Center for Global Policy: As the scope and intensity of fighting in Syria diminish, international attention is shifting toward political issues: constitutional reform, refugee return, reconciliation, reconstruction and the design of a political process. Policymakers across much of the globe…

Jewish Press.com: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps aerospace force last Thursday used a domestic version of the MQ-1 Predator drone, made by US manufacturer General Atomics during war games in the Persian Gulf, according to IRGC commander Brigadier General Amir…

Catholic News Agency: The [U.S.] Supreme Court will not consider a case which would have raised questions about the separation of church and state. The court ruled unanimously against granting certiorari in the case of The Presbyterian Church in Morristown…

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CNSNews: On Monday night, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) used her authority to table a bill in the Senate that would have prohibited the killing of a child that survives an abortion and instituted penalties for any health worker who…

Just days after the pope signed the most important interfaith document in history; he had the opportunity to address global political leaders by video at the World Government Summit in Dubai. During his remarks he once again stressed the need…

The New Yorker: No one tells a Supreme Court Justice when to retire. But there are currently two retirement dramas under way at the Court—one semi-public and the other semi-private—and they both have the potential to reshape the meaning of the…

The Guardian: The US vice-president, Mike Pence, has sharply rebuked Washington’s European allies over their efforts to shield their businesses from US sanctions on Iran, as transatlantic tensions over U.S. foreign policy were laid bare at a conference in Warsaw….

Associated Press: The Trump administration can go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender men and women while court challenges continue, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The high court split 5-4 in allowing the plan to take…