“And so, today, we commit ourselves to new Sustainable Development Goals, including our goal of ending extreme poverty in our world,” said U.S. President Obama to the United Nations Summit on Agenda 2030, a globalization of governance in the name…

Tufts University researchers in Massachusetts have found that walking longer or faster can have heart health benefits for seniors, even for those over the age of 75. The researchers looked at more than 3,900 men and women over a 10-year…

Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, German media have started talking of a new world war. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily wrote that the West is in “a third world war.” Tagesspiegel said “the West – in fact, the entire…

Turkey shot down a Russian fighter plane Tuesday, 24 November, precipitating a long-feared crisis in Syria’s civil war. A Turkish military statement said the plane entered Turkish airspace over the town of Yayladagi, in Hatay province. This is the first…

“Ushering in a new era of national action and international cooperation, the new agenda commits every country to take an array of actions that would not only address the root causes of poverty, but would also increase economic growth and…

“France cannot do everything at once,” said the French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. He was requesting military assistance from his EU partners. The French army is going in many different directions. It is waging an air war against the…

On Sunday, November 15, Pope Francis paid a visit to the Lutheran Evangelical Christuskirche in Rome to meet with leaders and other members of the community. He also participated in their liturgy. Calling on Lutherans and Catholics to walk together…

“We affirm that we cherish our religious freedom and are profoundly respectful of religious traditions. But we also have to say clearly that our religious freedom doesn’t grant us the freedom to deny our fellow Americans their constitutional rights.” President…

In a recent interview with Yahoo News, Trump was asked if he would want to increase surveillance and tracking of American Muslims. “We’re going to have to do things that we never did before,” he said. “And some people are…

“For far too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens that as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone. This government will conclusively turn the page on this failed approach.” British…

Two days after the horrendous terrorist attacks, Pope Francis preached about the “end times,” encouraging his hearers to be vigilant and ready at any moment to meet God face to face. Ten thousand pilgrims were gathered in St. Peter’s Square…

On Friday the 13th of November, three groups of terrorists assaulted seven places in Paris, France, killing 129 innocent people. About 9:20pm, during a soccer match between France and Germany outside the Stadium of France (Stade de France), a suicide…