Islamic State down to less than 1% of original caliphate: U.S.-led coalition

BEIRUT - Recent gains by Kurdish-led forces in Syria have shrunk the Islamic State group’s “caliphate” to less than one percent of its original size, the U.S.-led coalition said on Thursday.

Maj. Gen. Christopher Ghika, the coalition’s deputy commander, described the size of the last patch of land held by the jihadists as “now less than one percent of the original caliphate.

The coalition and allied Kurdish forces have captured “approximately 99.5 percent” of IS-controlled territory, he said in a statement.

At its height, the jihadi proto-state proclaimed by IS in Syria and Iraq in June 2014 was roughly the size of Britain.

But it has since lost most of that territory to various offensives.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/08/world/islamic-state-less-1-original-caliphate-u-s-led-coalition/

Oil workers flee Venezuela's crisis for a better life

PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela (AP) - Nieves Ribullen, a Venezuelan oil worker sick of struggling to get by as his country falls apart, is betting it all on far-away Kurdistan to give his family a better life.

Over the years he's watched dozens of co-workers abandon poverty wages and dangerous working conditions at the rundown complex of refineries in Venezuela's Punto Fijo for jobs in far-flung places like Kuwait, Angola and Chile.

Now it's his turn. Leaving his wife and three children behind, he'll soon ship out to Kurdistan, where he expects to earn more than $3,500 a month - a fortune compared to the less than $20 he brings home monthly in Venezuela.

"I only earn enough to buy a kilo (2 pounds) of meat and one chicken each month," Ribullen said. "We're in chaos."

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/world/oil-workers-flee-venezuelas-crisis-for-a-better-life/916509040

Indonesia finds 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a house

Indonesian police found 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a shop house after human traffickers had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia, an immigration official said on Thursday.

The men entered Indonesia as tourists via Bali and the city of Yogyakarta with the intention of going to Malaysia for work, North Sumatra’s immigration chief said.

“They are victims of human trafficking and were lured here,” Fery Monang Sihite said by telephone, adding that the men had been locked up in Medan on the island of Sumatra.

The men, who were described as in a healthy condition when they were found on Tuesday night, had been taken to an immigration detention center and would be sent back to Bangladesh, Sihite said.

https://www.daily-sun.com/post/369788/2019/02/08/Indonesia-finds-193-Bangladeshis-locked-up-in-a-house

Awami League leader killed in Sirajganj road crash

A local leader of ruling Awami League was killed as a truck hit him on Bogura-Nagarbari road at Chariashikar area of Ullahpara upazila in the district on Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Abdul Jalil, 54, of Patdhari village in the upazila and general secretary of AL Patdhari ward unit.

Shahin Reza, Sub-inspector of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station said a truck hit Jalil leaving him severely injured in the morning while he was crossing the road.

Later in the noon, the victim succumbed to his injuries after taking to the hospital, he said.

https://www.daily-sun.com/post/369121/2019/02/05/Awami-League-leader-killed-in-Sirajganj-road-crash

>>5075283

You are wrong

Hebrews 9:27

“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”

>>5075323

German word of the day: Unkaputtbar

>>5075496

you are wrong.. not about the catholic church but about God and his ability to keep his word pure for all generations.. please do the research in the difference

List of New Testament verses not included in modern English translations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Testament_verses_not_included_in_modern_English_translations

1 Peter 1:23

“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”

>>5075577

Who are they and what do they know.. your so-called sources are lying to you

>>5075624

1 John 4:1

“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

>>5075622

It has been corrupted

To the Biblically ignorant reader, the Book of Enoch might have an appeal; but to a believer grounded in the Scriptures, the Book of Enoch is packed full of heresy. For example:

The Bible never mentions an angel named Phanuel, let alone an angel who is set over the repentance of those who inherit eternal life. What blasphemy! That statement in itself contradicts everything the Word of God teaches. We read in 1st Timothy 2:5 that Jesus Christ is the ONLY Mediator between God and men, not some angel named Phanuel… "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." Repentance is strictly between a man and Jesus Christ alone. Only Jesus died for our sins, and shed His blood to pay for them (1st Peter 1:18-19); therefore, we must be diligent to guard and defend against LIARS and imposters who would lead people to believe otherwise. 1st John 2:22 clearly indicts all Christ-deniers as LIARS, guilty before God.

Was the Son of Man named? When was Jesus named in Heaven? This is an attack on the deity of Jesus. Jesus Himself claimed in Revelation 1:8, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." Jesus is Eternal, without beginning or end. Head of Days? Lord of Spirits? These terms are NOT found in the Bible. IF the Book of Enoch were valid, composing well over 100 chapters, there should be numerous New Testament references to it; but there aren't. Although some people claim that the Bible quotes the Book of Enoch over 100 times, this is simply not true. Just as the Qur'an, the Book of Enoch borrows from the Word of God. In sharp contrast to the Book of Enoch, the New Testament often quotes the Book of Genesis.