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iran

US Navy ‘disgusted’ by Iran’s exploitation of sailors’ detention

(CNSNews.com) – A spokesman for the U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said Thursday it was "disgusted by the exploitation of our sailors in Iranian propaganda," after the regime's state television released images of a U.S. Navy sailor apparently in tears after he

terrorism

Iran, Hezbollah return to ‘Terrorism’ subsection of intelligence threat report

(CNSNews.com) – After a conspicuous absence last year, references to Iran and its terrorist proxy Hezbollah returned to the "Terrorism" subsection of the intelligence community's 2016 Worldwide Threat Assessment, presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. "Iran continues to be the foremost state

Barack Obama

Obama shifts focus to religious liberty and Muslims

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama focused on religious pluralism during the past several days, bookending the annual National Prayer Breakfast Thursday in the nation's capital with a visit to a mosque Wednesday and a column discussing religious freedom in America published Saturday. In the column, signed by the president

terrorism

Missile launch by N. Korea met with tepid response, again

WASHINGTON (CNSNews.com) – North Korea's rocket launch Sunday sparked a now familiar pattern of responses to provocative actions by the Kim regime, with the U.S. leading a chorus of condemnation and calling for a "firm" U.N. Security Council response, and China signaling it wants

china

World leaders condemn N. Korea rocket launch, seek sanctions

NEW YORK (AP) — North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket to put an object into orbit prompted an emergency early-morning meeting of the United Nations Security Council Sunday, as leaders around the world condemned the rogue state of violating UN sanctions. The rocket was launched from North Korea&

money

Jobs report could ease US recession fears — or not

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturing is shrinking, corporate profits are declining and goods are piling up on warehouse shelves. Those trends have elevated concern that a U.S. recession may loom in the next year or two. Yet in the one area that matters most, the economy has continued to

Barack Obama

Obama visits mosque tied to controversial imams

CATONSVILLE, Md. — President Barack Obama paid his first visit to a U.S. mosque on Wednesday, but he chose one that has ties with controversial teachers and leaders, including one who has preached that homosexuality is immoral and "something which we despise." A former leader of the mosque,

Massachusetts

Pregnancy help network reaches across the world

BOSTON – When Peggy Hartshorn and her family began taking in pregnant women, she didn't know they were taking the first steps toward joining an international organization. But three years later in 1978, she discovered a network, now known as Heartbeat International, devoted to helping women through maternity. "