The first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel last October 7 is quickly approaching. The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is commemorating the event with its “Flags of Fellowship” campaign, ...
Read More »Today’s News Briefs: Big Lots downsizing; Ukraine invades Russia; Iran
Today’s News Briefs include Big Lots downsizing; Russian emergency; Iran’s fake US news sites. Russia declares emergency after Ukraine takes territory Russia on Friday declared a federal emergency as Ukraine has turned ...
Read More »News Briefs include: Israel kills leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah; Apology for Massey death
Today’s News Briefs include Israel taking out the top military commander of Hezbollah and Hamas’s leader; Sheriff apologizes for Massey killing; Boy killed on Cancun beach. Israel kills top Hamas leader Hamas ...
Read More »War in Ukraine enters third year: 3 issues will decide outcome
In retrospect, there was perhaps nothing surprising about Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. The outcome is up for grabs. Vladimir Putin’s intentions were, after all, hiding in plain sight and signaled in ...
Read More »Israel-Hamas hostage deal goes into effect Thursday
Israel’s deal to secure the release of hostages from Hamas is getting praise. Among those who may be released is American Abigail Edan. The 3-year-old was in her father’s arms when he ...
Read More »Mercenary rebellion against Putin unfolds in major Russian city
President Vladimir Putin has told residents of Moscow to stay off the streets as an armed rebellion unfolds in Russia. Military vehicles are now on Red Square surrounding the Kremlin. Putin, speaking ...
Read More »Drone attack on Moscow brings war against Ukraine home
The Russian war against Ukraine has come to Moscow Tuesday as dozens of attack drones attacked the city. Drones struck the Russian capital in what one politician called the worst attack on ...
Read More »Body armor-clad pastors risk all delivering aid in Ukraine
Courageous pastors, many wearing bulletproof vests, are risking everything to deliver lifesaving aid to desperate people living near the frontline of the war in Ukraine. “Jesus used to go where there was ...
Read More »Easter Eggs help Ukrainian women reclaim religious freedom
Pysanka, or Ukrainian Easter eggs, are those distinct and intricately flourished orbs painted in crimsons and cobalts, with symbols of flowers, chickens, deer and other organic indicators of the rebirth of spring. ...
Read More »Russians sexually assaulted 4-year-old and gang-raped her mother, say prosecutors
As investigations into Russian war crimes intensify, evidence has emerged of invading Russians sexually assaulting a four-year-old Ukrainian girl and gang-raping her mother at gunpoint. The incident is just one of thousands ...
Read More »Putin paying Palestinian Arabs to fight against Ukraine
Palestinian Arabs are being paid to fight for Russia against Ukraine The Media Line reports. The investigation cited a Lebanese government security official who said that Russian entities with close ties to Vladimir ...
Read More »‘Part of Ukraine’ – church raises $259k for medical supply delivery
Fred Provencher, senior pastor of Cornerstone Church, travelled from the suburbs of New Jersey to war-torn Ukraine to deliver vital equipment to a medical missions organization last fall. On the trip, he ...
Read More »Ukraine and world mark anniversary of Russian invasion
The war in Ukraine marked its one year anniversary with no end in sight, and a defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowing the nation will defeat the much larger Russian military. World leaders ...
Read More »Biden makes surprise appearance in Kyiv, Ukraine
President Joe Biden secretly traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine from Poland on Monday, in a historic show of support as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion approaches. Biden met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ...
Read More »Ukrainian protestant Christians being tortured, killed by Russia
Russia is kidnapping and torturing Ukrainian protestant Christians much the way it persecuted believers under Soviet Communism. The charge is being made by a Christian persecution watchdog group that revealed an investigation ...
Read More »Full transcript of Zelensky address to the American people and Congress
President Volodymyr Zelensky an impassioned speech filled with gratitude toward the American people and urged Congress and the President to deliver the tools to defeat Russia. In the Dec. 21 address, delivered ...
Read More »U.S. may retrofit cheap bombs to plentiful rockets allowing Ukraine to strike deep
The Pentagon could soon supply Ukraine with inexpensive bombs fitted onto rockets that are widely available. The move would allow Ukraine to hit targets far behind Russian lines as the West faces ...
Read More »Vast majority of Americans still support helping Ukraine
A whopping 71 percent of Americans support sending military aid, money, or a combination of both to help Ukraine fight against Russia. The poll comes as some Republican leaders, including minority leader ...
Read More »Americans told to leave Russia as war protests grow over army conscription
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Wednesday issued a security alert calling on American citizens to leave Russia immediately. The urgent demand comes as violent protests break out across the former Soviet Union over forced conscription ...
Read More »McDonald’s to reopen in Ukraine but some locations destroyed
McDonald’s will reopen some of its restaurants in Ukraine beginning this week. The announcement comes after it assessed the locations destroyed by Russian missiles and mortars, and is a sign of hope ...
Read More »As Ukraine sees major victories, Russian media changes tone
As Russian forces retreat in the face of huge Ukrainian advances to take back their territory, Russian state-run media is starting to crack. The Putin-controlled media outlets, which almost exclusively dominates cable ...
Read More »New York Jets donate $1 million to help Ukrainian refugees in Poland
The New York Jets football team is stepping up to help Ukrainian refugees in Poland. The CityServe Krakow Housing Project will receive $1 million to provide a safe home for families that ...
Read More »Poland may seek $1.3 trillion from Germany over WWII invasion
Germany owes Poland $1.32 trillion for the Nazi invasion, subsequent Nazi occupation and destruction. The demand for reparations were made on Thursday by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland’s governing Law and ...
Read More »Franklin Graham says ministries have not forgotten Ukrainian people
Although it is easy to forget about the plight of the Ukrainian people as Russia’s brutal invasion and war drag on, evangelist Franklin Graham continues to work with the needy. Graham, ...
Read More »Lithuania bans transit of trains with sanctioned goods bound for Russia
Lithuania has begun a ban on the rail transit of goods subject to European Union sanctions to the Russian far-western exclave of Kaliningrad, transport authorities in the Baltic nation said on June ...
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