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The Christian Science Monitor Daily News Briefing provides an editorially curated perspective on important news of the day. Each issue provides a daily commentary from the editors, abridged versions of five key stories, an Editorial, the Christian Science perspective article, and a Top Headlines column. Insights gained from the Monitor can support and strengthen your prayers for the world. For the latest news and 24/7 access to Monitor content, you can also visit CSMonitor.com.

The world has been watching Iran closely since the election of Hassan Rouhani last spring.

Egypt is coming full circle.

Criticism can help. But just as news reports must be fair, so too must criticism.

In a democracy, power is loaned to leaders by the people.

A sharp critique of war

In a surprisingly candid book about national security, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates criticizes the White House under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

For almost 25 years, Saddam Hussein kept the Shiite-Sunni-Kurd divisions of Iraq under control via extreme repression.

While humans can’t directly control the weather, human activity may be doing something about it indirectly.

The Middle East is embroiled in conflict from Lebanon to Iraq.

Keep the war out of Lebanon

Lebanon has been a sea of relative stability during three years of the Syrian civil war.

In the United States, the states are laboratories for testing new laws.