Eritrea: Newlyweds among 32 Christians arrested in fresh crackdown

Eritrea: Newlyweds among 32 Christians arrested in fresh crackdown

(Worthy News) – Eritrean police have arrested 32 Christians in the capital, Asmara, this month, including a newlywed couple and ten of their guests.

Twenty were arrested on Sunday, 25 March, all of whom remain in detention.

The newly married man and two of his guests are being held in a prison north of the city. The newlyweds and ten guests were arrested at the couple’s home on 5 March, a local source told World Watch Monitor. [ Source (Read More…) ]

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Egypt’s Sisi heads for landslide election win with low turnout

Egypt’s Sisi heads for landslide election win with low turnout

(Worthy News) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi cruised toward a landslide election victory against no real opposition but early results showed a lower turnout than the vote that brought him to power in 2014, despite efforts to get more Egyptians to the polls.

The vote this week had long been set to hand Sisi a second term after a crackdown against serious contenders left one challenger, widely dismissed as a dummy candidate. Critics say the contest recalled the kind of vote that kept Arab autocrats in power for decades before the 2011 Arab Spring.

With the election seen by many, including Sisi, as a referendum on his presidency, the focus is on turnout which he has sought to support tough economic reforms and a fight against Islamist militants. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]

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Russia Says It Will Expel 60 U.S. Diplomats in Retaliation for Trump’s Move

Russia Says It Will Expel 60 U.S. Diplomats in Retaliation for Trump’s Move

(Worthy News) – Russia is expelling 60 U.S. diplomats and ordering the closure of the American consulate in St. Petersburg, mirroring the expulsion of Russian diplomats by the U.S., Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Lavrov announced the retaliatory measures to reporters in Moscow on Thursday. In addition, he signaled a similar response to European countries that are kicking out Russian diplomats over a nerve-agent attack in England. [ Source: Bloomberg (Read More…) ]

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Russia Says It Will Expel 60 U.S. Diplomats in Retaliation for Trump’s Move

Russia Says It Will Expel 60 U.S. Diplomats in Retaliation for Trump’s Move

(Worthy News) – Russia is expelling 60 U.S. diplomats and ordering the closure of the American consulate in St. Petersburg, mirroring the expulsion of Russian diplomats by the U.S., Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Lavrov announced the retaliatory measures to reporters in Moscow on Thursday. In addition, he signaled a similar response to European countries that are kicking out Russian diplomats over a nerve-agent attack in England. [ Source: Bloomberg (Read More…) ]

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Russia Says It Will Expel 60 U.S. Diplomats in Retaliation for Trump’s Move

Russia Says It Will Expel 60 U.S. Diplomats in Retaliation for Trump’s Move

(Worthy News) – Russia is expelling 60 U.S. diplomats and ordering the closure of the American consulate in St. Petersburg, mirroring the expulsion of Russian diplomats by the U.S., Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Lavrov announced the retaliatory measures to reporters in Moscow on Thursday. In addition, he signaled a similar response to European countries that are kicking out Russian diplomats over a nerve-agent attack in England. [ Source: Bloomberg (Read More…) ]

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Shocking 51% of US Christians Have Never Heard of the Great Commission

Shocking 51% of US Christians Have Never Heard of the Great Commission

(Worthy News) – It’s one of the most well-known passages in the Bible that commands followers of Jesus Christ to “go and make disciples of all nations,” yet a new study shows a shocking number of American Christians have never heard of what is commonly known as “the Great Commission.”

The passage, found in Matthew 28:18-20 says, “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.'”

Christian researcher George Barna discovered that half of U.S. churchgoers, a staggering 51 percent, said they had never “heard of the Great Commission” term and among those who had, only 17 percent were familiar with the Biblical passage reference. [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]

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Documents suggest possible coordination between CIA, FBI, Obama WH and Dem officials early in Trump-Russia probe: investigators

Documents suggest possible coordination between CIA, FBI, Obama WH and Dem officials early in Trump-Russia probe: investigators

(Worthy News) – Newly uncovered text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page suggest a possible coordination between high-ranking officials at the Obama White House, CIA, FBI, Justice Department and former Senate Democratic leadership in the early stages of the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to GOP congressional investigators on Wednesday.

The investigators say the information provided to Fox News “strongly” suggests coordination between former President Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, then-Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, and CIA Director John Brennan — which they say would “contradict” the Obama administration’s public stance about its hand in the process.

Page texted Strzok on Aug. 2, 2016, saying: “Make sure you can lawfully protect what you sign. Just thinking about congress, foia, etc. You probably know better than me.”

A text message from Strzok to Page on Aug. 3 described former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe as being concerned with “information control” related to the initial investigation into the Trump campaign. According to a report from the New York Times, Brennan was sent to Capitol Hill around the same time to brief members of Congress on the possibility of election interference. [ Source: Fox News (Read More…) ]

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Israel deploys 100 sharpshooters on Gaza border for Palestinian protests

Israel deploys 100 sharpshooters on Gaza border for Palestinian protests

(Worthy News) – The Israeli military has deployed more than 100 sharpshooters on the Gaza border ahead of a planned mass Palestinian demonstration near the frontier, Israel’s top general said in an interview published on Wednesday.

Organizers hope thousands in Gaza will answer their call to flock, starting on Friday, to tent cities in five locations along the sensitive border in a six-week protest for a right of return of Palestinian refugees to what is now Israel.

Citing security concerns, the Israeli military enforces a “no go” zone for Palestinians on land in Gaza adjacent to Israel’s border fence. [ Source: Jerusalem Post (Read More…) ]

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Israel deploys 100 sharpshooters on Gaza border for Palestinian protests

Israel deploys 100 sharpshooters on Gaza border for Palestinian protests

(Worthy News) – The Israeli military has deployed more than 100 sharpshooters on the Gaza border ahead of a planned mass Palestinian demonstration near the frontier, Israel’s top general said in an interview published on Wednesday.

Organizers hope thousands in Gaza will answer their call to flock, starting on Friday, to tent cities in five locations along the sensitive border in a six-week protest for a right of return of Palestinian refugees to what is now Israel.

Citing security concerns, the Israeli military enforces a “no go” zone for Palestinians on land in Gaza adjacent to Israel’s border fence. [ Source: Jerusalem Post (Read More…) ]

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Israel deploys 100 sharpshooters on Gaza border for Palestinian protests

Israel deploys 100 sharpshooters on Gaza border for Palestinian protests

(Worthy News) – The Israeli military has deployed more than 100 sharpshooters on the Gaza border ahead of a planned mass Palestinian demonstration near the frontier, Israel’s top general said in an interview published on Wednesday.

Organizers hope thousands in Gaza will answer their call to flock, starting on Friday, to tent cities in five locations along the sensitive border in a six-week protest for a right of return of Palestinian refugees to what is now Israel.

Citing security concerns, the Israeli military enforces a “no go” zone for Palestinians on land in Gaza adjacent to Israel’s border fence. [ Source: Jerusalem Post (Read More…) ]

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