Reward for Obama: Somali Islamists respond to US bounty

SOMALIA - First, the US State Department offered up to $33 million for help in catching the leaders of radical Islamist group Shabab, which controls much of Somalia. But Shabab has made a counter-proposal: a bounty of 10 camels for [Mr] Barack Obama.

US "disappointed" by failure of Iran-IAEA atom talks

IRAN - Lack of progress in talks between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency is disappointing and it shows Tehran's continued failure to abide by its commitment to the UN nuclear watchdog, a US envoy said on Saturday.

Airstrike in south Yemen, humanitarian crisis looms

YEMEN - Yemen's military said it launched air strikes on Thursday against Islamist fighters linked to al Qaeda in the south of the country, where residents and aid agencies say a month-old offensive has cut off supplies of food and medicine.

UK announces extra £10 million drought aid for West Africa

WEST AFRICA - An additional £10 million ($15 million) will be provided by the UK for countries in West Africa facing the threat of drought, the government has announced. Estimates suggest 1.5 million children in the Sahel region face starvation. International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell urged other nations to follow the example of the UK, which has already committed £10 million to the crisis.

Computer trading models crash from favour

USA - Investors are losing faith in the computer-based trading models that made them millions in the bull market years, as Europe's financial convulsions have shown how poorly they cope with the unpredictable.

Spanish banks to get up to €100 billion in rescue loans

SPAIN - Spain is to get up to €100 billion ($125 billion; £80 billion) in loans from eurozone funds to try to help shore up its struggling banks. The move was agreed during emergency talks with eurozone finance ministers. Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said his country would shortly make a formal request for assistance.

Iranian General: Our Finger on War Trigger

IRAN - With Western pressure growing on Bashar Assad over the latest massacres of defenseless women and children in Syria, Iranian officials again are warning the world against any action against the Middle East dictator.

The euro zone, slow-motion crashes

EUROPE - Spending time with top European policymakers at the moment is scary and slightly nauseating, like the final, slow-motion moments before a car accident, when you can see precisely both how you will probably crash and what it would take, if only you could force your paralyzed muscles into action, to swerve to safety.

Iran and Syria: Alliance of shared enemies and goals

MIDDLE EAST - Iran and Syria make for strange allies. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, leads a religious administration. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad heads a secular and socialist government. One country is Persian, the other Arab. But since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the two have found reason to stick together.

Leader of Australian Ordinariate to be Named June 15

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - The personal ordinariate for Australian Anglicans seeking full communion with Rome will get its first ordinary on June 15, the Archdiocese of Melbourne reported. The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, as it is to be named, will be under the patronage of St Augustine of Canterbury who was sent by Pope Gregory the Great in 596 AD to evangelize the English.

What in the world is going on?

USA - What in the world is going on? Yes, we face the very real possibility of an economic collapse in the not-too-distant future. But is it possibly we're already imploding culturally? The country is deep in a full blown political war between Democrats and Republicans, but do we honestly believe either party - or either presidential nominee - knows how to fix the mess we're in?

United States of Europe (with Germany on top)

EUROPE - Half a century ago, no one would’ve predicted this: Germany, who have been accused of twice destroying Europe in the last 100 years, find themselves in a situation where they’re heading a historic shift from a common currency to something resembling a common European state.

Cameron: I'll protect Britain from European superstate

UK - David Cameron promises to 'protect' Britain from German plans for a eurozone superstate with common banking and political systems. The Prime Minister dismissed as “nonsense” a suggestion from Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, that the European Union should eventually have a single national identity and described as “nonsense” the idea of loyalty to a common European flag.

Europe in denial

EUROPE - Time is running out for Europe. As Spain’s banking crisis deepens, politicians on the continent remain in denial. The only solutions in their mind involve borrowing or subsidies from German taxpayers. With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) acting as their enabler, Europe’s high-debt countries may be able to put off the required reforms, but delaying the inevitable is taking a toll on their economies.

Far Right Greek MP slaps down female rivals on TV

GREECE - A series of vicious slaps and a glass of water to the face were unleashed on two left-wing female deputies by the spokesman for Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party during a live TV debate. A warrant for the politician’s arrest has been issued.

“Just what is an APOSTLE?”
Just what is an Apostle?

Today we find the Church of God in a “wilderness of religious confusion!”

The confusion is not merely around the Church – within the religions of the world outside – but WITHIN the very heart of The True Church itself!

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Listen to Me, You who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My Law: …I have put My words in your mouth, I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, “you are My people” (Isaiah 51:7,16)