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From the debate over transgender rights to expressing faith in any segment of society, the cancel culture wants Americans to go "woke." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3dmbfOT

A Nigerian church is asking for prayers for eight of its members who were abducted at gunpoint Friday while traveling to an Easter program in Kafanchan. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3m5djPc

The U.S. now has more than 18,000 unaccompanied minors who crossed the border alone in U.S. custody according to federal agencies.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3sCPuAP

Islamic militants continued their sixth straight day of fighting against the Mozambican army Monday for control of the strategic northern town of Palma, as reports came in that dozens of civilians have been killed and bodies were littering the streets.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3w7Tewp

Salvage teams on Monday set free a colossal container ship that has halted global trade through the Suez Canal, bringing an end to a crisis that for nearly a week had clogged one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3cx3mHd

Egyptian officials announced on Monday that the massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal has been “partially refloated.”  The ship has caused huge disruptions in the global economy after blocking the key waterway for a week.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/31rNxv0

Myanmar security forces opened fire Sunday on a crowd attending the funeral of a student who was killed on the bloodiest day yet of a crackdown on protests against last month's coup, local media reported. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3fAuZkT

Iran and China signed a 25-year strategic deal on Saturday that could threaten the United States’ influence in the Middle East. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3foun1E

Engineers on Monday “partially refloated” the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, a canal services firm said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be fully set free.     from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2O0hSxK

As immigration officials are contending with more than 14,000 unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border, one government agency in California is asking foster parents how many migrant children they can house, including an option for more than 26 kids. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3cwHmMG

The Chinese government announced a number of sanctions Saturday against American religious-rights officials and Canadian officials for condemning the country's abusive treatment of Muslims and other minorities. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3sxOgH0

Two attackers blew themselves up outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, wounding at least 20 people, police said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2PympYI

Perhaps never before has the story of Passover transcended the borders of religion to apply to all my friends in the U.S. Who among us isn’t ready to be done with the phrase, “living through a historic crisis?” from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3w7gURo

Tugboats and a specialized suction dredger worked Friday to dislodge a giant container ship that has been stuck sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal for the past three days, blocking a crucial waterway for global shipping. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/31l5Ylc

A Christian's five-year prison sentence for reposting a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to his Facebook page three years ago has been upheld by an Algerian court.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3tUhqR8

South Korea’s military said North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into its eastern waters on Thursday as it revives its testing activity to expand its military capabilities and pressure on the Biden administration amid a stalemate in diplomacy.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/31dBwcN

Airbnb Inc. is being asked to drop its sponsorship connections to next year's Beijing Winter Olympics by a coalition of 150 human-rights campaigners. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3tS0SJg

Legislators in Spain have passed a law making euthanasia and assisted suicide legal, making it the sixth country in the world, and the fourth in Europe to approve of such practices.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3rniECC

North Korea fired short-range missiles this past weekend, just days after the sister of Kim Jong Un threatened the United States and South Korea for holding joint military exercises. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3fds2Gu

The High Court in Lahore, Pakistan on March 10 changed a convicted Christian's sentence of life imprisonment to the death penalty for allegedly sending a blasphemous text message 10 years ago. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OPs8JT

A Canadian father was arrested earlier this week after he violated a court order banning him from speaking out about his biological daughter’s gender transition. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3tJ9iCH

Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales on Sunday issued more evacuation orders following the worst flooding in decades. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3sbnNig

A peaceful march at dawn on Sunday by medical professionals in Myanmar’s second-biggest city kicked off another day of protests around the country against last month’s coup. Security forces shot dead at least one person at a rally elsewhere. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3f8IxDA

A long-dormant volcano erupted and sent streams of lava flowing down southwestern Iceland for the first time in 800 years Friday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3cXs174

Thousands are expected to celebrate the life and faith of Evangelist Luis Palau during a live memorial service, Saturday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3tIiya6

TOKYO (AP) - Spectators from abroad will be barred from the Tokyo Olympics when they open in four months, the IOC and local organizers said Saturday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38YrnVF

Demons were stalking her every move, cursing and spitting on her, threatening to kill her. Jenny Weaver thought dabbling in the occult as a teenage witch would be "fun" like she saw in the movies. Instead, the torment was so unbearable that Jenny wanted to die. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3cT0MdQ

The Canadian pastor imprisoned for violating COVID-19 mandates put in place by the government will likely be released from jail this week, his attorneys announced Wednesday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bWa2yw

Northern Mozambique's humanitarian crisis is growing rapidly, with nearly 670,000 people displaced by the Islamic extremist insurgency in Cabo Delgado province, international aid groups said Tuesday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3vAMiru

The new Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the U.S. is on pace to reach the highest number of people apprehended crossing the Southern Border in 20 years.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2NssSDW

Gunmen on motorcycles attacked a group of civilians returning from a market day in a volatile corner of Niger, leaving at least 58 people dead and then burning granaries to the ground, the government said Tuesday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3rYgU3R

The new Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the U.S. is on pace to reach the highest number of people apprehended crossing the Southern Border in 20 years.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Q41fSs

It has happened again in Nigeria. Nearly 40 students are missing after gunmen attacked the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Kaduna on Thursday - making this the fourth school abduction in Nigeria since December. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3cFDcAP

When he was first incarcerated in mid-February, Canadian Pastor James Coates was quarantined for two weeks and had only two 15-minute blocks outside his jail cell, according to his wife, Erin. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lhTPGZ

The Vatican decreed Monday that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.” from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3thCKzF

Shared worry about China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region will take center stage when President Joe Biden's defense chief and secretary of state visit Japan for their first in-person talks with their Japanese counterparts. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30GRMCR

From starting a Bible study to challenging yourself with daily scripture readings, there's a new free Bible app that has it all. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OPzpsL

When Evangelist Luis Palau entered hospice care just days ago, he called for his 12 grandchildren one by one, to make sure they would join him in heaven.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30E2AS2

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) condemned cancel culture in an interview this week with Fox News host Trey Gowdy, warning the “final expression” of such a movement can be found in Islamic terrorism. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ll95mj

Millions will be under the threat of severe weather this weekend as a battle between winter and spring will take place on the Plains. A clash between warm and cold air, not uncommon for the month of March, will create the conditions needed for thunderstorms to turn severe through the weekend and even into the beginning of next week. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30Ctqdo

A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and wounded 47 in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, officials said Saturday. Hours later, the U.N. condemned an “alarming” increase in attacks in the country targeting civilians. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ldjsZf

Security forces in Myanmar on Saturday again met protests against last month’s military takeover with lethal force, killing at least four people by shooting live ammunition at demonstrators. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30HT7cm

The authors say they have proof that Beijing is intent on destroying China's Muslim Uighur population as part of a broader campaign to unify the country under one ethnic identity. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3cpNc19

For more than 55 years, Luis Palau sought to carry the gospel to the ends of the earth. This one man reached hundreds of millions of people for Jesus Christ. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3euzMDH

The Chinese government has signaled that it's happy to see Joe Biden in the White House instead of Donald Trump. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3tah8oN

They're known as the women who helped save their city from ISIS. In 2014, a female Kurdish militia in the town of Kobani on the Syrian-Turkish border, handed the Islamic State its first real defeat, helping drive the terrorists out of northern Syria. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3rCltAz

Border officials arrested and encountered more than 100,000 migrants at the U.S. southern border in the last four weeks – the most for the month of February in the past five years. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OAIJjY

Conservative leaders within the United Methodist Church (UMC) have unveiled their plans to form a new denomination. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3v2ZEMK

A fresh surge of migrants on the southern U.S. border is verging on crisis, especially due to the increasing numbers of children now in custody. More than 3,200 minors are in holding facilities – most of them detained in just the last two weeks. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38ocmw6

A fresh surge of migrants on the southern U.S. border is verging on crisis, especially due to the increasing numbers of children now in custody. More than 3,200 minors are in holding facilities – most of them detained in just the last two weeks. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2N0RraJ

Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president's office said Monday, with both having only mild symptoms of the illness. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3qsYAyf

Officials from the Biden administration visited the Southern Border over the weekend as the number of immigrants coming into the U.S. has been growing. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OAj8aY

A Canadian pastor will remain in police custody for several more months following his arrest on Feb.16 for holding in-person worship services. Authorities won't release him unless he consents to run his church the way they tell him to. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30q2EF2

Pope Francis returned to Rome after a whirlwind visit to Iraq.  The pope’s visit stirred the hopes of Christians who for years have suffered at the hands of Islamic groups like the Islamic state.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3rEVVmk

Pope Francis returned to Rome after a whirlwind visit to Iraq.  The pope’s visit stirred the hopes of Christians who for years have suffered at the hands of Islamic groups like the Islamic state.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3v2dQpj

Pope Francis on Monday wrapped up his historic whirlwind tour of Iraq that sought to bring hope to the country's marginalized Christian minority with a message of coexistence, forgiveness and peace. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3qpEftF

Police in Myanmar’s ancient former capital, Bagan, opened fire Sunday on demonstrators protesting last month’s military takeover, wounding several people, according to witness accounts and videos on social media. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kWEbAr

Myanmar’s security forces have killed scores of demonstrators protesting a coup. The new junta has jailed journalists — and anyone else capable of exposing the violence. It has done away with even limited legal protections. The outside world has responded so far with tough words, a smattering of sanctions, and little else. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3eieDfQ

Sergey Rakhuba of Mission Eurasia, a ministry that supports the church in the former Soviet Rupublics, says Nalvany found God as he was facing great challenges and "fighting for his life." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3c9CE5Y

As Isis approached a town called Kobani, a group of Kurdish female fighters, armed with AK-47's and a lot of courage, were determined not to let ISIS take their town, homes or their families. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3c3141f

The turnaround provided hope, an ability to keep going, and strength to forgive and even befriend the guard who regularly beat him. It also gave him the courage to boldly proclaim his faith in front of his accusers and an Iranian judge. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3sYgQ4l

"Imprisoned for Christ" shares the stories of three Christian workers who were put in prison for their faith and suffered torment at the hands of their pastors. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3blEHou

Pope Francis has arrived in Iraq on a visit to rally the country’s dwindling Christian community after decades of war. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ebapql

Officials in New Zealand issued a tsunami warning for coastal areas after a shallow, powerful earthquake struck off the northeastern coast on Thursday night. There were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bdpIwW

Wycliffe Bible Translators says the COVID-19 pandemic displaced some of its staff but that the urgent work continues as 1.5 billion people still do not have the full Bible available in their language. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3c1qWuf

Christian Pastor Bulus Yikura of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) has been released by his abductors after being held captive since Dec. 24, 2020. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bRuPli

At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3uMOcVD

A report published in Nature Climate Change claims carbon emissions fell drastically during COVID-19 related lockdowns. In order to meet goals set forth in The Paris Agreement, they say, a pandemic scaled lockdown would be needed once every two years in order to maintain “safe” temperature levels. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bXnRvf

Four Christians in Venezuela were the victims of a recent attack in which they were beaten with sticks, repeatedly cut with knives, and forced to eat pages torn out of a Bible.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/387i98O

Myanmar security forces shot and killed at least eight people Wednesday, according to accounts on social media and local news reports, as authorities extended their lethal crackdown on protests against last month’s coup. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kG4Zom

A Christian pastor who was abducted from northeastern Nigeria in December by Islamic extremists reportedly says in a video that they will kill him on Wednesday (March 3) if their ransom demands are not met. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Pwdt6l

The family of renowned evangelist Luis Palau shared some sad news on Monday, revealing that his health is failing and that he's been placed on hospice care. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3uKSkoR

A court in Pakistan has granted bail to a Christian convicted of committing blasphemy in 2018 while he was still a teenager.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bW2hr6

Police in Myanmar continued their violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters Tuesday, repeatedly using tear gas and rubber bullets against crowds demonstrating against last month's overthrow of their fledgling democracy.    from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3uPISk3

The Biden administration announced sanctions of Russian officials and businesses Tuesday related to the poisoning and jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose detention drew tens of thousands of protesters out into the streets of Russian cities this winter. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2NM7iKU

Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state’s governor said Tuesday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ObNG2C

A Christian pastor who was abducted from northeastern Nigeria in December by Islamic extremists reportedly says in a video that they will kill him on Wednesday (March 3) if their ransom demands are not met. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3dZSeUC

Due to the second wave of COVID-19, CBN recently re-launched its weekly online Superbook Sunday School lessons in Thailand on Facebook and Youtube.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3sCxg23

A Canadian church was ordered to pay $83,000 by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice following an in-person church service in January with more than 10 people. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3r5y67e

Myanmar witnessed its bloodiest day Sunday after police in the Southeast Asian country used live ammunition, water cannon, tear gas, and stun grenades against pro-democracy protesters. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3dXXgRy

Myanmar witnessed its bloodiest day Sunday after police in the Southeast Asian country used live ammunition, water cannon, tear gas, and stun grenades against pro-democracy protesters. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Occ7Nm