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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has now said that the American embassy in Israel should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, injecting himself once again into a charged campaign trail promise of U.S. President Donald Trump. Netanyahu’s comments came at his weekly Cabinet meeting and appeared aimed at countering reports that Israel was concerned about the fallout of such … Read More

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who recently assumed office, said it is “completely clear” that Jerusalem’s Temple Mount was home to the ancient Jewish Temple. Guterres told Israel Radio last Friday that it is “completely clear the Temple that the Romans destroyed in Jerusalem was a Jewish temple,” referring to the second of the two Jewish Temples. He added that … Read More

After having previously allowed participation by homosexuals, the Boy Scouts of America announced they will also be accepting transgenders. The Scouts’ policy change came in a written and video statement released by Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh. After more than a hundred years of the Scouts using information on an individual’s birth certificate to determine eligibility to join its programs, … Read More

Its reported that North Korea is capable of fulfilling its threat to start testing an intercontinental ballistic missile. The North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, declared the country had “entered the final stage of preparation for the test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile [ICBM].” He further warned that his country would continue to build up its “capability for preemptive strike” as … Read More

New commercial satellite imagery indicates North Korea has resumed operation of a reactor at its main nuclear site used to produce plutonium for its nuclear weapons program. North Korea has maintained its nuclear and missile programs in violation of repeated rounds of international sanctions. News of the reactor restart comes at a time of rising concern about North Korea’s weapons … Read More

Its reported a ballistic missile launched by Iran was North Korean in construction or design, according to the Pentagon. The Pentagon identified the missile as a locally produced version of the Musudan, a North Korean intermediate-range missile. An anonymous U.S. government official told Reuters the missile was launched from a test site near Senman, east of the Iranian capital of Tehran. … Read More

In the first request made by the United States since new U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley took office, the United Nations Security Council scheduled an urgent meeting to discuss an Iranian ballistic missile test. U.S. officials are bringing the latest test before the Security Council determining Iran violated a UN resolution barring Iran from developing missiles “designed to carry nuclear warheads.” Iran has … Read More

Iran has illegally test-fired a ballistic missile – the first known test since President Trump took office. Afterwards, Iran warned the U.S. not to create tensions over the test. The chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement calling the test a violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution passed as a side agreement to the 2015 … Read More

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence fired up tens of thousands of anti-abortion activists who gathered in Washington for the March for Life. “Life is winning again in America,” Pence told the demonstrators on the National Mall. Pence, a longtime advocate of the anti-abortion movement, is the most senior government official to speak in person at the rally, organizers said. As … Read More

US President Donald Trump has said that Syrian Christians will get priority for refugee status in America during an interview set to air on Sunday. In a clip from the president’s interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), Mr Trump says that Christians in Syria have been “horribly treated” before going on to add: “If you were a Christian in … Read More