Globe Trot: ISIS now using chemical weapons in Iraq

IRAQ: Islamic State used chemical weapons in an attack on Kurdish forces near Sinjar—the city once the center of Yazidi life—on Feb. 11, firing 30 mortar rounds that so far have resulted in no deaths. Separately, a European watchdog group confirmed ISIS used chemical weapons in attacks on Kurdish troops south of Erbil last year. If ISIS obtained the material in Syria, the news suggests the Syrian government didn’t give up all its chemical arsenal under an agreement reached in 2013 to ward off U.S. action.

CHINA: The pastor of China’s largest official Protestant church has been detained, along with others in a government crackdown that for the first time since the Cultural Revolution is extending to recognized places of worship. Gu Yuese, who leads the 10,000-member Chongyi Church, was arrested after voicing opposition to government removal of crosses from church buildings. Since 2013, Beijing authorities have forcibly removed more than 1,500 crosses from church buildings.

UGANDA: Violence looms as Ugandans go to the polls in nationwide elections, and opposition increases against President Yoweri Museveni, who has held power for more than 30 years. Flights leaving Uganda have been full for weeks, one missionary reports, as locals escape potential unrest.

WESTMINSTER is the second-longest running sports event in the country (after the Kentucky Derby), and with dog breeds represented from all over the world, the unrivaled champions throughout its history—terriers—may represent the most storied of sports dynasties. A German shorthaired pointer won last night's coveted Best in Show award.

STAT: American churches spend four and a half times more on overseas global health than the Gates Foundation, according to Karl Zinsmeister, journalist and vice president of the Philanthropy Roundtable, in an interview with WORLD editor-in-chief Marvin Olasky. Zinsmeister is a personal hero, long-time editor of the great American Enterprise magazine (published 1990-2006) and the first to publish a book on his stint as an embedded journalist in the Iraq war. The whole interview is worthwhile.