Cuba to Release over 2,000 Prisoners amid U.S. Talks
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‘Christians are living in constant fear’: UK report highlights ‘religious dimensions’ of …
The June 21 report analyzes the reasons behind the violence that began on May 3 in the northeast Indian state, leading to over 100 deaths and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes.
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Pakistan Aims to Try Blasphemy Cases under Anti-Terror Law – Morningstar News
A government concession to demands by a Muslim extremist political party to allow blasphemy charges under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism laws has raised fears of more injustice for those accused under the harsh statutes, sources said.
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Christian family narrowly escape death as home is torched amid ethnic violence in India
On the evening of May 3, an ethnic Christian in northern India s Manipur state received a call from a relative advising her to pack up and leave home with her children immediately Little did she know ...
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Barclays Bank Settles with Christian Counselling Charity after Closing Its Account
Barclays Bank has agreed to pay £20,000 in compensation and legal costs after closing the bank account of a Christian ministry that offers counselling to people struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria.
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7 Dismembered Bodies Found Outside Church in Mexico
Authorities in Chilpancingo, the capital of Mexico s Guerrero state, have reportedly found seven dismembered bodies in an SUV parked outside the San Mateo Catholic Church this past weekend, according ...
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Thousands of Trafficked Southeast Asians Rescued from Online Scams Operation
The Philippine National Police and its anti-cybercrime group on Tuesday raided seven buildings in Las Pinas city. Workers were lured from 18 countries—almost half of the 2,700 workers rescued were f...
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Justin Welby Honors Late OM Founder George Verwer with Posthumous Award for Evangelism and Witness
The late Operation Mobilisation founder George Verwer has been posthumously awarded the Archbishop of Canterbury s Alphege Award for Evangelism and Witness
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Millions Fleeing Sudan or Displaced by Violence, UN says
The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday said that the number of people projected to flee Sudan will likely surpass the previous estimate of one million people. Witnesses and activists say nearly ...
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Former Audi CEO Sentenced over Emissions Scandal
A German court on Tuesday gave Rupert Stadler a suspended jail sentence and ordered him to a $1.2 million fine in connection with Volkswagen’s 2015 diesel emissions scandal. Stadler, who pleaded gui...
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Radical Fulani kill over 150 Christians; 3 pastors among the slain in spate of attacks
Fulani terrorists in Plateau state, Nigeria, killed more than 150 Christians in the first three weeks of June, including a church pastor, sources said
