President Trump Warns Palestinian Authority It May Lose US Aid Money

Acknowledging his push to broker peace in the Middle East has stalled, President Donald Trump appeared to threaten to cut off U.S. aid money to the Palestinian Authority, asking why the U.S. should make “any of these massive future payments” when the Palestinians are “no longer willing to talk peace.” (more…)

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Jewish Leader in Germany Says Jews May Require Police Protection as Anti-Semitism Grows

Former president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Charlotte Knobloch claims that Jews are increasingly under threat in public and may require police protection to lead a normal life without harassment and violence. (more…)

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Release International Publishes Report On Top Countries of Concern for Persecution in 2018

Catholics attend a Christmas eve mass at a Catholic church near the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, December 24, 2012. (PHOTO: REUTERS/JASON LEE/FILE PHOTO) A group which monitors Christian persecution around the world has released a new report listing countries where attacks and restrictions on Christians are likely to increase. These include China, India and Nigeria. (more…)

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Turkey and Russia Finalize Deal on Anti-Missile Defense System

Turkey has finalized a deal with Moscow for the purchase of Russia’s S-400 anti-missile system, Turkish defense officials announced Friday, despite concerns voiced by some of the NATO member’s allies. (more…)

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President Trump Attacks China After Reports of Oil Transfers With North Korea in Violation of Sanctions

FILE – In this Oct. 7, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington. Trump says of those who take a knee: Just get rid of the SOB. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) President Donald Trump attacked China on Thursday following reports that Chinese ships transferred oil to North Korean vessels at sea in violation of U.N. sanctions over…

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Israel’s Transportation Minister Pushes Railway Tunnel With Station Named After President Trump at Western Wall

Israel’s transportation minister is pushing ahead with a plan to dig a railway tunnel under Jerusalem’s Old City, passing near sites holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims — and ending at the Western Wall with a station named after President Donald Trump. (more…)

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UK Vessel Escorts Russian Warship Near Country's Waters Amid Strained Relations

UK Vessel Escorts Russian Warship Near Country’s Waters Amid Strained Relations

Royal Navy frigate HMS St Albans escorting Russian warship Admiral Gorshkov as it passes close to UK territorial waters through the North Sea in an image handed out by Britain’s Royal Navy. A British ship escorted a Russian vessel as it passed near UK territorial waters over Christmas, Britain’s defense ministry said on Tuesday, adding that Russian naval activity near Britain had increased in the…

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Israeli Prime Minister to Lead Tour 'in the Footsteps of Jesus' Next Christmas

Israeli Prime Minister to Lead Tour ‘in the Footsteps of Jesus’ Next Christmas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, February 12, 2017. (PHOTO: REUTERS/GALI TIBBON/POOL) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday wished “Merry Christmas” to Christians and said he is “very proud” to be the leader of a country that doesn’t shy away from saying “Christmas.” (more…)

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British Navy Escorts Russian Warship Near UK Waters

Britain’s Royal Navy has escorted one of Russia’s warships through the North Sea near U.K. waters, officials said Tuesday, amid increasing tensions between the two countries. (more…)

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Syrian, Iranian Backed Forces Advance in Border Area Near Israel

Syrian army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias pushed deeper into the last rebel-held enclave near a strategic border area with Israel and Lebanon in a new expansion of Tehran’s influence in the war-torn country. (more…)

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In Christmas Message Prime Minister Theresa May Says Britain Should 'Take Pride' in its Christian Heritage

In Christmas Message Prime Minister Theresa May Says Britain Should ‘Take Pride’ in its Christian Heritage

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves number 10, Downing Street as she heads to the House of Commons for the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session on December 20, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) The prime minister praised ‘Christian values of love, service and compassion’ “Let us take pride in our Christian heritage,” prime minister Theresa May has said in her…

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Syrian Troops Capture New Areas Near Israeli-Occupied Golan Heights

Syrian government forces have captured new areas south of the capital Damascus near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, increasing pressure on insurgents. (more…)

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Queen Elizabeth, 'the World's Last Christian Monarch,' Increasingly Speaks of Christ as 'her Anchor' in Annual Christmas Messages

Queen Elizabeth, ‘the World’s Last Christian Monarch,’ Increasingly Speaks of Christ as ‘her Anchor’ in Annual Christmas Messages

The Queen in the Regency Room at Buckingham Palace after recording her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth last year. (Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images) To the royal household, it is known as the QXB – the Queen’s Christmas broadcast. To millions of people, it is still an essential feature of Christmas Day. To the Queen, her annual broadcast is the time when she speaks to the nation…

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Guatemala Says It Is Moving Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

Guatemala’s president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, becoming the first nation to follow the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump in ordering the change. (more…)

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Amid Increased Security and Fears of Backlash, Christians in India Celebrate Christmas

Worshippers in Santa Claus hats take a selfie during Christmas celebrations at a church in Delhi on Monday. (Photograph: Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters) Christians and others in India celebrated Christmas despite fears of a backlash in some parts of the predominantly Hindu country. (more…)

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Russia Says U.S. is Fueling New Bloodshed in Ukraine After Trump Decides to Provide Lethal Support to Embattled Country

Ukrainian soldiers march in Kiev on Aug. 24, 2017, during a military parade marking independence day. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP) Russian officials said Saturday that the U.S. decision to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons to combat Russian-backed separatists will cause new bloodshed, as long-standing tensions between Washington and Moscow escalated over the four-year-old conflict. (more…)

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White House Says it Will Not Waver On Trump's Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

White House Says it Will Not Waver On Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital

Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during the U.N. General Assembly special session on a nonbinding resolution condemning the recent U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. (Justin Lane/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) The Trump administration has scrambled to contain the remarkably broad international rejection of its new policy toward the divided city of Jerusalem,…

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