POPE: YOUR MISSION IS NOT CONVERSION
The country’s 23,000 Roman Catholics – most of them expatriate Europeans, mainly French, and sub-Saharan African migrants – make up less than one percent of the population of about 35 million. Pope Francis told Morocco’s tiny Catholic community on Sunday their role in the predominantly Muslim country was not to covert their neighbors but live […]
Muslims, Christians unite in prayer against violence
About 100 people gathered at the Masjid Al Madina mosque in Hoke County a week after the massacre in New Zealand. A week after a gunman killed at least 50 people worshiping at two mosques in New Zealand and injured dozens of others, Muslims and Christians prayed together at a mosque in Hoke County on […]
U.N. Chief: Golan Status Not Changed
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “clear that the status of Golan has not changed,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized the Golan Heights as Israeli territory. “The U.N.’s policy on Golan is reflected in the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and that policy has not changed,” […]
Trump signs declaration reversing U.S. policy on Golan Heights
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Monday recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, reversing more than a half-century of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Trump made formal a move he announced in a surprise tweet last week. The president said it […]
Real ID-compliant licenses now in Missouri
The Missouri Department of Revenue on Monday began offering Real ID-compliant driver’s licenses and non-driver identification, which will be required under federal law to board planes and enter some federally controlled buildings starting next year. Here are details about what that means in Missouri, one of the last states to comply with the law. WHAT […]
Romania Will Move Embassy to Jerusalem
Romania presidency shatters EU line on Jerusalem Romania will move its embassy to Jerusalem, its prime minister has said, shattering the EU line on the Arab-Israeli conflict while the country holds the EU rotating presidency. “I am pleased to announce today to the AIPAC audience that … I, as prime minister of Romania, and the […]
SYRIA SAYS U.S. ‘MAIN ENEMY OF ARABS’
Syria has condemned the United States’ decision to recognize Israel’s control over the disputed Golan Heights, which had been considered occupied by the United Nations, in a move bound to disrupt the administration’s ties with the Arab World. President Donald Trump officially announced the U.S. policy reversal Monday during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister […]
Secretary of State compares Trump to Esther
‘It’s possible God sent him to save Israel’ One of America’s most senior politicians has claimed it is possible Donald Trump was sent by God to save Israel from rival nations. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was responding to a question from the Christian Broadcasting Network on whether the US President was like a modern […]
Muslim Lawmaker Says Prayer in Name of Jesus is Islamophobic
Pennsylvania’s first female Muslim lawmaker in the General Assembly accused a Republican colleague of Islamophobia after she opened a legislative session with a prayer that invoked the name of Jesus Christ. “Jesus, you are our only hope,” Rep. Stephanie Borowicz prayed. “At the name of Jesus, every knee will bow and every tongue will […]
Apple Card—No Plastic Required
Every purchase needs a fingerprint or face-identification confirmation. Apple is partnering with Goldman Sachs to make its own credit card due out this summer — no plastic required. Apple Card will be available on all iOS devices in the Wallet app. It has a rewards system that adds 2% of any Apple Pay purchase amount […]