China Releases Three Americans from Lockup
A U.S. State Department spokesperson on Wednesday morning confirmed to WORLD that three U.S. citizens unlawfully detained in China would soon be coming home. The Chinese government agreed to release M...
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Pakistan to Form Coalition Government after Contentious Election
The center-left Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Tuesday night proposed former premier Shehbaz Sharif as their candidate for prime minister. Sharif previously served as p...
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Putin Foe Alexei Navalny Leaned on Christian Faith before Death
Alexei Navalny, Russia s most well-known opposition politician of recent times who died last week, stated publicly that he was a Christian later in life In his public statement during his 2021 trial, ...
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Missile Attack Sets Fire to Commercial Vessel Near Yemen
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center on Thursday reported that international security coalition forces were responding to the attack, which took place in the Gulf of Aden. It advised sh...
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Subversive Are Those Who Mourn
This issue of A Public Witness explores the subversive power of public mourning — like what happened recently after the state murder of Russian political dissident Alexei Navalny — to better understand a Beatitude of Jesus.
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Palestinian gunmen kill a civilian near West Bank checkpoint
Three Palestinian gunmen on Thursday morning fired on cars waiting near a highway checkpoint near the Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, Israeli police said. Security forces killed two of the shoo...
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Ukrainian Priest Found Dead after Being Detained by Russian Forces
The bruised body of a Ukrainian priest who was detained by Russian occupation forces turned up on a village street last Thursday, with an unconfirmed report of a bullet wound to the head, according ...
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Lyle Descendent Hits Out at Rebrand to Remove Bible Link from Packaging
A descendent of Abram Lyle, the devout Christian creator of the Lyle's Golden Syrup tin design, has criticised a rebrand of the product's packaging that removes references to the Bible.
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For Iranian Converts Claiming Religious Persecution, European Courts Require Proof of Faith
Judges across Europe are having a tough time deciding whether asylum-seekers claiming religious persecution are ‘genuine’ Christians.
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2 Americans accused of preaching, conversions at Baptist hospital in India
Authorities in India fined two American citizens for allegedly violating the conditions of their tourist visa by preaching and carrying out conversions a claim their host refutes
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US opposes calls for immediate Israeli withdrawal at world court
A representative for the United States spoke during the third day of testimony before the United Nations International Court of Justice on Wednesday, urging the 15-judge panel to consider the security...
