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Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3b2bLBT

Security forces in Myanmar made mass arrests and appeared to use lethal force on Sunday as they intensified their efforts to break up protests a month after the military staged a coup. At least four people were reportedly killed. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3uE09fX

An official says 42 people including 27 students who were abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3aXcQdZ

As the U.S. prepares to re-enter into negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, some say the Islamic Republic's persecuted prisoners must be part of the deal. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3szXUZd

Hundreds of girls are missing after a large group of gunmen raided a school in northern Nigeria early Friday morning, residents say. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kyhjqY

A husband and wife who recently converted to Christianity were bullied then banished from their village in northeast India for refusing to renounce their faith. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3pVkbyV

Christian preacher Voddie Baucham has faced a series of difficult moments recently with his life on the line, but he says God's mercy has allowed him to persevere and overcome these obstacles.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3dFXJHW

During an appeal hearing in Moscow over the weekend, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny unveiled his newfound faith in God as he continues to fight for his freedom and his dream of leading Russia away from the authoritarian grip of Vladimir Putin. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37D0PIE

This week, Jews around the world will celebrate the Holiday of Purim, which commemorates events chronicled in the biblical book of Esther. In our darkest days, if understood correctly, this fascinating story can serve as a beacon of hope and an inspiring call to action. The message of Esther is more relevant today than ever before. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ZEhreE

The eruption of Sicily's Mount Etna Saturday marks the fourth time within the past four days. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3qB6mHf

Sixteen people were killed and a Catholic church burned down when Islamic terrorists attacked a village in the African nation of the Democratic Republic of Congo. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3aGarEJ

James Coates, the lead pastor of GraceLife Church in Alberta, Canada, has been jailed for holding in-person worship services amid ongoing pandemic restrictions. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ZxqG0i

Of any country, Saudi Arabia has about the farthest to go when it comes to religious freedom, however, few countries can boast of the surprisingly significant changes coming out of the kingdom. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bmFjcf

While Communist China moves aggressively to spread its influence throughout the Pacific region and around the world, the government is expanding a crackdown against people of faith at home. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3k6r6E8

The deacon, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he remains in Axum, said he helped count the bodies and assisted with burials in mass graves. He believes some 800 people were killed that weekend at the church and around the city, and that thousands in Axum have died in all.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3s4LEQn

Two Christians in Lahore, Pakistan, have been charged with blasphemy after Muslims objected to their Bible study in a local park last weekend.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3pC0ADL

More than 500 churches in the United Kingdom have joined a nationwide initiative welcoming immigrants from Hong Kong. The legal immigrants are fleeing a Chinese communist crackdown which has taken away the freedom of speech, religious liberties and has landed pro-democracy activists in prison.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37rP4ol

Facebook announced Thursday it has blocked Australians from viewing and sharing news on the platform because of proposed laws in the country to make digital giants pay for journalism. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3s6dv2B

Trailblazing Christian music artist Carman Licciardello, known to fans simply as Carman, has died. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jZuvol

Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State early Wednesday, killing at least one student and abducting more than 40 people including students and teachers, according to officials.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37mSfxH

Christian music artist Carman Licciardello, known to fans as Carman, has died. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3pyCbPO

Christian preacher Voddie Baucham is asking fellow believers for prayers as he and his wife, Bridget, are “walking through the darkest valley we have ever faced.” from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3s2TXMn

Televangelist Frederick K.C. Price, the founder of Los-Angeles based Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC), passed away after battling COVID-19. He was 89-years-old.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3d7CSNi

Widespread protests continue to roil the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar for the third week following a military coup. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37ByDWT

It has been four years since Pastor Raymond Koh was abducted from a street in Malaysia. The kidnapping took place in February 2017 in Kuala Lumpur by a group of masked men. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jTgfxf

Residents in northeastern Japan on Sunday cleaned up clutter and debris in stores and homes after a strong earthquake set off a landslide on a highway, damaged buildings and parts of bullet train lines, and caused power blackouts for thousands of people. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3qmKejD

A Canadian-American pastor, who has lived in Turkey for 19 years, was told to leave the country simply for sharing his Christian faith with others.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3aiKRVS

The Biden administration is receiving backlash for rescinding a rule that former President Donald Trump submitted to the Department of Homeland Security requiring universities in the U.S. to reveal their ties with Confucius Institutes. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2N4ntCN

In today’s troubled world, religious persecution is widespread while anti-Christian abuses are increasing globally. And according to Open Doors’ 2021 World Watch List, Iran is the 8th worst global persecutor of Christians. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2MX65A1

Remember you, too, are loved and wanted by your heavenly Father -- even if you're abandoned by those closest to you. Like Sonya, you and I can have a God-given joy and peace that "surpasses all understanding." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37aAj9k

French politicians, intellectuals, academics, and journalists warn that the "out of control woke leftism and cancel culture" from the U.S. is a threat to France because it attacks the nation's heritage, identity, and even its national security.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jLvKHv

The apologetics ministry founded by the late evangelist Ravi Zacharias, who died of cancer in May of last year, issued a lengthy apology Thursday, following the release of a months-long independent investigation over claims the famed apologist engaged in “sexting, unwanted touching, spiritual abuse, and rape” over the course of many years. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3aUMwQE

CBN News has learned televangelist Frederick K.C. Price, the founder of Los-Angeles based Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC), is fighting against a battle of COVID-19 that has affected his heart, lungs, and kidneys. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/377VsRJ

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman — the one who argued: “one-party autocracy” has “great advantages” when led by the “reasonably enlightened group of people” in China — told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that, while the communist country is guilty of genocide, they at least don’t have to deal with conservative lawmakers or fringe conspiracy theories. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3aLTgA4

Venezuelan Carlos Marrón says the torture he endured supports a United Nations report that Nicolás Maduro’s government committed possible crimes against humanity. Marrón now lives in Miami after escaping from Venezuela where he was jailed.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jD4fzR

From London to Vienna to Stockholm, young migrant men, mostly from Muslim-majority countries, are targeting white women for sexual violence and harassment.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3aa1q6x

Shocking news emerged from the heavily Islamic province of Aceh of Indonesia after reports of two Christian men being flogged for breaking Islamic rules. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Z0gCfY

America's Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) has been the subject of debate and even controversy in recent years. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Z4ptNE

China's communist regime is reportedly taking more steps to indoctrinate young children to ensure they worship the country's communist ruler Xi Jinping instead of God. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2NcHXc2

Within the past month, 70 Christians have been released from three prisons in Eritrea, Africa.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Omlb2e

The cries of "Down with military dictatorship!" still ring through the streets of Myanmar's largest city of Yangon. Along with the protests, thousands of people have demanded the release of the government's leader, Aung Saan Suu Kyi, along with other officials in her party, the National League for Democracy. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jzxFz9

A Christian actress has filed a lawsuit against a London theatre company and her agents after she was dropped from the lead role in a musical for commenting in 2014 that homosexuality is not "right."  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/36PSMYJ

The International Criminal Court says its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, appearing to clear the way for its chief prosecutor to open a war crimes probe into Israeli military actions.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/36IFPzO

Six Nigerian Christian soldiers were allegedly executed in secret by the government on Jan. 25 in the city of Abuja after they were falsely accused of stealing weapons and without being allowed to mount a defense during their "rigged" trial.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3pOfO9P

A religious freedom protest is being planned for Friday in Washington, D.C. on behalf of the persecuted Uyghur group in China. Protesters and religious rights experts say the communist regime has been violating the rights of the Uyghurs, enslaving, killing, and abusing them, forcing them into "re-education" camps on a massive scale. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jiKOfw

Christian leaders in Denmark say religious liberty and the freedoms of speech and expression have come under fire after a proposed law would require leaders of all faiths to translate their sermons into Danish and submit them to the government. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2LqhY0w

CBN News has acquired security camera footage from Myanmar capturing the moment military personnel escorted a former political prisoner from his home. It's the latest arrest of senior politicians and others including the country's de facto leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi since the Myanmar army staged a coup Monday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3oQ2VdT

Islamic terrorists are launching violent attacks against people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Central Africa as innocent men, women, and children are being killed almost daily. In the past month, more than 100 people were murdered, and a majority of them were reportedly Christians. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2MtPV0s

For more than 50 years, Wycliffe Associates has aimed to give people the Word of God in their own language. The company announced on Monday that it saw the completion of more Bible translations in 2020 than in any other single year, despite obstacles created by COVID. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ao6pz6

The United States on Tuesday declared the military roundup of civilian leaders in Myanmar a coup and said it would look for ways to impose more sanctions or other penalties on the country's military and officers. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/36AVYr6