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The opposition leader fighting the authoritarian rule of Vladimir Putin has found God. Noted atheist Alexei Navalny unveiled his newfound faith during a court appearance after his arrest for speaking out on ... Read More »
Merkel, world leaders defend President Trump over Big Tech bans
Leaders around the world are criticizing big tech companies for banning President Donald Trump from their social media platforms. The president has currently been banned from Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Snapchat, Reddit, and Instagram while ... Read More »
Ministry brings hope to Russians like Nadia, who lost her son in terrorist attack
Nadia will never forget the day terrorists stormed a local school in her hometown and took nearly 1,200 children and adults hostage. When the siege in Beslan, Russia, ended two days later ... Read More »
SpaceX launch: America back in control
SpaceX and America heralded its historic return to regularly launched manned space flights from US soil on Sunday. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying four astronauts lit up the night sky on Sunday ... Read More »
Author warns that culture is becoming increasingly hostile to Christians
Christians are increasingly being viewed by culture as roadblocks to a soft totalitarian state, columnist Rod Dreher writes in his new book, “Live Not by Lies: a Manual for Christian Dissidents.” “Ours ... Read More »
Israel tiptoes between Azerbaijan and Armenia’s war
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently met with the ambassadors of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Pompeo and the Trump administration hope to bring an end to the war between the two countries ... Read More »
Slavic Gospel Association hopes to reach 50,000 needy Russian children this Christmas
A U.S.-based evangelical mission that partners with local churches to serve orphans, widows and others in need across Russia and the former Soviet Union aims to share the true meaning and hope ... Read More »
Vietnam vet’s dog tags found in Russia, now back home in U.S.
Ronald Hepper died in 2007 at 58, but last week the Vietnam War veteran’s dog tags finally made it back home, fifty years after they were left on the battle field. The ... Read More »
War between Christian Armenia, Muslim Azerbaijan risks pitting Russia and Turkey in larger conflict
Christian Armenia and Muslim Azerbaijan are at war and both Europe and Russia have reached out to the Trump administration for assistance to stop it. Diplomats from Washington to Moscow to Paris ... Read More »
Senate investigation: Hunter Biden connected to illegal Burisma dealings and prostitution ring
Hunter Biden, son of Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden, was involved in a number of illegal business dealings with foreign governments and Burisma, according to a report form a Senate Committee. The ... Read More »
Inside the $100 million Russian church honoring Putin, Stalin and war
A Russian church glorifies deified power rather than the power of God. I rarely discuss contemporary ecclesiastical art. I am, after all, a Byzantinist, and find it much more interesting to think ... Read More »
World’s largest plane delivers US Military trucks to be retrofitted in Israel
The world’s largest airplane landed in Israel Monday bringing a shipment of American military trucks. The trucks will be integrated into Israel’s famous Iron Dome anti-missile system being sold to the U.S. ... Read More »
Republicans announce details of HEALS Act stimulus effort
As Democrats revive Congressional hearings over the now debunked Russian collusion theory, Senate Republicans have finished a second stimulus plan to nurture the economic expansion. The proposal aims to stimulate the economy ... Read More »
Slavic Gospel Association helping hard-hit families in Russia as infections rise
A U.S.-based mission to Russia and the former Soviet Union has distributed more than 500,000 meals to desperate families as Russia’s coronavirus infections hit a new high. Russia has jumped to third ... Read More »
Chaplain shares her story serving front lines of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
In the small Eastern Ukrainian suburb of Avdeevka it’s common to hear bombs exploding or nearby gunfire. Seven years after Russia’s invasion began, the casualties still mount. Residents who fled and those ... Read More »
Good neighbor: U.S. sending Russia 200 ventilators
It’s never a bad thing to be a “good neighbor.” That’s true for two houses separated by a picket fence as well as two nations. Living up to that mantra this week ... Read More »
Obama office will release records involving Ukraine and 2016 election
The Obama administration has backed down from an earlier refusal to release information about its involvement in Ukraine and the 2016 election of Donald Trump. A Republican senator is now responding to ... Read More »
Slavic Gospel Association calls for prayer as coronavirus peak approaches in Russia
With the coronavirus disrupting life in the United States, it can be easy to forget the impact it is having in the rest of the world, such as Russia, where the expected ... Read More »
When good men do nothing
What happens when good men do nothing? Edmund Burke said: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” In the 1930’s, the likes of ... Read More »
Was Trump right? Russia, Turkey sign cease fire as war loomed
A cease-fire began Thursday night in northern Syria between the armies of Turkey and Russia as fighting had threatened to put their forces into all-out war. President Trump, in an effort to ... Read More »
After weeks of hearings, impeachment effort still stands on hearsay
After televised hearings failed to rouse the public or garner support for Democrats seeking impeachment, the mainly hearsay and presumptive testimony came to an end Thursday. Polls show no movement in public ... Read More »
Washington Post ‘fact checker’ gets fact checked, issues apology
The primary “fact checker” at the Washington Post had to issue a correction himself after he was fact-checked for tweeting false information concerning the impeachment hearing on Nov. 15. Glenn Kessler, editor and chief ... Read More »
Facebook cracks down on anti-Israel pages based in Iran
Facebook has removed pages originating in Iran and Russia that aimed to stir up anti-Israel sentiment and hatred of Jews on the social media platform. Nathaniel Gleichery, head of Cybersecurity Policy for ... Read More »
Pence announces cease fire between Turkey, Kurds
Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday announced that the U.S. brokered a five-day ceasefire between Turkey and Kurdish forces in Northern Syria. The agreement allows the Kurds to withdraw to roughly 20 ... Read More »
Ted Cruz urges Trump to release Biden’s transcripts with Ukraine
The Trump administration is being urged to release Vice President Joe Biden’s phone call transcripts with officials in Ukraine. The call for transparency was initiated by Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Cruz made ... Read More »