Section: The Blaze (USA)
End-Times Filmmaker Points to Potential ‘Bible Prophecy’ Moment During GOP Debate Involving Iran and Russia That Could Have Really ‘Stirred Things Up’
A Christian filmmaker took to Facebook after the Republican debate this week to highlight some key moments that he thought were incredibly profound — comments from the candidates about the current ”alliance of Iran and Russia” in the Middle East. Paul Lalonde, producer and writer of end-times film “Left Behind,” wrote on the movie’s...
Miss Universe Contender Holds a National Title for a Sport She Says Has an Unfair ‘Stigma’
Israel’s contender for the Miss Universe pageant has won Israel’s national youth fencing championship and hopes to one day qualify for the Olympics. Avigail Alfatov, 19, who is serving in the Israeli Air Force, says she trains every day in the sport that she believes holds an unfair stigma. According to her Miss Universe contestant...
Watch What Happens When An All-Out Brawl Breaks Out in Ukrainian Parliament
As tensions continue to escalate over government corruption, frustrations in the Ukrainian Parliament reached a boiling point when a member of the legislature literally picked up Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk by the crotch and carried him off stage. Yatsenyuk was delivering an annual report on the government’s work when a Parliament...
Read Retired Cambridge Researcher’s Stunning Response to 13-Year-Old Israeli Girl’s Innocent Question
A retired Cambridge researcher is facing harsh criticism after she reportedly refused to help a 13-year-old Israeli student “until there is peace with Palestine.” Queried by teenager Shachar Rabinovitch for a project regarding ancient horses, Dr. Marsha Levine, a former senior research associate for Cambridge’s McDonald Institute for...
After Talks With Putin, Obama Set to Meet with Turkish Leader
President Barack Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin “on the margins” of the COP21 global climate conference in Paris, less than a week after Turkey shot down a Russian military plane. The meeting with Putin was not on the schedule, but Tuesday, there will be a formal bilateral meeting between Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
In Response To Turkey’s Aggression, Russia Plans to Retaliate With a Number of Economic Sanctions
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia plans to retaliate against Turkey for the downing of a warplane by imposing sanctions, cutting economic ties and scrapping major investment projects. Since the plane was shot down Tuesday on the Syria-Turkey border, Russia has already restricted tourism, left Turkish trucks stranded at the border and confiscated large...
Prominent Harvard Professor Uses No Filter, Sends Scathing Message to Student Protesters
As college students nationwide garner national media attention for their protests against school administrations and perceived racial injustices on their campuses, famed Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz has a word for them: hypocrites. In a no-holds-barred interview with Business Insider, Dershowitz argued that “the last thing these students...
Congress Passes Defense Bill That Would Ban Moving Guantanamo Detainees to U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed a $607 billion defense policy bill Tuesday that bans moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States — something Barack Obama has been trying to do since he was sworn in as president. The Senate’s 91-to-3 vote gave final legislative approval to the measure. The House overwhelmingly passed it last week,...
Defense Secretary: Russia, China Potentially Threaten Global Order
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Saturday accused Russia of endangering world order, citing its incursions in Ukraine and loose talk about nuclear weapons, and said the U.S. defense establishment is searching for creative ways to deter Russian aggression and protect U.S. allies. In remarks at the Ronald Reagan...
White House Responds to Law Enforcement Concerns About Prisoner Releases
Amid law enforcement concerns about the large-scale release of federal inmates, the White House is pointing out that the Obama administration has pushed to promote drug rehabilitation and re-entry programs to prevent a spike in crime. Last week, the first wave of 6,000 prisoners were released as a result of a U.S. Sentencing Commission policy...
