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(CNSNews.com) – Reiterating his argument that a lack of jobs, more than religious ideology, lies behind the "scourge" of terrorism, Secretary of State John Kerry in a commencement speech Friday pointed to the fact that those who ignited the so-called "Arab spring" five years ago were
Russia
(CNSNews.com) – Amid growing sentiment against open borders, European Union leaders are meeting in Rome to discuss the future of Europe's refugee crisis, having taken a decision to extend internal border controls. German Chancellor Angela Merkel sounded a note of caution, saying that solving the migrant crisis by
Faith
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Religious freedom remains under "serious and sustained assault" around the globe, according to a new annual report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. "At best, in most of the countries we cover, religious freedom conditions have failed to improve," commission chairman
Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy SEAL killed during a firefight in Iraq was part of a quick reaction force that moved in to rescue U.S. military advisers from an Islamic State attack, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The attack triggered a massive coalition air response that destroyed equipment, buildings and killed
Syria
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — The combat death of an American Navy SEAL in Iraq shows that despite recent gains against the Islamic State in Iraq, "this fight is far from over," U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday. Carter spoke at the outset of a closed-door meeting in
Catholic
NEW YORK – The Rev. Douglas Al-Bazi, a Chaldean Catholic Church parish priest from Erbil, Iraq, took the podium at the United Nations last week to share his experiences while held captive by Islamic State, the horrors he witnessed, and to appeal for help. "Friends, I am a priest. I
terrorism
BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S Navy SEAL was killed Tuesday by fire from the Islamic State group outside the IS-held city of Mosul, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter acknowledged it as a "combat death" as the U.S. expands its role in the northern part of Iraq. The
Donald Trump
(CNSNews.com) — "Every move we made in the Middle East was wrong," Republican Donald Trump told "Fox News Sunday." "You know, if our presidents went to the beach for 365 days a year, we'd be a lot better in the Middle East than
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