Ugandan religious leaders are urging calm as the country prepares for elections on Jan. 15, following a nationwide internet shutdown that has cut major communications networks. Authorities blocked internet access on Jan. 13, just days before President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, seeks his seventh term in office.
Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi said Monday that Ukraine has reclaimed 40 percent of the territory that Russia has occupied since it invaded in February. Russian force...
Over the past year, numerous high-profile passings made headlines – from heroic history-makers to prolific entertainers, they all made a profound impact on our world.
One Christian was killed and 53 were kidnapped on Christmas Day in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, after more than 40 Christians were slain in the week leading up to the holiday, sources said
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir made his first visit Tuesday to the Temple Mount as a cabinet member in the Israeli government. He dismissed warnings from Hamas leaders that such a visit would be a "detonator" in the Middle East, and said after his visit, “Our government will not surrender to threats from Hamas.” U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides criticized the visit, calling changes to that status quo on the Temple Mount "unacceptable."
CLINTON, Miss. (BP) – Bobbye Simmons Rankin, wife of former Southern Baptist International Mission Board President Jerry A. Rankin, died Jan. 2 in her home state of Mississippi. She was 78. Bobbye served with her husband more than 20 years as a missionary to Asia before he was named IMB…
One Christian was killed and 53 were kidnapped on Dec. 25 in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria after more than 40 Christians were slain in the week leading up to Christmas.
Church Mission Society has praised one of its partners after she was included in the King's New Year Honour list for her work to end violence against women and girls.