The church’s pastor, Ezra Jin Mingri, turned Zion Church into one of China’s largest unofficial congregations, even as government pressure on Christianity increased. from World News https://ift.tt/A0lN5Di
Firefights broke out along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late on Saturday, with the Afghan Taliban attacking Pakistani posts, according to security officials from both countries, following a Pakistani airstrike in Kabul this week. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/an3Jvxp
Ian Watkins, the former frontman of Welsh rock band Lostprophets who was serving a 35-year sentence for child sex offenses, has been killed in prison by another inmate, British media reported on Saturday. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/CLVw0n4
The U.N. Security Council met Friday to discuss the Trump administration’s deadly attacks on what it asserts were drug smugglers in the Caribbean. from World News https://ift.tt/useYgWA
North Korea showed off a new hypersonic glide vehicle and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) at a military parade late Friday as it marked 80 years of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, images released online from visitors to the event appear to show. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/jb3Lk8n
Staunch conservative and longtime lawmaker Sanae Takaichi is days away from becoming Japan’s first woman prime minister, and she inherits a daunting list of challenges. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/UBuYJiW
The Pentagon has deployed 10,000 U.S. troops to the region, most of them to bases in Puerto Rico, a senior military official said. from World News https://ift.tt/scELYfH