Day: March 18, 2020

Iranian, Saudi clerics believe coronavirus outbreak signals the ‘near end of time’

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Clerics from Saudi Arabia to Iran believe the current global coronavirus outbreak is edging the world closer to the end of time. Prominent conservative Iranian cleric Ali Reza Banahyan said the infection – which has swept through much of the world and killed nearly 1,000 people in Iran so far – is one of the […]

Saudi Arabia suffers from plummeting oil prices, as US Republicans chafe MbS over production gamble

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Saudi Arabia is bracing for a coronavirus-led economic dip on top of possible austerity measures as crude prices go into free fall, as Republican Senators sent a letter to Mohammed bin Salman over his decision to increase oil production. Huge losses are expected after the Arab world’s biggest economy shut down cinemas, malls and restaurants, […]

Israel Closes the Border, Bars Entry to Non-Citizens in Fight Against COVID-19

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Hana Levi Julian23 Adar 5780 – March 18, 2020 Photo Credit: Flash90 The empty Departure halls of Ben Gurion Airport on March 8, 2020.     Israel has closed its borders to non-citizens, according to a notice from Population and Immigration Authority. Citing a recommendation from the Ministry of Health, ministry spokesperson Sabine Haddad said […]

Ansarallah forces bomb several Saudi oil facilities

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2020-03-18 BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:10 P.M.) – The Ansarallah forces announced on Wednesday that their air force heavily targeted several Saudi economic facilities, including oil and gas fields. The spokesman for the Ansarallah-aligned Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier Yahya Sare’a, stated at a press conference broadcast: “The Saudi enemy received painful strikes in response to its escalation […]

How Early Christians Saved Lives and Spread the Gospel During Roman Plagues

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Tyler O’Neil2020-03-17T17:03:08 Christians facing the coronavirus today would do well to remember how the selfless love of the early church helped spread the gospel in a world much more hostile to Jesus’ message than our world is today. Christianity spread in the face of persecution for many reasons, but in two cases it spread in […]

ICC decision on Israel delayed by shutdown of offices

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The ICC’s decision about whether to authorize a full criminal probe of Israelis for war crimes will likely be delayed by at least a month YONAH JEREMY BOB MARCH 18, 2020 16:09 The International Criminal Court’s decision about whether to authorize a full criminal probe of Israelis for war crimes will likely be delayed by […]

Islamists Call Coronavirus a Zionist-American Conspiracy

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    A worker takes stock as consumers empty shelves of food at a Trader Joe’s grocery store, gathering supplies as coronavirus fears spread in Encinitas, California, March 12, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Mike Blake. As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeps across the world, some Islamists are pushing a theory that God is punishing infidels […]

Rouhani pretends Iran defeated the US, without actually doing anything

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Rouhani’s speech is out of touch with both the IRGC’s actions in Iraq and the failures of his own administration to fight the coronavirus. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 18, 2020 11:43 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani needs to find a feather to put in his cap after failures to confront the coronavirus have left millions of […]

Rouhani: Iran responded, will respond to assassination of Soleimani

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REUTERS MARCH 18, 2020 10:37 DUBAI – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday Iran has responded, and will respond, to America’s assassination of Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the Revolutionary Guards commander killed in a US drone strike in Iraq in January. Rouhani was speaking following a Cabinet meeting that was broadcast on state television.Soleimani, leader of […]