Possible Israeli Attack on Iran Could Steeply Raise Oil Prices
While the global powers are speculating over the possibility of an Israeli military strike against Iran, many analysts are saying that such an...
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Contributors Help Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei
After being slapped with a $2.4-million bill by the Beijing tax bureau, Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei (left) could be charged...
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Israel Considers Military Attack on Iran
According to American intelligence sources, senior Israeli ministers who once opposed a military strike against Iran are now indicating support for such an...
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Pastor’s Fate Rests in the Hands of Iran’s Ayatollah
After initially claiming it would not execute a minister for converting from Islam to Christianity, the Iranian government is — in the words...
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Obama Admin. Pushes for Islamic NATO
The Obama administration is pushing to leave more troops in the Persian Gulf and to create a regional equivalent of NATO in the Arabic...
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Karzai: Afghan Regime Would Back Pakistan Against U.S. in War
Afghan “President” Hamid Karzai, who rose to power with massive U.S. assistance, promised that the regime ruling Afghanistan would support the Pakistani government...
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Vatican Asks Hindus to End Anti-Christian Propaganda
The Vatican on October 19 sent a message to Hindu leaders asking them to resist “hateful propaganda” against Christians and allowing Christians to...
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Israel Willingly Compromises Its Security with Hamas Prisoner Swap
A historic and highly controversial prisoner swap between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has Middle East observers predicting a fresh wave...
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Pakistan: Rape as a Tool for Conversion to Islam
For Zubaida Bibi, a Christian woman working in a garment factory in the Korangi Industrial Area of Karachi, Pakistan, the workday on October...
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Despite Headlines, No Evidence of New Trial for Iranian Pastor
There has been a series of varying reports on the latest news concerning 32-year-old Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani (pictured at left), who had...
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Their Last Church Destroyed, Afghan Christians Fear the Worst
American Christians may not see eye-to-eye on the justness or wisdom of their government’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but one thing on...
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Iranian Christian Pastor Facing False Charges
After months of threatening the execution of Youcef Nadarkhani (left), the Iranian government is backing away from putting the Christian pastor to death,...
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Will Women be Allowed to Drive in Saudi Arabia?
Not every nation and not every culture grants women the rights that they enjoy in America or those nations we usually call “Western”...
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Decade of Violence Turns Pakistanis Against U.S.
“I have read that Americans are peace-loving,” 58-year-old Pakistani writer Syed Zubair Ashraf told the Washington Post. “But their government has interfered in...
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Iranian Pastor Faces Death for Refusal to Renounce Christian Faith
A pastor in Iran who has twice refused to renounce his Christian faith may be executed within days, reported Baptist Press News. It...
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