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By YUSUF WAHIL and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AP) Two attackers believed to be members of a militant network that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group blew themselves up outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, wounding at least 20 people, police said. Rev. Wilhelmus Tulak, a … [Read more...] about Suicide Bomb Hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, 20 Wounded

(AP) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies fell short of winning a parliamentary majority in Israel’s latest election, according to a final vote count released Thursday, leaving a political deadlock that put the long-time leader’s future in question. The fourth election in just two years brought a stinging rebuke for Netanyahu, the most dominant figure … [Read more...] about Final Vote Results Show Major Setback for Israel’s Netanyahu

by David Rosen (RNS) President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Blinken have expressed their support for the Abraham Accords, their predecessors' Middle East peace-building achievement, and have committed to continue the U.S. effort to expand the circle of Arab-Israeli peace. To do so, it will be important not only to advance normalization as a strategic objective, but to … [Read more...] about The Religious Foundations of Arab-Israel Peace

NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) A mob armed with axes and thick wooden batons in central India disrupted a home worship service and beat and threatened Christians for leaving their ancestral tribal religion this month, sources said. Eight Christians were injured and five of them hospitalized, including two women and a pastor who suffered head injuries and a dislocated … [Read more...] about Christians Seriously Injured in Mob Assault on House Church

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli parliamentary elections on Tuesday resulted in a virtual deadlock for a fourth time in the past two years, exit polls indicated, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an uncertain future and the country facing the prospect of continued political gridlock. The exit polls on Israel’s three main TV stations … [Read more...] about No Clear Winner in Israeli Election, Signaling More Deadlock