Thousands Dead in Iran Protests, Video Shows Piled Body Bags
Loading the Audio Player... U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told Parliament on Tuesday that over 2,000 Iranians have been killed after more than two weeks of national protest...
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A Leading Rabbi in the Fight against Anti-Semitism Now Probes Persecution of Christians
For decades, Rabbi Abraham Cooper has fought anti-Semitism through his work at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and that fight is continuing. Recently, though, he was also asked to join the fight against religious persecution around the globe as Vice Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom or USCIRF.
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Terror Groups Threaten Northern Israel in Area around Biblical ‘Mount of Blessing’
The new Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu is promising a tougher line against Palestinian terror groups. CBN News spoke in northern Israel with one expert who is tracking this growing threat to Israel’s security. From Mt. Gerizim in Samaria, known to much of the world as the West Bank, one can see the expanse of land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the book of Genesis. Mt. Gerizim itself is known in scripture as the “mountain of blessing.”Thousands of years later, though, this area is now home to many Palestinian terror groups.
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Four Christians Arrested in Iran
A Christian church leader and his wife are among four Christians arrested in Iran in the last few weeks.
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Radical Muslims Kill Christian after Religion Debate – Morningstar News
A 37-year-old father of four was killed on Jan. 2 after participating in a Christian-Muslim debate in eastern Uganda at which 13 Muslims put their faith in Christ, sources said.
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Iran sentences Belgian to 40 years in prison, 74 lashes
Iran in a closed-door trial convicted a Belgian aid worker of espionage and collaboration with hostile governments, Iranian media reported Tuesday. Olivier Vandecasteele was sentenced to 40 years in p...
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Christian Nationalism Invades Brazil
In this issue of A Public Witness, we look at the role of Christianity in Brazilian politics and consider what the violence on Jan. 8 means for churches. While many reporters and commentators draw comparisons between Jan. 6 and Jan. 8, religion is too often left out of the conversation.
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Afghan Province Bans Women from Seeing Male Doctors: Reports
A province in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan has allegedly passed a measure banning women from seeing male doctors, according to reports
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Andrew Tate’s Arrest Highlights Common Manipulation Tactic Sex Traffickers Use to Exploit Victims
Amid global headlines surrounding the arrest of American-British former professional kickboxer and social media influencer Andrew Tate on charges of human trafficking, an anti-sexual exploitation ...
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Event solidifies IMB partnerships in missions | Baptist Press
Jonas Kang was stuck. Kang, director of the Korea World Missions Association, had several young couples who wanted to be sent as missionaries, but no opportunities to send them.
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FIRST-PERSON: 20 years ago in Yemen, lives given not taken | Baptist Press
A small group of us met Friday night at Layton Avenue Baptist Church in Milwaukee to remember the life and ministry of Kathy Gariety. Along with two other International Mission Board (IMB) medical workers, William Koehn and Dr. Martha Myers, Kathy was killed 20 years ago when a Yemeni man…
