Daniella Whyte with Urban Christian News Network Thursday, January 23, 2014 1. According to The Daily Independent, UN AIDS taskforce and human rights groups will launch a court battle against Malawi's laws criminalising homosexuality in a rare challenge to rising anti-gay legislation in Africa. 2. According to AFP, Japan on Wednesday told the world it must stand up to an increasingly assertive China or risk a regional conflict with catastrophic economic consequences. 3. According to CNN, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif insisted Wednesday that the Obama administration mis-characterizes concessions by his side in the six-month nuclear deal with Iran, telling CNN in an exclusive interview that "we did not agree to dismantle anything." 4. According to The Daily Mail, A well-known Oklahoma pastor has been jailed in the Philippines after being accused with child molestation and trying to cover up a sex abuse problem among orphanages he runs in the country. Almost 20,000 people have joined a Facebook page pleading for the release of Pastor Tom Randall. 5. According to Dallas News, Prominent Dallas leaders will discuss how to bridge the divide between northern and southern Dallas and expand opportunities across the city at a February event. 6. According to The Christian Post, The increase in human trafficking among American children has prompted a faith-based rescue organization to partner with local and national churches for a campaign aimed at men in an effort to dissuade them from partaking in the sex slavery industry. 7. According to CNN, Israel has broken up an al Qaeda terror cell that planned a coordinated attack that included bombing the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israeli authorities said Wednesday. 8. According to The Los Angelese Times, Drive-by assailants gunned down five police officers at a checkpoint in the south of Egypt early Thursday, state media reported, in the most serious attack against security forces in nearly a month. 9. According to Fox News, An independent board tasked with reviewing National Security Agency surveillance called Thursday for the government to end its mass data collection program and "purge" its files, declaring the program illegal in a major challenge to President Obama. 10. According to Reuters, South Sudan's government and rebels are scheduled to sign a ceasefire on Thursday, the mediator said, after more than five weeks of fighting that has divided Africa's newest nation and brought it to the brink of civil war. James 1:5 says, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." @UrbanCNN @DanniWhyte

• published: 09 Feb 2014
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