By Christine Rousselle Washington D.C. (CNA/EWTN News).– The State Department on Thursday unveiled its list of countries designated as the worst offenders against religious liberty. Advocates of religious freedom applauded the list, but said that several additional countries should have been added. The countries of Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, […]

by Jack Detsch – Al Monitor The Donald Trump administration is giving hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons to US allies in the Middle East to fight the Islamic State (IS) as the militant group fans out toward Africa from its former safe havens in Iraq and Syria. Using a little-known US legal authority established by […]

Article represents opinion of the author by Marc Lynch – Washingtonpost – The protests that have broken out across Iran in recent days have generated remarkable excitement about the possibility of revolutionary change. The largest protest since the crushing of the 2009 Green Movement has surprised virtually all observers. The protests erupted in peripheral areas rather than in […]

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By Ali Arouzi reported from Tehran. Alexander Smith reported from London. – AP and Reuters – Article represent opinion of the author TEHRAN, Iran — The most significant protests in eight years are rocking Iran, with state media reporting Monday that at least 12 demonstrators have been killed and a police spokesman saying one officer […]