (CT) reports. Successive Chinese governments have considered Taiwan to be part of mainland China, and have long threatened to use force in bringing the island under their control: commentators speculate the Russian invasion of Ukraine may encourage China to do the same to Taiwan.

100,000 US Forces Europe As War In Ukraine Escalates

American forces are in Ukraine, and the United States is rapidly deploying at least 100,000 troops elsewhere in Europe, amid fears the Ukrainian-Russian war will spread to other nations, U.S. sources confirm.

Orthodox Jews Mourn Revered Rabbi

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews have been plunged into mourning after Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a leading authority on Jewish Law, died Friday at the age of 94.

Amid global energy squeeze, Biden looks to Iran but not Israel

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown the global energy market into a state of turmoil, forcing the U.S. and Europe to look for substitutes for Russian oil and gas. In that process, the Biden administration has turned to Iran as a potential supplier — just two months after effectively killing an Israeli pipeline project that would have supplied natural gas to Europe.

Ukraine War Approaching More NATO Countries

The war in Ukraine is getting closer to several neighboring member states of the NATO military alliance. In one of the latest incidents, Russian missiles hit an aircraft repair plant outside Lviv in western Ukraine, relatively close to Poland. At the same time, rescuers freed 130 people from the basement of a theatre in the besieged city of Mariupol, but Ukrainian authorities say 1,300 remain trapped.

Russia’s Putin Reveals Demands To End War In Ukraine

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has laid out his conditions for ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including abandoning plans to join the NATO military alliance, a leading advisor of the Turkish president says.

US-Backed Missionary Abducted In Ukraine

A Ukrainian missionary of a U.S.-backed aid group has been abducted by Russian forces near Ukraine’s besieged city of Mariupol, several sources confirmed Thursday.

Russian Attacks Kill Dozens

At least scores of people were reported killed in new Russian attacks in Ukraine, but Moscow condemned U.S. President Joe Biden for calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin a “war criminal.”

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