Council Accused of ‘unprecedented’ Use of Powers to Silence the Gospel
Christian Concern has suggested that a local council has made an unprecedented use of public-order powers to silence the preaching of the Gospel
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Ukrainian family sees God’s hand in journey to Tennessee | Baptist Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (BP) – Points along new Carson-Newman University professor Vova Gorbenko’s journey from Ukraine to Tennessee are marked with air raid sirens, explosions, bitter temperatures and a 20-hour drive under the cover of night. The details sound much like they were ripped from a movie plot. But for…
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Biometric Blockade: Political Critics Could Have Bank Accounts Frozen as Governments Trend Toward Total Control
Pakistan's interior minister is warning that outspoken critics of the current government could find their biometric identity cards blocked, leaving them without access to their bank accounts.
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Russian Rockets Kill 15 in Attack on Train Station
In addition to the fatalities, fifty more Ukrainian citizens were wounded in Russia’s celebration of Ukraine’s Independence Day—and the war’s six-month anniversary—on Tuesday, said Ukrainian...
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“Large-scale” Military Offensive Begins in Ethiopia
Authorities in the ethnic region of Tigray and the Ethiopian government on Wednesday traded blame for starting the fight. The offensive sets back mediation efforts for the conflict, which have been o...
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Several Nigerian Schoolgirls Missing Since 2014 Boko Haram Abduction Found Alive
More than eight years after Boko Haram terrorists took 276 schoolgirls hostage from their dormitory in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, about 100 are still suspected missing. But Christian Solidarity International (CSI), a religious liberty and human rights advocacy organization, reports that in recent weeks the Nigerian Army has located several former schoolgirls who …
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Supreme Court of Pakistan Grants Bail in Blasphemy Case – Morningstar News
In an unprecedented move by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, a two-member bench on Tuesday (Aug. 23) granted bail in a blasphemy case, with one of the justices expressing concern over blatant misuse of the law, the attorney of the accused said.
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Christian Parents Denied Custody of 12-Year-Old Daughter Kidnapped in Pakistan
Refusing to review evidence from a Christian couple trying to recover their 12-year-old daughter after she was allegedly kidnapped and forced to convert and marry, a judge in Pakistan last week ...
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Terrorists Kill Christian Lawyer, Kidnap Nuns in Nigeria
Islamic terrorists in southern Nigeria kidnapped four nuns on August 21, three days after suspected Fulani herdsmen shot a Christian attorney to death in the country's northwest, sources said.
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Extending ‘DIY’ Home Abortions ‘puts women in greater danger”
The government has come under fire from Christians for making the pills by post abortion service permanent.
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Churches Worldwide Urged to Pray for End of Russian Invasion on Ukraine’s Independence Day
As Wednesday marks Ukraine s Independence Day, Christian nonprofits and churches are continuing to assist those left devastated by the Russian invasion as Christians worldwide are being urged to set ...
