Study finds fewer alcohol deaths in Scotland after introduction of minimum unit pricing
The introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) on alcohol in Scotland has saved lives, according to new research published in The Lancet medical journal.
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Israel won't criminalize sharing the Gospel amid pushback to new bill, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that his government will not pass a bill that would criminalize Christian evangelism, a proposal that drew concern from American Evangelicals.
Israel Won’t Criminalize Sharing the Gospel amid Pushback to New Bill, Netanyahu Says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that his government will not pass a bill that would criminalize Christian evangelism, a proposal that drew concern from American Evangelicals
U.S. launches retaliatory strikes in Iran
A drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six people on Thursday in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said Friday. The U.S. intelligence community determined the drone was of Iranian origin, said U.S. ...
Church in Indonesia Stands Up to Attempt to Stop Worship - Morningstar News
A church in West Java Province, Indonesia refused to yield to Muslim intruders’ attempts to stop their worship service on Sunday (March 19), the pastor said.
US Strikes Iranian Targets in Syria after US Contractor Killed by Drone Attack
The Pentagon announced Thursday that the U.S. Military launched retaliatory airstrikes at targets in eastern Syria after an American contractor was killed and 6 others injured, including 5 U.S. service members, in an unmanned aerial vehicle attack on a facility in the northeast part of the country. Meanwhile, according to the Israeli newspaper Maariv, satellite intelligence photos from an attack in Syria on March 12th show that the strike hit entrances to underground tunnels which housed the materials needed to make surface-to-surface missiles.
In Nationwide Address, Netanyahu Says He Will Seek Calm, But Move Ahead with Judicial Reforms
In a nationwide address Thursday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government will move ahead with judicial reform legislation despite weeks of nationwide street protests and warnings from defense leaders about divisions in the country. The prime minister acknowledged arguments on both sides of the battle and said would he seek calm in the process, but insisted, as he did in last year's campaign in which his party won the most seats in parliament, that his government would restore what he sees as a "correct balance" between the judicial and legislative branches of government.
World Athletics Council bans transgender athletes from women's sports
"The World Athletics Council has taken decisive action to protect the female category in our sport," said Lord Coe.
American missionary abducted in Niger released after 6 years in captivity
A California missionary and a French journalist abducted in Niger by an Islamic terrorist group have been released
Warring Over Conscientious Objection
This issue of A Public Witness scopes out the recent controversies in Russia and Ukraine about conscientious objectors before considering what lessons we might learn to see more clearly despite the fog of war.
