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President Donald Trump announced on Sunday evening that he has authorized the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve following attacks on Saudi Arabian oil fields and refineries. “Based on the ...

Smoke is still blackening the skies over large areas of Saudi Arabia Sunday morning after an attack by  Iranian drones operated by rebels in Yemen on Saturday. The attack and resulting fires ...

Traces of uranium have been found in Iran, indicating it is building a nuclear weapon. Because of the process necessary to get to that point, it means Iran began breaking the Obama ...

The Iranian-born world champion judo fighter Saeid Mollaei is fearing for his life after refusing Tehran’s demands that he withdraw from a tournament to avoid fighting against an Israeli opponent. Mollaei competed ...

Here’s your daily news briefs. US responds with more tariffs In the latest escalation of the U.S.-China trade war, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Aug. 23 that he will balance the “very unfair trading relationship” ...

It’s something you don’t hear in the media and it’s not mentioned during the Democrat presidential debates. Ask any American and they most likely don’t know that over the last few years ...

Israel is assisting the U.S.-led naval mission to bolster security for vessels in the Persian Gulf‘s Strait of Hormuz, Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said this week. According to a report by ...

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said on its website. The Treasury Department said it was ...

Media reports on the motivation of the California festival shooter that also describe the suspect as a white supremacist are being contradicted by others who viewed his social media posts. The 19-year-old suspect, ...

News has emerged from Iran that Eight Iranian converts to Christianity, including five from one family, were arrested at their homes. The coordinated operation was carried out by Ministry of Intelligence agents ...

WASHINGTON—On the last day of the three-day Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, Vice President Michael Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo each addressed hundreds of ministers, religious leaders, and others from 106 nations, to celebrate ...

The US government is confining Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to a six-block radius while he attends a United Nations forum this week. The spokesman for the Iranian regime has shown ...

A massive oil tanker is now missing after traveling through the Strait of Hormuz near the Persian Gulf and Iran. Authorities say it stopped transmitting its location and fear that Iran was ...

Former President Jimmy Carter has broken with the often contradictory statements of Democrats on President Donald Trump’s response to Iran. Carter expressed his support for Trump’s recent decision to not take military action ...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on June 18 introduced legislation aimed at protecting sensitive national security-related academic research from theft by foreign intelligence services from countries such as China, Russia, and Iran. The legislation ...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian police have shut down 547 restaurants and cafes in Tehran for not observing “Islamic principles,” the capital’s police chief said Saturday. “The owners of restaurants and cafes in ...

For the first time ever, US officials have brokered a joint meeting between Israel, the United States and Russia. The unprecedented meeting will be attended by security officials from all three countries ...

As Iran ratchets up threats against the United States, a rocket was fired into Iraqi capital Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, exploding near the U.S. Embassy overnight. There were no casualties according ...

The Pentagon has approved the deployment of a Navy ship and a Patriot missile defense battery to the Middle East, amid increasing tensions between the United States and Iran. The USS Arlington, a ...

For over a decade, news of Iranians coming to Christ has leaked out of Iran.  For the first time, Iran’s intelligence minister has admitted publicly that Christianity is indeed spreading throughout Iran. ...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CBN News in a sit-down interview that it is very possible that President Trump is a modern-day Esther poised to defend Israel and save the Jewish people. CBN‘s ...

JERUSALEM, Israel – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is traveling in the Middle East this week in a concerted effort with allies to halt the growing power of Iran. Israel, as Iran’s main ...

This month marks the 4oth anniversary of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In late February and March 1979, a recently returned-from-exile Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led an uprising that eventually ousted the Shah of ...

No one would have thought a Muslim woman in Iran who was simply trying to stay alive in an abusive marriage would one day lead two churches in Sweden, bring more than ...

Two Iranian Christians at their final appeal hearing were ordered by a court to renounce their Christian faith to gain their freedom but they refused to do so. Christian Solidarity Worldwide said the ...