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Today President Joe Biden defended his decision to leave Afghanistan before safely evacuating all remaining U.S. citizens and allies. The president called the mission a "success," and claimed it was time to bring the U.S.'s longest war to a close.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2WL6WIC

Indonesian police arrested a Muslim cleric Thursday and charged him with blasphemy for allegedly insulting Christians. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3Bv0aWc

More sad news was reported in Kaduna state, Nigeria after Fulani Islamic extremists murdered 36 Christians during multiple attacks throughout the month of August.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3gP7KD9

Nineteen years, 10 months, and 23 days after the U.S. mission in Afghanistan began, Army Major General Chris Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, was the last American soldier to leave Afghan soil shortly before midnight in Kabul on Monday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3gPKMvU

A Taliban guard at Kabul’s airport says the last of the U.S. planes have flown out and celebratory gunfire erupted across the Afghan capital marking the symbolic end of 20 years of war. In Washington, the U.S. confirmed the withdrawal of its last troops, which faced a self-imposed Tuesday deadline.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kAAmkF

"One of us is always awake during the night, always walking around and praying, so if the Taliban should come and knock on our door, we should alert everyone." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38oh6Bp

A 16-year-old Christian boy in north India's Bihar state is recovering after he was splashed with acid last week, resulting in burns that covered 60 percent of his body. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3yxNNqu

CBN's Operation Blessing (OB) continues its efforts to bring much-needed relief supplies to thousands of Haitians who were affected by the deadly 7.2 earthquake that struck the island nation on Aug. 14. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2WFghBV

With the deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan less than 24 hours away, the State Department says 250 U.S. citizens are still in the country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3DtWxBN

Rocket fire apparently targeting Kabul's international airport struck a nearby neighborhood on Monday, the eve of the deadline for American troops to withdraw from the country’s longest war after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was hurt. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kDp534

CBN's non-profit humanitarian organization, Operation Blessing (OB) deployed its U.S. Disaster Relief Team early Sunday morning to assist residents in the path of Hurricane Ida. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ypIidC

The U.S. military conducted an airstrike against an ISIS-K vehicle near the airport in Kabul on Sunday, U.S. defense officials said.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kFVypI

The Department of Defense announced the names of the 13 U.S. service members who were killed Thursday as a result of deadly suicide attacks during evacuations out of Kabul, Afghanistan. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38nVwgq

Church leaders and members of the Christian community are working together to raise money for the thousands of people who were impacted by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on Aug. 14. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3DoNIZT

The Taliban is trying to convince the rest of the world that they will respect human rights, including women’s. But the women of Afghanistan aren’t buying this for a second, and neither should the rest of the world. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ypJZrh

CBN's Operation Blessing helps people recover from natural disasters around the world. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kvIvqD

Evacuations out of Kabul are continuing after Thursday's deadly suicide attacks that killed at least 100 people including 13 U.S. service members.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3BiJ0v6

Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover. The U.S. says further attempted attacks are expected ahead of the Tuesday deadline for foreign troops to leave, ending America’s longest war from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2UQ9sfN

Gunmen have released some of the children kidnapped from a school in northern Nigeria back in May, some of whom were as young as 5 years old, the school's head teacher said late Thursday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3gxFGEn

Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday, trying to escape from the Taliban.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2WqJrEv

Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday, trying to escape from the Taliban.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3gDq6al

Four U.S. Marines were killed in a suicide attack Thursday morning at Kabul's airport.  Three other Marines were wounded.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3gx9rFe

The United States, United Kingdom, and Australia are sending an urgent warning to its citizens of an imminent attack by an Islamic State affiliate against thousands gathered at entry points to Kabul's airport  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3BiBiki

The co-founder and president of Afghanistan's only girls' boarding school said Tuesday that dozens of students and staff have relocated to Rwanda. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kqSqOe

Pentagon spokesman confirms explosion outside Kabul airport, no word on casualties. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2WpplKO

European nations offered stark warnings Thursday about the waning days of a massive airlift to bring people out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, with a British official saying an “imminent attack” could target Kabul's international airport. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38ezRqJ

A Christian humanitarian group is responding to the crisis unfolding in Afghanistan as tens of thousands of desperate people, including American citizens, try to escape the authoritarian rule of the Taliban.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3zvTcjr

Airbnb, Inc., the online marketplace for homestays for vacation rentals and tourism activities, is offering free housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees globally and sought more assistance from hosts who rent their property through the home-sharing company.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mu8zFl

Chinese police arrested 28 people, 10 of them children, after they raided a worship service Sunday at Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) in Chengdu. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3DcXBtI

“While we slept, The Nazarene Fund was busy loading planes. This was the second planeload of Afghanistan Christian refugees leaving Kabul.” That was the update from national radio host Glenn Beck, which included a touching picture to go along with the news that scores of Afghan Christians were being led to safety. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2UNfa2a

For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young American soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3gqIPG4

As Americans, Afghans, and others attempt to flee Taliban rule, a Christian humanitarian relief worker who has served in the country for 20 years is hoping to rally people around the world to urgently pray for Afghanistan's tiny Christian community. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3yerN3G

According to the Pentagon, coordination with the Taliban has allowed U.S. forces to widen their perimeter around the Kabul Airport to provide more security for those trying to evacuate. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3msoxzy

A new reward system is being used in China as a way to crack down on Christians who engage in "illegal religious activities." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3gnj49h

Afghanistan's Christian community is in urgent need of prayer as many try to flee the country following the Taliban's stunning takeover of the country last week. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ybNEJp

A firefight at one of the gates of Kabul's international airport killed at least one Afghan soldier early Monday, German officials said, the latest chaos to engulf Western efforts to evacuate those fleeing the Taliban takeover of the country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3j5tYSZ

A firefight at one of the gates of Kabul's international airport killed at least one Afghan soldier early Monday, German officials said, the latest chaos to engulf Western efforts to evacuate those fleeing the Taliban takeover of the country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3j94kwT

The Pentagon called in U.S. commercial aircraft Sunday to help move people that are evacuating from Afghanistan. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ycSkyu

A progressive commentator at MSNBC is using the ongoing chaos in Afghanistan to demonize Americans who oppose abortion. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/385SYmI

A female street preacher in the United Kingdom, who was arrested last year for allegedly threatening members of the public, was exonerated by a district judge. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3D6JxBX

Two Catholic nuns were shot and killed Monday along a highway in South Sudan after attending a celebration at a parish in the Eastern Diocese of Torit. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3y4kMT1

A fire may have destroyed St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Surrey, British Columbia but the faith of its congregants is still strong. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2WdiDYu

The Rev. Franklin Graham issued a call to prayer Sunday for the people of Afghanistan and Americans trying to flee the country, which has fallen into the control of the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. military exit. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3z8y7en

Evacuation flights were paused for about eight hours Friday after the Qatar transit point reached maximum capacity with refugees.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3z73ciO

Evacuation flights were paused for about eight hours Friday after the Qatar transit point reached maximum capacity with refugees.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/382UndK

Edward Graham is the youngest son of Franklin Graham and the grandson of the late evangelist Billy Graham. He's also a graduate of West Point and served several combat tours in Afghanistan as an Army Ranger. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3sBqqec

Two doctors at hospitals treating earthquake victims in Haiti’s capital have been kidnapped, forcing one of the institutions to declare a two-day shutdown in protest, officials said Thursday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Werc5l

If you don't think there are any heroes who took action to save lives right before the Afghanistan debacle, think again.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3AZYDY8

As the Biden administration's catastrophe in Afghanistan shocks the world, blowback is hitting the president hard. His poll numbers are dropping fast – his job approval now at the lowest point of his presidency. The international community is also turning its outrage on Biden in stunning fashion. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3gmbADw

The United States is struggling to pick up the pace of American and Afghan evacuations at Kabul airport, constrained by obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to paperwork problems. With an Aug. 31 deadline looming, tens of thousands remained to be airlifted from the chaotic country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3geXL9R

In Hungary preserving Christian values is a government priority and helping persecuted Christians a moral obligation.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ggCvAE

Now that the Taliban contros Kabul, U.S. military leaders aren't sure all Americans can actually be rescued. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mv1ogb

Congressional Democrats gave President Biden their full backing when he announced plans for an unconditional withdrawal from Afghanistan. After watching it play out, however, many in his party are turning against him. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2UynX82

Earlier this year, the Taliban promised at the negotiating table with the U.S. and its western allies that once they came to power in Afghanistan after 20 years, there would be no retaliation against Afghan citizens who worked for the U.S. military or the Afghan government. But as the Islamic extremists have completed their takeover of the country, initial reports of their brutal atrocities are already being relayed around the world via social media and a few news outlets.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3yZ3ZlT

CBN's Operation Blessing and Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse are among several ministries providing much needed aid to the people of Haiti following Saturday's massive earthquake.  Officials have now raised the death toll from the quake to 1, 419 and the number of injured to 6,000.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3iUYzmk

A Pakistani Christian couple, who spent seven years on death row over false blasphemy charges, safely arrived in Europe last week after they were acquitted in June. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37SCT3E

In an exclusive interview from an undisclosed location, Hamid told CBN News he's very concerned about the future of Afghanistan's tiny Christian community. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2W4GTeS

Iran continues to produce uranium metal, which can be used in the production of a nuclear bomb, the United Nation's atomic watchdog confirmed Tuesday, in a move that further complicates the possibility of reviving a landmark 2015 deal with world powers on the Iranian nuclear program. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3gcs6Gg

In a press briefing, Tuesday, the Pentagon said it now has the ability to evacuate as many as five to nine thousand people a day from Kabul Airport. But as the U.S. focuses on its evacuation efforts, counterterrorism experts warn about who is now flooding into Afghanistan. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3y20MAM

After a full day of dramatic images of Afghans trying to flee the Taliban takeover of Kabul, President Joe Biden addressed the nation. While he stuck by his decision to leave Afghanistan, he offered no explanation for the United States' lack of preparation for the rapid collapse.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mel0oq

Tropical Depression Grace swept over Haiti with drenching rains just two days after a powerful earthquake battered the impoverished Caribbean nation, adding to the misery of thousands who lost loved ones, suffered injuries or found themselves homeless and forcing overwhelmed hospitals and rescuers to act quickly. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2W3IYrV

A young Chinese woman says she was recently abducted from a hotel in Dubai and forced to spend eight days in a detention facility along with two Uyghurs. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3k38i9c

America's 20-year war in Afghanistan is coming to a chaotic end. The Taliban has seized control of the capital of Kabul, effectively completing its campaign to take back the country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2VT2zLu

As humanitarian efforts scramble to find life beneath the rubble, missionaries are asking the rest of the world to pray for Haiti. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2W14ayt

Widespread chaos has consumed Afghanistan now that the Taliban have gained control of the country, inciting fear among religious minorities, including Christians who are worried about an increase in persecution.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3CPvws9

The largest single wildfire in California's history has completely destroyed a Christian Bible camp in the northeastern part of the state.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3CKsDsy

The death toll has climbed to more than 700 after a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti Saturday, injuring at least 2,800 people.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3yQzIpg

The Taliban entered Kabul Sunday with negotiations underway for a peaceful transfer of power. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3m9zdD5

 At least 227 people were killed and hundreds were injured and missing after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, and Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he was rushing aid to areas where towns were destroyed and hospitals overwhelmed with incoming patients. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2VNPYsp

The Taliban seized Mazar-i-Sharif, a major city in northern Afghanistan, Saturday as the Islamic radicals continue an offensive to capture more cities and provinces across the country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37FGZw2

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Haiti on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37FSQdF

Austin Tice, an American journalist, and Marine Corps veteran, was abducted in Syria nine years ago this week.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3g3SUIF

Haiti is in a state of turmoil as the Caribbean country reels from the assassination of its president on July 7. Gangs rule the streets and no one is sure who is the rightful new leader of the country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3AHPMKw

The Scottish government has issued new guidelines to primary schools allowing four and five-year-olds to change genders and decide, without parental consent, what name they want to be called.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3CNWFeY

Austin Tice, an American journalist, and Marine Corps veteran, was abducted in Syria nine years ago this week.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2VVPnoM

The entire country of Afghanistan could fall into the hands of Taliban soldiers as soon as 30-days after Islamic radicals captured three more major provincial capitals today. As insurgents press a lightning offensive now gradually encircling the capital city of Kabul, the Biden administration has been forced to rush 3,000 U.S. troops to help evacuate the U.S. embassy. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3AH3ahM

In Afghanistan's western city of Farah, the Taliban celebrated their take over by dragging the dead body of an Afghan soldier through the streets, chanting "Allah is Great". from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3iDKAB9

The term "energy terrorism" is being used to describe suspicious activity in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz near Iran.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37C5ABZ

The Taliban has seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, and a local Afghan Army headquarters. The Islamic radicals now control nearly two-thirds of the entire country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2U9jb0p

The Taliban has seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, and a local Afghan Army headquarters. The Islamic radicals now control nearly two-thirds of the entire country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3CE96dm

Thousands of migrants are descending on the tiny East European country of Lithuania, and officials there are blaming neighboring Belarus for intentionally causing the crisis. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3AxwCqr

An American pastor is giving $50,000 to help rebuild an orphanage in the Plateau State of Nigeria that was destroyed last week by jihadists known as Fulani herdsmen. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Xa6uU9

Hindu nationalist leaders in India held an anti-Christian rally last week in the Bastar District of Chhattisgarh state, advocating violence against people of faith.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3AqtCMD

Another key city fell to the Taliban on Sunday as American-trained forces continue to collapse and surrender in Afghanistan. Similar scenes happened when the U.S. pulled out of Iraq in 2008, allowing the rise of the ISIS terror group which forced the U.S. military to return. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XfMjEF

The Taliban on Monday took control of another provincial capital in Afghanistan, an official said. The city's fall was the latest in a weekslong, relentless Taliban offensive as American and NATO forces finalize their pullout from the war-torn country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2VDpXw3

It’s a pretty good indicator the moral compass is broken when one of the world’s leading news agencies is asking its viewers if there should exist within the pornography industry an “age-appropriate” category to teach teenagers about “consent and what’s respectful and what’s not.” from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2VDLBR1

The founding pastor of Hillsong Church in Australia, Brian Houston, has been charged with allegedly covering up information about his father’s child sexual abuse offenses. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3AdAlt2

Several villages in Nigeria's Miango District came under a series of severe attacks last weekend, by men identified by locals as Fulani militants. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3fCSmtg

The protégé of Iran’s supreme leader, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in as the country's new president during a ceremony in parliament on Thursday, an inauguration that completes hard-liners’ dominance of all branches of government in the Islamic Republic. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lCryNx

The protégé of Iran’s supreme leader, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in as the country's new president during a ceremony in parliament on Thursday, an inauguration that completes hard-liners’ dominance of all branches of government in the Islamic Republic. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3AfUnmN

A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who said a feud with team officials made her feel she could not safely return home arrived in Austria on Wednesday, part of a journey that could see her settle in Europe to avoid reprisals from her authoritarian government. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3fvGGZd

The hijackers who seized a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman left the targeted ship on Wednesday, the British navy reported, without elaborating. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3fvxP9F

One year ago today, an explosion ripped through the port of Beirut, killing at least 214 people, injuring more than 6,000, and destroying or damaged thousands of homes and businesses. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jiskwl

Churches in Canada have been the targets of vandals and arsonists in recent months. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lwPT7d

High-tech deterrents and a 16-foot wall topped with barbed wire are being used to stop the crush of illegal immigrants flooding across the border. But this is not the U.S. border. This is Greece. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lsS9MY

In light of increasing levels of Taliban violence, the State Department is expanding the pool of Afghans eligible for resettlement. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3rOFzIQ

A Nigerian woman, whose husband was killed by Fulani herdsmen two years ago, is now mourning the loss of her son by the same group of attackers. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3fqQ1S2

Five Christians with Xuncheng Reformed Church in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province Chinese were arrested by authorities last month because they attended the "KL2020 Gospel and Culture" conference more than one year ago. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ljS9Ph

Awoken by gunshots in the middle of the night, Fatima Amadou was shocked by what she saw among the attackers: children. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3xnK8eA

New Zealander Laurel Hubbard — a biological male who identifies as female — thanked the International Olympic Committee this week for “making sport inclusive and accessible.” from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ffFMzB