When it comes to churches growing in predominantly Muslim or Buddhist nations which countries are seeing the biggest increase? According to Jason Law with World Compassion, the church in Iran is growing exponentially.Read More
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A lot of security experts say Russian President Vladimir Putin will not stop at Ukraine but Moldova may be his next target. Some, including our foreign affairs expert Lisa Daftari, believe that Putin is interested Read More
Tensions continue to rise between Russia and Ukraine as the threat of an invasion seems imminent. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says thousands of Russian troops continue to line up along the Russian/Ukrainian Read More
As tensions continue to heighten between Ukraine and Russia with a potential Russian invasion, a second shipment of U.S. weapons has arrived in Ukraine. The weapons are part of a 200-million dollars security assistance Read More
Texas has an open carry policy which means people can legally carry guns. We asked American journalist, Lisa Daftari, why the standoff at the Texas synagogue took more than 10 hours considering congregants at the synagogue Read More
U.S. correspondent, Lisa Daftari, says the search continues following Friday’s devastating tornadoes in Kentucky which left around 80 people dead and more than 100 others unaccounted for.Read More
Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says when it comes to keeping safe during a pandemic there appears to be some hypocrisy involving certain politicians including the California Governor.Read More
We are learning now that police have arrested a suspect in connection with the attack where a driver drove his SUV into a crowd at a Christmas parade in Wisconsin killing five and injuring 40 others. Read More
When it comes to today’s military, most people would associate the United States with having one of the most powerful armed forces in the world. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, says China apparently Read More
A Canadian who allegedly narrated English ISIS recruitment videos is facing charges in the U.S. plus the power may be turned off in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, as the Taliban have apparently not been Read More
One of the issues surrounding our prime minister’s leadership was how Canada dealt with China when the two Michaels were held captive for more than a thousand days. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, Read More
Reports have surfaced that Iran is now training new terror groups to operate attack drones. Apparently the Islamic Republic is also training militias from Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. Our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, shares Read More
Foreign Affairs Expert, Daftari, explains why Lebanon could become a
Lebanon is going through one of the worst economic depressions in its history. More than 50 percent of the country’s population now lives in poverty and the Lebanese currency has plummeted by 90 percent. Our foreign Read More
Human smuggling is up in U.S. says foreign affairs expert.
Even though there is a pandemic on it hasn’t slowed down the human smuggling trade. Our foreign affairs expert Lisa Daftari points to the recent example where four people died and 24 others were injured Read More
This week Lisa chats with BCN’s Hal Roberts about China mixing COVID-19 vaccines to increase their effectiveness, the death toll rising in Myanmar since their military coup and the relationship between the U.S. Read More
Will COVID Vaccination Passports become the new normal? Political reporter,
Certain countries are looking at potential COVID-19 vaccine passports to show that in fact you have been inoculated against the virus. The term COVID passport does not sit well with many here in North America Read More
The new China/Iran deal will not be good for the
China and Iran have signed a cooperation agreement for 25 years. The deal will include Chinese investments in key sectors such as energy and infrastructure. I asked our foreign affairs expert, Lisa Daftari, what kinds of Read More
Foreign Affairs Update with Lisa Daftari Mar. 23rd, 2021
It appears that many Central Americans view the United States as the land flowing with milk and honey. You don’t have to look any further than the caravans of people slowly migrating their way Read More
Our foreign affairs correspondent, Lisa Daftari chats with BCN’s Jeannette Rocher about NY’s Governor refusing to resign despite sexual assault allegations…the significance of the Pope’s visit to Iraq…and President Biden Read More