“And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh” (Joshua 20:7-8). Provision was made when someone accidentally killed another person. Being guilty of manslaughter, he could...

When it comes to defending Israel, Huckabee does not hesitate. There is an intensity to the way he makes Israel’s case that can be difficult to find even among official Israeli spokespeople. He reaches for arguments that are not part of the standard political script: the growth of Israel’s Christian population from 34,000 in 1948 to nearly 200,000 today; Arab doctors heading departments at Hadassah Medical Center and supervising Jewish staff; and the fact that his own wife was treated by an...

Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations in New York facing new fears that runaway artificial intelligence could threaten humanity even as climate shocks and escalating prices are already making life much tougher for hundreds of millions of people. France’s UN ambassador, Jérôme Bonnafont, said it is “extremely critical” for world leaders to support the UN as the place where the world’s nations meet, especially at a time of such polarization....

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she’ll soon introduce a measure to her government that would cap the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban the wearing of burqas and niqabs in schools. “For us, anyone who comes to Italy and wants to build their future here must learn our language, understand our culture, and respect our rules,” she said to a standing ovation at the Gioventù Nazionale national festival in Rome. “It is the only serious way to welcome them.” But Meloni...

Language is not merely a means of conveying messages, but an essential component of culture. Through language, memory, identity, values, and worldview are shaped. This becomes clear when we consider American, British, or Indian English: Not only do we encounter differences in pronunciation or vocabulary, but also entire cultural worlds. The same applies to the German language as it is spoken in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. Even the way people greet one another reveals history, social...

In her annual State of the European Union address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Canada and the EU would build on their existing free trade agreement, known as CETA, with a broader “Alliance for the Future” aimed at creating “a common prosperity and economic security space.” “Above all, dear Mark, Europe and Canada believe in democracy,” von der Leyen said to [Canadian PM] Carney, who received a standing ovation at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. A...

Moldova’s pro-European leaders said that they were asking parliament to declare a state of emergency for energy and water supply in connection with dangerously low levels on the Dniester River ‌it shares with Ukraine. President Maia Sandu, who has spearheaded a drive for Moldova to ‌join the ⁠European Union by 2030, had earlier chaired the Security Council meeting and said its members had recommended introducing emergency regulations quickly. “The share of renewable energy sources has...

Mohammad Saeed had just turned 18 when he fled to Iran with his parents and younger brother and sister, escaping the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in 2021. Now Saeed and his family are among thousands who have returned home to escape the economic crisis in Iran triggered by the conflict with the U.S. and Israel. The family came back nearly empty-handed, Saeed said. “The Iranian currency had fallen so sharply,” he said, that the family’s ‌savings, held in Iranian rials, lost over...

Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire who co-founded PayPal and Palantir Technologies, will soon deliver a four-part lecture series on the Antichrist in Nashville. “The Nashville Antichrist Lectures will draw from history, literature, art, theology and politics to explore the biblical Antichrist through Thiel’s unique vantage point at the frontier of science and technology,” the event page reads. Thiel has spoken publicly about his belief that humanity faces threats from the biblical Antichrist...

The Special Representative: About the Apostle Paul’s special assignment. Part 3. The Bible mentions Saul/Paul for the first time in Acts 7:58: “And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.” The Lord didn’t call Paul without reason; He’d appointed him to his role from the womb (Gal 1:15-16). And so, God gave him access to new revelations and developments in redemptive history. Yet beyond that, Paul was very...

As maritime conflict disrupts the Strait of Hormuz and instability reshapes routes connecting Asia, the Middle East and Europe, another trade corridor is moving from geopolitical theory toward commercial reality thousands of kilometers to the north. On August 15, China launched regular seasonal operations on a container service between Ningbo-Zhoushan and Northern Europe through the Northeast Arctic Passage. Eight voyages are planned during the 2026 navigation season, with ships traveling...

The United Kingdom, France and Canada will ban goods produced in the West Bank settlements and Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament, explaining that all such communities were deemed by his country to be illegal. Israel, he said, is responding by closing the British Consulate in Jerusalem that services Palestinians. It will also remove British representatives from the International Gaza Support Center in Kiryat Gat and halt the British...