Four U.S. Marines murdered by ISIS shooter in Chattanooga

Christian News Network reports that an ISIS-connected gunman shot and killed four U.S. marines at two separate Tennessee military facilities on Thursday, before being fatally wounded by police. The shootings were carried out within two hours of each other and are believed to have been committed by the same gunman, Continue Reading

Vatican to Recognize Palestinian State in New Treaty

ROME — The Vatican said Wednesday that it had concluded a treaty to recognize Palestinian statehood, a symbolic but significant step welcomed by Palestinians but upsetting to the Israeli government. Formal recognition of a Palestinian state by the Vatican, which has deep religious interests in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories that Continue Reading

The year Rwanda goes Purpose Driven, UN begins biometric registration of citizens

The United Nations has launched a biometric registration process for some 245,000 Rwandan refugees living in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The government says it hopes the process will show them how many Rwandans live in the country. Coincidentally perhaps, this is the same year that Rwanda will become the Continue Reading