(Forbes) — The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it will permanently end a ban on sending an abortion-inducing medication by mail, making it easier for patients to receive the drug without visiting a clinic. When mifepristone was approved by the FDA in 2000, the agency made the medication available only to patients who could pick it up […]
U.S. Senate Votes to Confirm First Indian American Muslim to Top Religious Freedom Position 12/16/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) –International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Senate has voted to confirm Rashad Hussain as the next Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. In this position, Hussain will serve as the highest-ranking member in the State Department for advancing international […]
(Fox News) — The Republican National Committee announced its first ever “RNC Pride Coalition” over the weekend, partnering with the Log Cabin Republicans to invest and mobilize [so-called] LGBTQ communities ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The announcement came during the Log Cabin Republicans’ “Spirit of Lincoln Gala,” which took place Saturday night at Mar-a-Lago in Palm […]
The Rev. Dauda Bature of the Evangelical Chruch Winning All. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen who kidnapped a Christian pastor outside the city of Kaduna in northern Nigeria killed him last week after receiving ransom payments, sources said. The Rev. Dauda Bature of the First Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Hayin […]
(Courthouse News) WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court authorized Texas abortion providers on Friday to proceed in their challenge of the state’s near-total ban on abortions, a rule that will remain in place while the case proceeds. Issuing their decision just over a month after oral arguments, the justices still managed a split on somewhat ideological lines. Justice Neil Gorsuch […]
Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern (far right), recently presented U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) with the ICC Hero on the Hill Award for the senator’s defense of religious freedoms worldwide. They were joined by ICC Director of Advocacy Mattias Perttula. Sen. Lankford (R-OK) Earns Inaugural “Hero on the Hill” Award 12/09/2021 United States […]
Pastor Lal Chand after his release from jail in Gorakhpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in northern India disrupted a house church service, interrogated a pastor and signalled police to arrest him and his wife on baseless charges of fraudulent conversion, sources said. Pastor Lal Chand, […]
Governor El-Rufai is not who he tries to make the world believe he is 12/02/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Human rights watchdog group International Christian Concern (ICC) released a report earlier today profiling Nigerian Governor Nasir El-Rufai and analyzing his years-long pattern of punishing Christian communities in Kaduna State. While militant groups contribute to religious persecution in Nigeria, No […]
(CNBC) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday appeared poised to side with Mississippi in its bid to uphold a 15-week abortion ban, a ruling that would erode decades-old precedent protecting the right to an abortion before viability. The justices heard oral arguments in the case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, that directly challenged […]
(Metro) — Tech company Promobot is on the lookout for a face for its humanoid robot assistant to work in hotels, shopping malls and other crowded places. The company is searching for a ‘kind and friendly’ face to be reproduced on potentially thousands of versions of the robots worldwide. The company is ready to pay […]