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| World | | ISIS video shows 12-year-old executing 2 Nigerian soldiers | | Islamic State in West Africa Province, which is an offshoot of the Boko Haram, has reportedly released a video showing a 12-year-old child executing two Nigerian soldiers with an AK-47. The Islamic State, also known as IS, ISIS, ISIL or Daesh, has called its child soldiers “cubs of the Caliphate.” |
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| Politics | | Biden takes communion in Rome after saying Pope Francis called him a ‘good Catholic’ | | President Joe Biden received communion at St. Patrick’s Church in Rome a day after he said Pope Francis called him “a good Catholic” amid the ongoing debate over whether pro-abortion Catholic politicians should be given the sacrament. Biden, the first Roman Catholic to serve as president of the United States since John F. Kennedy, has clashed with Catholic Church leadership in the U.S. over his continued support of abortion. |
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| World | | Amnesty International condemns Algeria's imprisonment of Christian convert | | Secular human rights group Amnesty International has condemned the conviction and sentencing of an Algerian Christian convert, drawing attention to the deteriorating religious freedom conditions in the north African country, especially for its small Christian minority. "This discriminatory law is being used as a weapon to repress those who do not follow Islam in an assault against their fundamental freedoms," said Amna Guellali, the group’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa. |
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| Politics | | Vaccinated WH Press Secretary Psaki confirms she has COVID-19 | | Four days after learning that members of her household tested positive for COVID-19, fully vaccinated White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki revealed that she tested positive for the virus on Sunday. Doctors say it's unlikely President Joe Biden has been infected; Psaki took to Twitter to confirm she opted not to travel with Biden Thursday to attend two major summits with world leaders in Rome and Scotland while she was still testing negative for the virus. |
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| U.S. | | DOJ reaches $88M settlement in mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church | | The U.S. Justice Department has said it will settle the lawsuits arising out of the June 2015 mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., which left nine churchgoers dead, by paying $88 million to the families of those killed as well as to the survivors."The FBI acknowledged that an error made during a background check had failed to disclose all details of the alleged assailant’s criminal background, which would have disqualified him from purchasing the weapon,” The Wall Street Journal wrote. |
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| Opinion | | Op-ed: Understanding the doctrine of demons | | Robin Schumacher writes about the misleading pitchfork-wielding devil caricature that has been accepted for generations. "[I]t came from the medieval church in the Middle Ages. Although they sought to wound Satan’s pride by depicting him in a ludicrous way, something tells me the devil inspired it in an act of brilliant misdirection," he asserts. |
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