Lebanon’s Former Ambassador to U.S. Killed in Car Bomb Attack
Mohamad Chatah, who served as Lebanon’s Ambassador to the United States from 1997 to 2000, was assassinated on December 27 when a car...
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Plans Shaping up for 100-foot Jesus Statue in Muslim-Dominated Nazareth
An Arab Christian has gotten the go-ahead from Israeli tourism officials to erect a 100-foot statue of Jesus in the Muslim-dominated city of...
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Mass Murderer Mao Made “Mistakes,” Chinese Regime Admits
When the Chinese regime remembered the 120th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth on December 26, it was to celebrate, not condemn, his role...
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Under “Democracy,” Iraqi Christians Face Potential Extinction
On Christmas Day, more than three dozen civilians in Iraq were reportedly slaughtered in a series of coordinated bombings aimed at Christians. In...
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Intrigue in North Korea Led to Purge, Says South Korean
Nam Jae-Joon, the head of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, briefing his National Assembly’s intelligence committee on December 23, disputed the official line...
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World Turns Away as Rebel Massacres of Syrian Christians Intensify
The world media is increasingly losing interest in the foreign-fueled war still raging in Syria between the Assad regime and an assortment of...
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Syrian Rebel Groups May Join Assad Regime Against Jihadists
With the armed conflict between Western-backed Islamists and the Bashar al-Assad regime still raging, recent reports suggest growing unease among some rebel groups...
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UN Seeks $6.5 Billion in Aid for Syria War Refugees
The United Nations announced on December 16 that it is asking for a total of $12.9 billion in aid, with $6.5 billion of...
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Iraq 10 Years After Saddam’s Capture
Ten years after the capture of Saddam Hussein by U.S. troops on December 13, 2003, observers have documented an Iraq that is still...
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India’s Supreme Court Re-criminalizes Homosexual Behavior
India's Supreme Court has re-criminalized homosexual behavior in the nation, overturning a lower court decision to drop a 150-year-old colonial-era morality law. ...
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200,000 Reportedly March for Traditional Marriage in Taiwan
A pro-family group in Taiwan said that over 200,000 people marched in opposition to that country's proposed amendment to legalize homosexual marriage. ...
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Kerry Hopeful on Prospect of Israel-Palestine Peace
During a press conference at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on December 6, Secretary of State John Kerry said, having met...
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Hezbollah Commander Assassinated in Lebanon
Hassan al-Laqis, a senior Hezbollah commander, was shot on December 3 outside his home two miles southwest of Beirut, dying a few hours...
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Iran Reaches Out to Saudi Arabia
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, during a recent public appearance in Kuwait City, extended an open invitation to Saudi Arabia to “work...
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UN Inspectors to Visit Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
Yukiya Amano, the director general of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced on November 28 that Iran has invited his agency...
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