Japan is testing a new system of cashless payments for foreign tourists. Once the tourist has pre-registered his fingerprints and credit cards or other forms of payment with the government database he can use his fingerprints to verify his identity…

Security experts emphasize the need for international cooperation, more anti-terrorist laws and stricter enforcement. Observations of the International CIDI Symposium on Terrorism, Israel & International Law by Jozef Daniel Astley The Hague, Netherlands – On March 30, 2016 the Centre…

Pope Francis received Tihomir Orešković, President of Croatia in private audience at the Vatican. They discussed the good relations between the Holy See and Croatia, which is part of the European Union. They also discussed the relationship between the Catholic…

Pope Francis met with senior members of the World Methodist Council, the Methodist Council of Europe and the Methodist Church in Britain, among others, during the opening of the new Methodist Ecumenical Office in Rome. The centre is a sign…

At least five federal agencies are weighing whether to withhold funds from North Carolina in response to a new law designed to protect the religious convictions of its citizens. They are Education, Transportation, Labor, Housing and Urban Development and Health…

Japan is pursuing facial biometric technology for border security at the nation’s airports. It has appropriated $2.69 million in funding for such a system. Japan is planning the new biometric facial recognition capabilities to be deployed at domestic airports as…

In the spring of 1836 Francis J. McIntosh of St. Louis killed a policeman and wounded another. He would have received the death penalty in a court of law. A mob, however, tracked him to an outhouse where he was…

While Donald Trump has dominated the American election cycle, Trumpism is not merely a U.S. phenomenon. “The underlying trends that have brought us Trump in America are happening around the world,” wrote Stratfor. For instance, Europe, especially Poland, France and…

The movie industry is warning Georgia’s governor that if he signs a religious liberty bill into law, the state risks losing business. The threat comes from 34 actors, writers, producers, directors, movie studios and whole entertainment companies. “Disney and Marvel…

While on a campaign stop in Wisconsin, Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner told an audience that the Christian faith is on the defensive in the United States and the main religious movements in the country need to rally around him….

North Korea has threatened “indiscriminate nuclear strikes on the U.S. and South Korea as they began their largest ever military drills. North Korea says it views the annual war games as a rehearsal for invasion. Last year during the war…

The move toward a cashless society is gradually getting traction. Arguments in favor of eliminating high denomination bank notes are frequent in the press. The first step to a cashless society is to remove high denomination bank notes on concerns…