2019

A number of significant developments under way in Syria reflect the confusing strategic situation in the region, as a variety of players compete for supremacy. The forces engaged include global powers, regional powers and sub-state forces –…

In a rare incident and the first one in a decade, Japan has executed a Chinese national for the murder of a man, his wife, and two children during a failed robbery. Japan has hanged a Chinese man for the high-profile and brutal murder of a…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The dogs of San Francisco have announced a citywide cleanup initiative, in which the canines will carry little plastic bags with them wherever they go in order to clean up the massive dumps humans keep leaving on the…

‘Now I Have Jesus’ – Diamondbacks’ Nick Ahmed Says Faith Has Given Him Peace, Joy Nick Ahmed is known as one of Major League Baseball's top defensive players, but six years ago, he was a struggling minor leaguer, unsure what the…

Another Texas Church Votes to Leave the UMC over LGBT Debate Grace Fellowship UMC of Katy, Texas has voted to leave the United Methodist Church denomination over its debate on homosexuality. According to the Christian Post, the…

WORLD—The UN Panel on Outrage Change has confirmed the worst: global levels of outrage may reach the point of no return in 2020. Outrage levels previously reached dangerous highs during the Bush administration, but Obama was able to reverse…

Nearly 200 Faith Leaders Sign Open Letter Rebuking Controversial Christianity Today Op-Ed Nearly 200 faith leaders are pushing back against a recent Christianity Today editorial calling for President Trump’s removal from…

Photo Credit: Facebook COSTA DEL SOL (Evangelical Focus) — A British pastor and his two children drowned in a resort swimming pool on the Costa del Sol, in the south of Spain, on Tuesday. Gabriel Diya, along with his 16-year-old son…

Do Not Lose Hope, Pope Francis Says at Christmas Vigil: God Loves You No Matter What VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Under the dome of Rome’s St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis celebrated the Christmas vigil Mass on Tuesday (Dec. 24) by…

With the moral decline in society and the rise of cameras everywhere, people have been choosing not just to consume pornography, but to produce it themselves. When relationships become sour and bad breakups lead to hard feelings, some…