Victims Relatives Say FBI Memo Hints At Saudi Involvement In 9/11 Attacks
Victims’ relatives say a released declassified document is a significant step in their effort to connect the 9/11 attacks against the United States to Saudi Arabia.
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20 states sue Biden administration over gender identity-sexual orientation rules
Twenty states have filed suit against the Biden administration to block what they say are unconstitutional new laws on sex and gender discrimination in schools, Just the News (JN) reports. In January this year, President Biden issued an executive order to “prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.”
Indonesia: Christian man charged with blasphemy after uploading Youtube video
Indonesian police have charged a Christian man with the imprisonable offense of blasphemy after he uploaded a Youtube video which went viral and caused offense to local Muslims, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Lucifer Heatwave Hitting Europe As Wildfires Rage
Much of Europe endured record temperatures as soaring heat, dubbed the Lucifer anti-cyclone, moved in amid ongoing wildfires in several countries.
Arkansas Attorney General: Teaching Critical Race Theory violates state and federal law
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said on Monday that teaching Critical Race Theory in public schools and universities violates both state and federal law.
U.S. President Joe Biden To Address Nation Over Afghanistan
U.S. President Joe Biden was to return to the White House on Monday to deliver long-delayed remarks on Afghanistan, the White House said.
Turkey Flooding Kills Dozens
Turkish authorities struggled to save lives as floods at the Black Sea coast killed dozens of people. The death toll from severe floods and mudslides along the Black Sea coast has climbed to at least 51, the country’s emergency and disaster agency said.
Biden Names First Muslim Religious Freedom Ambassador
The White House announced Friday a slate of nominations and appointments for top religious affairs roles, including the first Muslim American nominated to be the US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom (IRF).
Afghan Christians Face Death As US Troops Leave Afghanistan
Christian aid workers warned Friday that Afghan Christians are “at a huge risk” as American troops leave the country.
Thousands Gather from All 50 States for Revival at the ‘Heart of America’
Christians from across the country gathered in the heart of the nation on Friday to pray for restoration and revival in America.
Crisis in Lebanon: 71% of people at immediate risk of losing access to clean water
UNICEF reported last week that over 71% of people in Lebanon are at immediate risk of losing access to safe water as a grinding economic crisis causes water pumping to cease across the country. More than 4 million citizens are within ‘highly critical’ and ‘critical’ levels of risk.
‘Wonderfully, Crazy Movement of Prayer’: Thousands Gathering at ‘Heart of America’ to Pray for the Nation
A call to pray for America is taking place Friday in Lebanon, Kansas, the very heart of the nation.
Federal judge blocks Arkansas law banning transgender surgery/hormones for minors; 17 Republican states join
At the request of the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of families of transgender youth, on Wednesday a federal court in Arkansas blocked a new state law that would ban transgender surgery and hormones for minors under the age of 18, the Washington Times reports. Seventeen Republican states joined with Arkansas in defending the law, which would have gone into effect on July 28.
Federal judge blocks Arkansas law that would ban almost all abortion
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Arkansas law that would ban all abortions except when the woman’s life is in danger, the Washington Examiner reports.
Virginia judge rules harm to Christian ministries from LGBTQ law is only “speculative”
A Virginia judge ruled at a hearing on Friday that Christian ministries must do more than make “speculative claims” about the harm they would suffer from a new state law prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity if they want to prosecute a case against it, Just the News reports. The hearing took place in Loudoun County Court before Circuit Judge James Plowman.
Nigeria “Killing field for Christians:” Muslim Fulani herdsmen attack Christian farming communities
As deadly violence against Christians in Nigeria continues unabated, militant Muslim Fulani herdsmen conducted attacks on 16 Christian farming villages in the Miango community of Plateau state last week, displacing over 11,000 people, International Christian Concern reports.
Lightning Strikes Kill Dozens In India
India’s prime minister expressed his sorrow Monday after dozens of people, including women and children, died in lightning strikes.
Arkansas: Activists hang giant ‘God bless Abortions’ banner over 65ft Christ of the Ozarks statue
On Thursday night, members of an activist group called Indecline entered property belonging to the Great Passion Play theater organization in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and draped a 45-foot banner reading “God Bless Abortions” over the 65-foot tall Christ of the Ozarks statue installed there. According to Great Passion Play, the activists risked their lives to hang the giant banner up, and the lives of those who then took the banner down, the Christian Post reports.
US States pass record number of Pro-Life bills in 2021
States in the US have enacted a record total of 90 pro-life laws in the first half of this year alone, already more than the previous record of 89 in the whole of 2011, the Guttmacher Institute said in a July 1 report. The laws have been enacted in the face of US Supreme Court rulings that women can choose to have an abortion before fetal viability.
California bars state-funded travel to 5 more states over LGBT laws; 17 now banned
California added Florida, Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia to its list of states banned from state-funded, state-sponsored travel due to a wave recently passed legislation that California Democrats deems “discriminatory” toward LGBT individuals.