Trump acquitted in Republican Senate, ending impeachment
US President Donald Trump was acquitted of both charges leveled against him by the House of Representatives Wednesday, concluding the third impeachment trial in US history.
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Christian children attacked by Hindu nationalists in India
Christian children in southern India were beaten by Hindu extremists and the congregation of which their families are a part framed for forced conversions on Jan. 19, as radical groups continue to pressure police to prosecute believers.
Israel foreign ministry: EU rejects peace plan with ‘threatening language’
The EU rejected US President Trump’s Middle East peace plan Tuesday, opposing its annexation elements that Israeli leaders have vowed to implement within weeks and promising legal opposition to attempts by Israel to carry out Jared Kushner’s vision.
Islamists in DRC slay Christians with a view to creating new caliphate
Islamic militants allied with ISIS attacked Christian villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, Jan. 28, killing 36 people as part of their declared intention to create a caliphate in North and South Kivu provinces.
Iran vows support for Palestinian resistance to peace plan
The new leader of the Iranian Quds Force who is stepping into the shoes of slain terrorist mastermind Qassem Soleimani has met with Palestinian leaders to assure them that Iran will do everything in its power to oppose the recently released ‘Deal of the Century’ peace plan.
China persecutes believers ‘even after death’
China is cracking down on Christian weddings and funerals, meaning that believers are ‘persecuted even after death,’ according to one villager in Henan province whose family was forced by the government to hold a secular funeral for his believing father.
Young Christian husbands and fathers killed by Muslims in Nigeria
Thirteen young Christian men defending their cattle in Nigeria where murdered by Muslim Fulani herders, who have vowed to execute any Christian ‘infidel’ caught possessing livestock.
Christian Rohingya refugees persecuted by Muslim Rohingya refugees in camp
One Rohingya Christian is missing and 12–several of whom are children–are seriously injured after Muslims of the famously persecuted ethnic group from Myanmar assaulted the small Christian enclave within the refugee community in Bangladesh.
Protestant churches in Algeria shut down for lacking approval from a government committee that hasn’t met
Protestant churches are facing ‘systemic closure’ in Algeria, according to Open Doors USA, under a 2006 law that bans non-Muslim worship without prior approval from a government-appointed committee–a committee that hasn’t even convened yet.
Amid ‘Deal of the Century’ Tensions, IDF Beefs Up Forces in Jordan Valley
As tensions rose ahead of the publication of US President Donald Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan on Tuesday, the IDF beefed up its forces in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley region.
“Security, prosperity, and peace”: Netanyahu and Trump unveil Kushner peace plan
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled the “Deal of the Century” peace plan engineered by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner and his team Tuesday, portending what Netanyahu called a ‘realistic path to a durable peace.’
All Palestinian groups set to meet Tuesday in rare move following Trump peace plan release
Palestinian leadership circled the wagons Tuesday against Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s long-awaited ‘Deal of the Century’ unveil, having previously called for a ‘day of rage’ and an ‘escalation of resistance’ against Israel for the plan.
ISIS declares ‘new stage’ of jihad: War against the Jews inside and outside of Israel
ISIS released a video Monday detailing a new mission for the group under al-Baghdadi replacement Sheikh Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashemi Al-Qurashi in response to the Trump team’s ‘Deal of the Century’ peace plan, declaring war on Israel and Jews inside and outside of the Jewish state.
Scores of people killed in Burkina Faso as war against Christians by Muslim extremists escalates
Between 10 and 50 people were killed in northern Burkina Faso Sunday, as a refugee crisis from Islamic attacks on the country’s Christian population has already created 530,000 displaced persons in the West African country.
Church and car vandalized, Christians attacked, in West Bengal, India
A mob of Hindu nationalists attacked a church prayer meeting in West Bengal, India on Dec. 27, destroying the pastor’s car, smashing church windows and sound equipment, and forcing believers to flee the scene.
Over a dozen Nigerian Christians killed by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in December and January
More deaths of Christians at the hands of Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria occurred in December and January, totaling 16 murders by the armed pastoralists that included one woman and her baby daughter.
US embassy in Iraq struck by missile from Iran-backed militia
The US embassy in Baghdad was hit by at least one rocket Sunday evening, with Pentagon officials reporting no deaths or injuries and only damage to the dining hall.
Peace plan arriving at twelve noon on Tuesday
The US administration of President Donald Trump will release its ‘Deal of the Century’ peace plan at twelve noon on Tuesday, in a move that has received surprising approbation from both leftist Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz and Sunni Arab states Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
Coronavirus contagion ‘getting stronger’ in China
The coranavirus has killed 80 people so far in China, where Wuhan, the city at the center of the outbreak, and 16 surrounding cities have been put under quarantine conditions to prevent its spread.
House church pastor beaten by Hindu extremists in India
Hindu extremists attacked a house church pastor at the beginning of January who had been working as a day-laborer to provide for his wife and small children, but now he can barely walk, sustaining not only crippling injuries from the beatings, but also false accusations of bribing people to convert.