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After a failed attack on a local pastor's house in Kaduna State, Nigeria, in which shots were fired, Islamic extremists abducted four other people from their homes instead.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2EOJGjJ

Operation Blessing has partnered with Heart for Lebanon to provide much-needed aid for victims of the recent explosion in Beirut.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2DiVkTI

Christians in India are facing horrific levels of violence from Hindu radical extremists. This deadly campaign coincides with an Indian government agenda to turn the country into a Hindu nation.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32EoUeR

Rescue efforts ended at a two-story restaurant in a northern China village that collapsed during an 80th birthday celebration for a resident, leaving 29 dead, authorities said Sunday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lAxtAi

Renowned pastor and Christian author Tim Keller said early Friday morning God “has heard” the words of those praying for him as he battles pancreatic cancer, revealing via Twitter the treatments have been effective. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2QEWDPD

Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, intends to leave office because of declining health, according to his political party.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jsfWIF

Samuel Chu, a naturalized American citizen, pro-democracy activist, and a pastor's son, woke up in his Los Angeles, California apartment last month to discover a warrant had been issued for his arrest by Hong Kong police.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YGN1sf

Winter is ending in the Southern Hemisphere and country after country, from South Africa to Australia to Argentina, had a surprise – their steps against COVID-19 also apparently blocked the flu.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2D4OPDL

Christian leaders are speaking out against the conspiracy theory known as QAnon, proclaiming that the movement is trying to infiltrate the church with its disturbing beliefs. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/34w1Stk

Nigeria is facing a serious threat from Islamic terrorist groups. Militant Muslims are waging an insurgency to overthrow the government and rid the country of Christians.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32uo18C

President Trump may have ended the Islamic State caliphate in the Middle East, but the Philippines is still struggling to rid their nation of ISIS influence.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3aWruRp

President Trump may have ended the Islamic State caliphate in the Middle East, but the Philippines is still struggling to rid their nation of ISIS influence.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YtkJRZ

A 16-year-old girl, a father of nine children, and a church pastor were among 11 Christians killed by Muslim Fulani extremists last week in the southern part of the Kaduna state of Nigeria. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2EsI8Mj

Hospitals in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region were directed to perform late-term abortions and kill newborn babies as a way to enforce the communist country's family planning rules. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32gxNv0

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconverted another historic Byzantine church into a mosque on Friday just weeks after opening the iconic Hagia Sophia to Muslim worship. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lgvLUa

Muslim militants allied with the Islamic State group set off a powerful motorcycle explosive followed by a suicide bombing that together killed 14 people on Monday, many of them soldiers, in the worst extremist attack in the Philippines this year, military officials said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32lS5Df

Tropical Storm Marco swirled over the Gulf of Mexico Sunday heading for a possible hit on the Louisiana coast as a hurricane. Tropical Storm Laura battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti and headed to the same part of the U.S. coast, also as a potential hurricane. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32hPtXc

I can still taste the dust in the air two weeks after the massive explosion that devastated my city, Beirut. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3l962gq

Several dozen aging U.S. veterans, including some who were in Tokyo Bay as swarms of warplanes buzzed overhead and nations converged to end World War II, will gather on a battleship in Pearl Harbor next month to mark the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender, even if it means the vulnerable group may be risking their lives again amid the coronavirus pandemic. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3l5D7Ki

On August 22, the United Nations (UN) will recognize the second annual "International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief," as a way for states to increase their efforts in raising awareness on violence and discrimination against people based on their religion or belief. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Ei20lh

It's becoming increasingly difficult for Christians to practice their faith in Communist China as persecution escalates against the faithful. Now authorities are targeting online Bible studies. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/34mC16Q

The United States on Thursday demanded that virtually all of the previous UN sanctions against Iran be restored, citing the Islamic republic’s failure to abide by the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal – known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2EjCYlJ

As the world continues to condemn the violence against Christians in West Africa by Muslim Fulani extremists, reports indicate 37 Christians have been killed in Nigeria's Kaduna state so far this month.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2EbIoPR

Hindu radicals are brutally attacking Christians for no other reason than for their faith.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2DWCgLr

The Chinese government continues its relentless attack against Christians by forcing them to abandon their faith and beliefs. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3iUNlLP

An Islamist rebel group affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and backed by Turkey has arrested a Christian Syrian teacher for refusing to surrender his school building for Islamic training. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3iRZlxE

August 17 marks the twentieth anniversary of the CBN News Bureau in Jerusalem, which has grown from a tiny office to a global outreach. Bureau Chief Chris Mitchell takes a look back. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/323JHZf

Sweden is one of the few European countries that has not placed restrictions on citizens during the coronavirus pandemic. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2DZtE6r

Pastor Said Deeb of Life Center Church in Beirut said the day of the massive explosion, a strange feeling came over him – a combination of anxiety, anger and sadness that shook him to the core.  He said he prayed with his staff but didn't get a break-through and couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3iK0tTA

During President Trump's daily briefing on Thursday, he was asked how the historic peace accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates would help struggling and persecuted Christians in the Middle East.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/33ZnQ7Q

The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S., a U.S. military official said Thursday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2DViK1t

Russia on Tuesday became the first country to clear a coronavirus vaccine and declare it ready for use, despite international skepticism. President Vladimir Putin said that one of his daughters has already been inoculated. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2DQhUms

The next wave of persecution against Chinese Christians has escalated as government officials are now forcing house churches to join the Three-Self Church which is run by the state.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3fM3W26

At least 33 people were killed in attacks by Islamic extremists on five Christian communities in the southern Kaduna state of Nigeria over a two-day period last week. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3gXNP3f

Pakistani girl kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to marry older Muslim man devestated by judge's ruling upholding the marriage. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3irnRFB

Six long years - remembering August 3, 2014 - the day ISIS began its genocide against the Yazidi people. The horror is still within our recent memory, and the survivors are still in need of help. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3acqQP5

An ongoing campaign of terror against Christians has been waged across northern Africa in recent weeks, leaving several hundred Christians murdered in at least three African countries from South Sudan to Cameroon. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3iaOzlq

As President Trump works to lessen the dependence on trade with China, Beijing is busy forming new friendships. One strategic partnership may prove especially troublesome for the United States. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ig6R4Q

Christian congregations have been told by the Religious Affairs Bureau in Zhengzhou, the capital city of the central province of Henan, that they must meet strict guidelines in order to be allowed to open for in-person worship services once the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. The primary rule -- loyalty to the Communist Party.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/39WlR58

On the heels of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) praising China for becoming “a respectable nation” — a line trumpeted by Beijing — local government authorities in the communist country are continuing to ransack churches, tearing down crosses and other Christian symbolism. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30vFlKP

A massive explosion shook Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday wounding a number people and causing widespread damage.     from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30rXR6I

A double-decker bus was packed with harmonizing singers on board who were praising Jesus as they drove through the streets of London last weekend.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2D9QtEo

Locust swarms have invaded Russia's southern regions causing colossal damage to the local agriculture. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3k77PCj

Todd White’s faith has changed quite radically in just a matter of months. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Pk7Lkk

Radical activists in Portland, Oregon, burned Bibles and the American flag in front of a federal courthouse this weekend. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/33fzjjf

You've probably never thought about a bag of groceries as having "power." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/39K3mR8