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Today's Breaking News
Around the World
US open to 'new arrangement' on Iran's missile tests
The United States suggested Thursday it was open to a “new arrangement” with Iran for peacefully resolving disputes such as Tehran'’s recent ballistic missile tests.
Number of 'Islamic State' fighters has doubled in Libya, according to US general
On Thursday, US Army General David Rodriguez, who heads Africa Command, said the 'Islamic State' (IS) had seen the number of its fighters in Libya double in the past year, reaching up to 6,000.
More migrants arrive in Turkey from Greece under EU pact
A ferry carrying 45 Pakistani migrants returned to Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday - the second round of arrivals under a European Union deal with Ankara to stem mass migration to Europe across the Aegean Sea.
Syria's Assad shows no willingess to compromise
As the Syria peace talks resume next week, President Bashar al-Assad, backed militarily by Iran and Russia, shows no willingness to compromise, much less step aside to allow a transition Western powers claim is the solution to the conflict.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Newly Operational IDF Weapon Can Fire 18 Rockets Per Minute
One year after commencing field testing, the Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday declared that a new guided artillery rocket called the Romach ('Spear') is now operational.
Report: Hamas taps over 1,000 terror operatives to dig Gaza tunnels
Hamas employs more than 1,000 operatives to excavate underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported Thursday.
Danon on Palestinian Security Council move: There are no shortcuts to peace
'The Palestinians must understand that there are no shortcuts,' Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said on Thursday in reaction to reports of a Palestinian Security Council draft resolution condemning Israeli building in the West Bank and Jerusalem as an obstacle to peace.
PM: Abbas move to condemn settlements at UN will push negotiations further away
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a sharp response late Thursday night to reports that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas plans to push forward a UN Security resolution later this month condemning the settlements.
Inside the United States
Obama refuses to utter 'radical Islamic terrorism' amid 800% terror spike
From the 2009 Fort Hood shooting to the 2015 San Bernardino massacre and the recent Brussels bombings, radical Islamic terrorists have been wreaking havoc and destroying lives worldwide. In just the last five years of the Obama administration, terror deaths have increased 800 percent globally. However, as these horrifying attacks reveal the dangerous realities of the growth of radical Islam, President Obama continues to refuse to name our enemy.
Auditor: Government Will Owe More Money Than Entire Economy Produces
An auditor for the Government Accountability Office told lawmakers Wednesday that in the next few years the federal government will owe more than our entire economy produces.
U.S. Politics
Rush: GOP Wants to Steal Nomination From Trump, Cruz
The Republican establishment is still "toying with the idea" of denying the GOP presidential nomination to either Donald Trump or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Rush Limbaugh says.
Poll: Trump popularity plummets
Donald Trump's unpopularity has reached an all-time high across a wide range of voter demographics, according to a new survey released Thursday.
The Democratic nomination fight is starting to get interesting
The drama of the Republican presidential race has overwhelmed interest in the Democratic contest. So has the virtual certainty that Hillary Clinton will be the nominee.
Christian News
Pastor of China's largest Protestant church released: Report
A U.S.-based Christian group says Chinese authorities have released the pastor of the country's largest Protestant church after he was detained for more than two months following protests against the government's removal of crosses from churches.
Rev. Graham: PayPal Hypocrite, Does Business in Countries Where Homosexual Behavior Is Illegal
In response to PayPal's decision to not open a new center in North Carolina because of the state's law against men using women's bathrooms and locker rooms, Rev. Franklin Graham said PayPal is a hypocrite and noted that PayPal does business in countries where homosexual behavior is illegal, but it decided to fault North Carolina.
Christian cross ordered off Los Angeles County seal
Restoring a tiny Christian cross to the Los Angeles County seal is unconstitutional because it places the county's power, prestige and purse behind one religion, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Around the World
US open to 'new arrangement' on Iran's missile tests
The United States suggested Thursday it was open to a “new arrangement” with Iran for peacefully resolving disputes such as Tehran'’s recent ballistic missile tests.
Number of 'Islamic State' fighters has doubled in Libya, according to US general
On Thursday, US Army General David Rodriguez, who heads Africa Command, said the 'Islamic State' (IS) had seen the number of its fighters in Libya double in the past year, reaching up to 6,000.
More migrants arrive in Turkey from Greece under EU pact
A ferry carrying 45 Pakistani migrants returned to Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday - the second round of arrivals under a European Union deal with Ankara to stem mass migration to Europe across the Aegean Sea.
Syria's Assad shows no willingess to compromise
As the Syria peace talks resume next week, President Bashar al-Assad, backed militarily by Iran and Russia, shows no willingness to compromise, much less step aside to allow a transition Western powers claim is the solution to the conflict.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Newly Operational IDF Weapon Can Fire 18 Rockets Per Minute
One year after commencing field testing, the Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday declared that a new guided artillery rocket called the Romach ('Spear') is now operational.
Report: Hamas taps over 1,000 terror operatives to dig Gaza tunnels
Hamas employs more than 1,000 operatives to excavate underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported Thursday.
Danon on Palestinian Security Council move: There are no shortcuts to peace
'The Palestinians must understand that there are no shortcuts,' Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said on Thursday in reaction to reports of a Palestinian Security Council draft resolution condemning Israeli building in the West Bank and Jerusalem as an obstacle to peace.
PM: Abbas move to condemn settlements at UN will push negotiations further away
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a sharp response late Thursday night to reports that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas plans to push forward a UN Security resolution later this month condemning the settlements.
Inside the United States
Obama refuses to utter 'radical Islamic terrorism' amid 800% terror spike
From the 2009 Fort Hood shooting to the 2015 San Bernardino massacre and the recent Brussels bombings, radical Islamic terrorists have been wreaking havoc and destroying lives worldwide. In just the last five years of the Obama administration, terror deaths have increased 800 percent globally. However, as these horrifying attacks reveal the dangerous realities of the growth of radical Islam, President Obama continues to refuse to name our enemy.
Auditor: Government Will Owe More Money Than Entire Economy Produces
An auditor for the Government Accountability Office told lawmakers Wednesday that in the next few years the federal government will owe more than our entire economy produces.
U.S. Politics
Rush: GOP Wants to Steal Nomination From Trump, Cruz
The Republican establishment is still "toying with the idea" of denying the GOP presidential nomination to either Donald Trump or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Rush Limbaugh says.
Poll: Trump popularity plummets
Donald Trump's unpopularity has reached an all-time high across a wide range of voter demographics, according to a new survey released Thursday.
The Democratic nomination fight is starting to get interesting
The drama of the Republican presidential race has overwhelmed interest in the Democratic contest. So has the virtual certainty that Hillary Clinton will be the nominee.
Christian News
Pastor of China's largest Protestant church released: Report
A U.S.-based Christian group says Chinese authorities have released the pastor of the country's largest Protestant church after he was detained for more than two months following protests against the government's removal of crosses from churches.
Rev. Graham: PayPal Hypocrite, Does Business in Countries Where Homosexual Behavior Is Illegal
In response to PayPal's decision to not open a new center in North Carolina because of the state's law against men using women's bathrooms and locker rooms, Rev. Franklin Graham said PayPal is a hypocrite and noted that PayPal does business in countries where homosexual behavior is illegal, but it decided to fault North Carolina.
Christian cross ordered off Los Angeles County seal
Restoring a tiny Christian cross to the Los Angeles County seal is unconstitutional because it places the county's power, prestige and purse behind one religion, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Today's Breaking News
Around the World
Swiss police raid UEFA as Panama Papers scandal spreads
Swiss police raided the European soccer body UEFA on Wednesday to seize information about a contract disclosed in the Panama Papers that was signed by Gianni Infantino, now head of the global soccer body FIFA.
Diabetes cases have quadrupled in just over 3 decades
The number of people living with the potentially fatal disease has quadrupled since 1980, to more than 400 million, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Cologne Police Reveal 'Cover Up' Of New Year's Eve Rape Attacks Ordered By Government
A leaked cache of confidential emails and notes passed between the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state government and local police has revealed the extent to which the force were placed under pressure to cover up the migrant sex attacks at New Year's Eve.
US Vows to Block New Russian Arms Sale to Iran
The Obama administration is vowing to stop Russia from selling to Iran advanced fighter jets, saying that such sales would violate United Nations resolutions governing the comprehensive nuclear agreement, according to comments by a top State Department official to the Washington Free Beacon.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Abbas Tells Palestinians Entire State of Israel 'Occupied,' Calls for Peace When Addressing Foreign Audiences (VIDEO)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks in "two languages" when articulating his policies on Israel, a Jerusalem-based research institute reported on Wednesday.
Abbas to meet Hollande to discuss French plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet French President Francois Hollande in Paris later this month to discuss France's recent push to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
Israel, Palestinians making progress on talks to limit IDF activity in West Bank
Israelis and Palestinians are inching closer to a possible deal that would limit Israeli military activity in areas of the West Bank controlled by the Palestinian Authority, Israeli officials and Western diplomats familiar with the secret talks told Haaretz.
Israel warns: Europe flooded with hundreds of jihadists planning to strike
There are 'hundreds of jihadists planning to strike Western targets on European soil,' already present on the continent, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon told his Polish counterpart, Antoni Macierewicz, in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
Inside the United States
GAO: Debt will grow to three times the size of the economy
The national debt is on pace to keep growing over the next 20 years and eventually become three times the size of the U.S. economy, the government's top auditor warned lawmakers Wednesday.
California law enforcement officers seize Planned Parenthood videos, activist says
Agents from the California Department of Justice raided the home of an indicted anti-abortion activist and seized undercover videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood officials arranging to illegally sell fetal tissue for profit, the activist said late Tuesday.
Economy may not have grown at all in first quarter
It may turn out the economy did not grow at all in the first quarter.
Americans spend more on taxes than food, clothing, housing combined
A tax advocacy group on Wednesday revealed that Americans spend more on taxes than their whole budget for food, clothing and housing.
Obama Claims Power to Make Illegal Immigrants Eligible for Social Security, Disability
Does the president of the United States have the power to unilaterally tell millions of individuals who are violating federal law that he will not enforce that law against them now, that they may continue to violate that law in the future and that he will take action that makes them eligible for federal benefit programs for which they are not currently eligible due to their unlawful status?
Ted Cruz's campaign stop in the Bronx is a complete dud
There are more than 1.4 million people in the Bronx -- but Ted Cruz couldn't even muster 100 at a campaign event in Parkchester with state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., a conservative Christian minister.
State Dept. on Iran sanctions relief: 'It's complicated'
The State Department insisted Wednesday that it is not 'coaching' foreign banks on how to avoid U.S. sanctions on Iran, and said it's only advising these banks.
Senate Dem: National debt is not 'a threat to our country'
Senate Democrats on Wednesday couldn't agree that federal debt is a national security problem, in a hearing aimed at assessing the long-term strategic implications of the government's $19 trillion debt.
U.S. Politics
Fallout: Donald Trump Will Fall 50-100 Delegates Short of 1,237 Needed to Clinch Nomination
Sen. Ted Cruz's overwhelming victory in Wisconsin on Tuesday makes it all but impossible for GOP frontrunner Donald Trump to win the 1,237 delegates he needs to secure the nomination ahead of the RNC convention in Cleveland.
Cruz has won more delegates than Trump since Rubio dropped out
Sen. Ted Cruz has won more delegates than GOP front-runner Donald Trump since Sen. Marco Rubio ended his presidential bid, helping to validate his argument that he could beat Trump once the race consolidated.
Christian News
Muslim Family Converts to Christianity after Mother is Miraculously Healed
A Muslim family in the Middle East gave their lives to Jesus after Christian missionaries prayed over their sick mother and she was miraculously healed.
Turkey Seizes Six Churches as State Property in Volatile Southeast
After 10 months of urban conflict in Turkey's war-torn southeast, the government has expropriated huge sections of property, apparently to rebuild and restore the historical centre of the region's largest city, Diyarbakir.
Around the World
Swiss police raid UEFA as Panama Papers scandal spreads
Swiss police raided the European soccer body UEFA on Wednesday to seize information about a contract disclosed in the Panama Papers that was signed by Gianni Infantino, now head of the global soccer body FIFA.
Diabetes cases have quadrupled in just over 3 decades
The number of people living with the potentially fatal disease has quadrupled since 1980, to more than 400 million, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Cologne Police Reveal 'Cover Up' Of New Year's Eve Rape Attacks Ordered By Government
A leaked cache of confidential emails and notes passed between the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state government and local police has revealed the extent to which the force were placed under pressure to cover up the migrant sex attacks at New Year's Eve.
US Vows to Block New Russian Arms Sale to Iran
The Obama administration is vowing to stop Russia from selling to Iran advanced fighter jets, saying that such sales would violate United Nations resolutions governing the comprehensive nuclear agreement, according to comments by a top State Department official to the Washington Free Beacon.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Abbas Tells Palestinians Entire State of Israel 'Occupied,' Calls for Peace When Addressing Foreign Audiences (VIDEO)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks in "two languages" when articulating his policies on Israel, a Jerusalem-based research institute reported on Wednesday.
Abbas to meet Hollande to discuss French plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet French President Francois Hollande in Paris later this month to discuss France's recent push to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
Israel, Palestinians making progress on talks to limit IDF activity in West Bank
Israelis and Palestinians are inching closer to a possible deal that would limit Israeli military activity in areas of the West Bank controlled by the Palestinian Authority, Israeli officials and Western diplomats familiar with the secret talks told Haaretz.
Israel warns: Europe flooded with hundreds of jihadists planning to strike
There are 'hundreds of jihadists planning to strike Western targets on European soil,' already present on the continent, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon told his Polish counterpart, Antoni Macierewicz, in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
Inside the United States
GAO: Debt will grow to three times the size of the economy
The national debt is on pace to keep growing over the next 20 years and eventually become three times the size of the U.S. economy, the government's top auditor warned lawmakers Wednesday.
California law enforcement officers seize Planned Parenthood videos, activist says
Agents from the California Department of Justice raided the home of an indicted anti-abortion activist and seized undercover videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood officials arranging to illegally sell fetal tissue for profit, the activist said late Tuesday.
Economy may not have grown at all in first quarter
It may turn out the economy did not grow at all in the first quarter.
Americans spend more on taxes than food, clothing, housing combined
A tax advocacy group on Wednesday revealed that Americans spend more on taxes than their whole budget for food, clothing and housing.
Obama Claims Power to Make Illegal Immigrants Eligible for Social Security, Disability
Does the president of the United States have the power to unilaterally tell millions of individuals who are violating federal law that he will not enforce that law against them now, that they may continue to violate that law in the future and that he will take action that makes them eligible for federal benefit programs for which they are not currently eligible due to their unlawful status?
Ted Cruz's campaign stop in the Bronx is a complete dud
There are more than 1.4 million people in the Bronx -- but Ted Cruz couldn't even muster 100 at a campaign event in Parkchester with state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., a conservative Christian minister.
State Dept. on Iran sanctions relief: 'It's complicated'
The State Department insisted Wednesday that it is not 'coaching' foreign banks on how to avoid U.S. sanctions on Iran, and said it's only advising these banks.
Senate Dem: National debt is not 'a threat to our country'
Senate Democrats on Wednesday couldn't agree that federal debt is a national security problem, in a hearing aimed at assessing the long-term strategic implications of the government's $19 trillion debt.
U.S. Politics
Fallout: Donald Trump Will Fall 50-100 Delegates Short of 1,237 Needed to Clinch Nomination
Sen. Ted Cruz's overwhelming victory in Wisconsin on Tuesday makes it all but impossible for GOP frontrunner Donald Trump to win the 1,237 delegates he needs to secure the nomination ahead of the RNC convention in Cleveland.
Cruz has won more delegates than Trump since Rubio dropped out
Sen. Ted Cruz has won more delegates than GOP front-runner Donald Trump since Sen. Marco Rubio ended his presidential bid, helping to validate his argument that he could beat Trump once the race consolidated.
Christian News
Muslim Family Converts to Christianity after Mother is Miraculously Healed
A Muslim family in the Middle East gave their lives to Jesus after Christian missionaries prayed over their sick mother and she was miraculously healed.
Turkey Seizes Six Churches as State Property in Volatile Southeast
After 10 months of urban conflict in Turkey's war-torn southeast, the government has expropriated huge sections of property, apparently to rebuild and restore the historical centre of the region's largest city, Diyarbakir.
Today's Breaking News
Around the World
Russia's S-300 Defense Missile System To Be Shipped To Iran Soon, Report Says
Russia will begin the first shipment of the S-300 air defense missile system to Iran in the coming days, Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian diplomat as saying Tuesday.
US Helping Iran Access Billions in Frozen Funds
The Obama administration is helping Iran access billions of dollars in funds that are tied up in international banks across the globe by rewriting regulations and other measures, according to testimony Tuesday by a top U.S. official, who admitted that these assets could be used to fund terrorism.
Report: Worldwide military spending reaches $1.7 trillion
Global military expenditure rose to nearly $1.7 trillion in 2015, reflecting continued growth in Asia and Oceania, Central and Eastern Europe, and some Middle Eastern states, according to a SIPRI report.
Report: Syrian rebels shoot down warplane, capture pilot
Syrian rebels on Tuesday allegedly downed a Russian fighter jet belonging to the Syrian air force and captured the aircraft's pilot, sources linked to the opposition reported.
If you thought Obama was done making concessions to Iran -- think again
One of the arguments critics of the Iran deal made during last year's debate was that beyond the staggering immediate concessions to Iran, the deal paves the way for ongoing and future concessions. The reason is that the reality of the agreement leaves the U.S. hamstrung by fear that Iran can use anything as a pretext to pull out of the deal. We're now starting to see this play out, as Obama administration officials are signaling that they may provide additional sanctions relief to address Iranian complaints, even though they promised Congress no such relief would ever be provided.
Iran accuses U.S. of breaking nuclear deal
Iranian officials are accusing the U.S. of violating the landmark nuclear deal with Tehran by not releasing enough sanctions to the Islamic Republic, according to regional media reports.
Report: EU Terror Threat Increased as Illegal Border Crossings Hit All-Time High
An unprecedented 1.82 million migrants illegally crossed into the EU last year, increasing the security threat across Europe where militants have taken advantage of disjointed border enforcement, border agency Frontex reported Tuesday.
Pentagon Trying to Stop Chinese Air Defense Zone in Disputed Sea
Amid signs China will soon impose an air exclusion zone over the South China Sea, the Pentagon is trying to head off another destabilizing action by Beijing in the increasingly tense region.
Russia Deployed Over 150 New Warheads in Past Year
Russia deployed 153 strategic nuclear warheads over the past year under the New START arms treaty while the U.S. military pared its nuclear forces by 57 warheads, according to State Department figures released last week.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Workers in Gaza Discover What May be Ancient Church
Construction workers in the Gaza Strip have discovered what Palestinian tourism officials say they believe to be a Christian religious site, dating back to the sixth century.
Jewish settlement, synagogue from Second Temple era unearthed on Sea of Galilee shore
The excavation of a 2,000-yearold Jewish settlement and synagogue from the Second Temple period in Magdala, located on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, recently revealed rare and well-preserved antiquities, including a bronze incense shovel and jug.
Abbas: We are prepared to discuss with Israel ending of 'mutual incitement'
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he was prepared to work with Israel to stop and monitor mutual incitement between the two sides.
Israel says Mideast arms proliferation imperils its military edge
Israel's neighbors are buying arms on a scale that threatens its regional military superiority, the deputy Israeli air force chief said on Sunday, in remarks that appeared aimed at helping secure more defense aid from a reluctant Washington.
Inside the United States
Mississippi gov. signs law allowing service denial to gays
Mississippi's governor signed a law on Tuesday that allows public and private businesses to refuse service to gay couples based on the employers' religious beliefs.
U.S. Politics
Ted Cruz delivers stunning blow to Donald Trump with Wisconsin win; Sanders defeats Clinton
Sen. Ted Cruz was projected to win the Wisconsin primary Tuesday, delivering a stunning blow to GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump and resetting the race as it heads east later this month.
Huckabee: GOP Platform Changes to Gay Marriage 'Disastrous'
A report that Republicans may tweak their party platform to be more tolerant of same-sex marriage is a bad idea that would be 'disastrous' for the GOP, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tells Newsmax TV.
Cruz Takes Lead for First Time in Reuters National Poll
For the first time, Ted Cruz Tuesday surpassed Republican presidential rival Donald Trump nationally in the weekly Reuters tracking poll -- by just two points after a week of debacles ranging from the front-runner's switches on abortion to his campaign manager being charged with simple battery for allegedly grabbing a news reporter.
Team Trump lashes out at Cruz after devastating Wis. loss
Donald Trump's presidential campaign lashed out at Republican rival Ted Cruz late Tuesday evening after the Texas senator dealt Trump a huge loss in Wisconsin's GOP primary.
Is Wisconsin a turning point for Cruz, Sanders?
Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders upended their respective parties' front-runners with big wins in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday.
Christian News
Iran: Christian prisoner encourages fellow believers
During an official crackdown on Iran's house-church leadership, a Christian convert from Islam serving a sentence in Rajai Shahr Prison has secretly sent a message of encouragement to the Islamic Republic's persecuted Christians.
Water tower woes for Oklahoma city
A church name inscribed on a city-owned water tower in Oklahoma has drawn the ire of an atheist group.
Persecution of Christians is on the rise, Americans say
A poll finds that, in just two years, the number of Americans who think Christians are facing growing intolerance in the U.S. has drastically increased.
Around the World
Russia's S-300 Defense Missile System To Be Shipped To Iran Soon, Report Says
Russia will begin the first shipment of the S-300 air defense missile system to Iran in the coming days, Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian diplomat as saying Tuesday.
US Helping Iran Access Billions in Frozen Funds
The Obama administration is helping Iran access billions of dollars in funds that are tied up in international banks across the globe by rewriting regulations and other measures, according to testimony Tuesday by a top U.S. official, who admitted that these assets could be used to fund terrorism.
Report: Worldwide military spending reaches $1.7 trillion
Global military expenditure rose to nearly $1.7 trillion in 2015, reflecting continued growth in Asia and Oceania, Central and Eastern Europe, and some Middle Eastern states, according to a SIPRI report.
Report: Syrian rebels shoot down warplane, capture pilot
Syrian rebels on Tuesday allegedly downed a Russian fighter jet belonging to the Syrian air force and captured the aircraft's pilot, sources linked to the opposition reported.
If you thought Obama was done making concessions to Iran -- think again
One of the arguments critics of the Iran deal made during last year's debate was that beyond the staggering immediate concessions to Iran, the deal paves the way for ongoing and future concessions. The reason is that the reality of the agreement leaves the U.S. hamstrung by fear that Iran can use anything as a pretext to pull out of the deal. We're now starting to see this play out, as Obama administration officials are signaling that they may provide additional sanctions relief to address Iranian complaints, even though they promised Congress no such relief would ever be provided.
Iran accuses U.S. of breaking nuclear deal
Iranian officials are accusing the U.S. of violating the landmark nuclear deal with Tehran by not releasing enough sanctions to the Islamic Republic, according to regional media reports.
Report: EU Terror Threat Increased as Illegal Border Crossings Hit All-Time High
An unprecedented 1.82 million migrants illegally crossed into the EU last year, increasing the security threat across Europe where militants have taken advantage of disjointed border enforcement, border agency Frontex reported Tuesday.
Pentagon Trying to Stop Chinese Air Defense Zone in Disputed Sea
Amid signs China will soon impose an air exclusion zone over the South China Sea, the Pentagon is trying to head off another destabilizing action by Beijing in the increasingly tense region.
Russia Deployed Over 150 New Warheads in Past Year
Russia deployed 153 strategic nuclear warheads over the past year under the New START arms treaty while the U.S. military pared its nuclear forces by 57 warheads, according to State Department figures released last week.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Workers in Gaza Discover What May be Ancient Church
Construction workers in the Gaza Strip have discovered what Palestinian tourism officials say they believe to be a Christian religious site, dating back to the sixth century.
Jewish settlement, synagogue from Second Temple era unearthed on Sea of Galilee shore
The excavation of a 2,000-yearold Jewish settlement and synagogue from the Second Temple period in Magdala, located on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, recently revealed rare and well-preserved antiquities, including a bronze incense shovel and jug.
Abbas: We are prepared to discuss with Israel ending of 'mutual incitement'
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he was prepared to work with Israel to stop and monitor mutual incitement between the two sides.
Israel says Mideast arms proliferation imperils its military edge
Israel's neighbors are buying arms on a scale that threatens its regional military superiority, the deputy Israeli air force chief said on Sunday, in remarks that appeared aimed at helping secure more defense aid from a reluctant Washington.
Inside the United States
Mississippi gov. signs law allowing service denial to gays
Mississippi's governor signed a law on Tuesday that allows public and private businesses to refuse service to gay couples based on the employers' religious beliefs.
U.S. Politics
Ted Cruz delivers stunning blow to Donald Trump with Wisconsin win; Sanders defeats Clinton
Sen. Ted Cruz was projected to win the Wisconsin primary Tuesday, delivering a stunning blow to GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump and resetting the race as it heads east later this month.
Huckabee: GOP Platform Changes to Gay Marriage 'Disastrous'
A report that Republicans may tweak their party platform to be more tolerant of same-sex marriage is a bad idea that would be 'disastrous' for the GOP, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tells Newsmax TV.
Cruz Takes Lead for First Time in Reuters National Poll
For the first time, Ted Cruz Tuesday surpassed Republican presidential rival Donald Trump nationally in the weekly Reuters tracking poll -- by just two points after a week of debacles ranging from the front-runner's switches on abortion to his campaign manager being charged with simple battery for allegedly grabbing a news reporter.
Team Trump lashes out at Cruz after devastating Wis. loss
Donald Trump's presidential campaign lashed out at Republican rival Ted Cruz late Tuesday evening after the Texas senator dealt Trump a huge loss in Wisconsin's GOP primary.
Is Wisconsin a turning point for Cruz, Sanders?
Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders upended their respective parties' front-runners with big wins in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday.
Christian News
Iran: Christian prisoner encourages fellow believers
During an official crackdown on Iran's house-church leadership, a Christian convert from Islam serving a sentence in Rajai Shahr Prison has secretly sent a message of encouragement to the Islamic Republic's persecuted Christians.
Water tower woes for Oklahoma city
A church name inscribed on a city-owned water tower in Oklahoma has drawn the ire of an atheist group.
Persecution of Christians is on the rise, Americans say
A poll finds that, in just two years, the number of Americans who think Christians are facing growing intolerance in the U.S. has drastically increased.