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For the second day a swarm of earthquakes have rattled northern Israel in a rare uptick in seismic activity that put renewed focus on Israel’s preparedness for potentially more devastating quakes in the future. Previously 3.0 magnitude quakes had sent tremors cross northern Israel’s Galilee region, and then another 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck four kilometers deep in the northern Sea of … Read More

Several earthquakes, including one measuring at least 4.1 on the Richter scale, jolted the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel on Wednesday morning. The earthquake rattled the Haifa region followed by several smaller tremors, authorities said. The Israeli Geophysical Institute reported an earthquake registering 4.1 on the Richter scale that was centered four kilometers deep in the northern Sea of Galilee. And … Read More

The British Geological Survey received reports saying that an earthquake hit England with it “felt all over Crawley, West Sussex, UK.” The tremor is the third quake to hit the area in three weeks and the seventh in three months, which is unusual. Reports said the earthquake was like two huge explosions with a large impact then with seconds of shaking. … Read More

It’s reported that church leaders in Nigeria have said that Christians are experiencing “pure genocide” as 6,000 people, mostly women and children, have been murdered by radicals there so far this year. “What is happening in Plateau state and other select states in Nigeria is pure genocide and must be stopped immediately,” said the Christian Association of Nigeria. The church leaders … Read More

Reports say that two Israeli missiles struck a target at Damascus International Airport. Although Syrian state media acknowledged Israel making the attack, they tried to downplay the target and its location. But reports say that the midnight attack from Israel targeted an Iranian cargo plane which had landed at the Damascus airport. The Israeli airborne missiles hit an Iranian air … Read More

Fighting has escalated in southern Syria as government forces are pushing deeper into rebel-held territories in Daraa province under the cover of Russian airstrikes. The United Nations estimated that up to 50,000 people have been displaced by the military offensive thus far. Jordan has said its borders will remain closed for any new refugees, calling on the U.N. to provide … Read More

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned of a possible “war” between Christianity and Islam after the right-wing Austrian government announced it would shut down seven foreign-funded mosques and could expel dozens of Turkish Muslim imams in its crackdown on political Islam. Responding to the recent news, Erdogan called the Austrian government’s vow to shut down the mosques and expel 60 imams … Read More

Austria’s government has said that it is closing seven mosques and plans to expel imams in a crackdown on “political Islam” and foreign financing of religious groups. The actions by the government are based on a 2015 law that, among other things, prevents religious communities from getting funding from abroad. Interior Minister Herbert Kickl said the residence permits of around … Read More

The U.S. death rate rose last year, and 2017 likely will mark the third straight year of decline in American life expectancy, according to preliminary data. Death rates rose from diseases like diabetes, flu and pneumonia according to numbers posted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And full-year data is not yet available for drug overdoses, suicides or … Read More

What a difference 50 years makes. The majority of Americans say in a survey that things are worse off now than 50 years ago. What happened? The Pew Research Center, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C., asked nearly 43,000 people in 38 countries around the globe the question, if life was better or worse today than it was 50 years ago. … Read More