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Human Rights Watch adds to condemnation of China over church arrests
Chinese authorities should 'immediately release' a pastor detained in the southwestern city of Chengdu and dozens of members of his congregation taken into custody with him, Human Rights Watch has said.
Christian Aid slams British 'double standards' over war in Yemen
Christian Aid has accused the UK government of 'double standards' in its engagement on war and peace and demanded that it stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia among other states.
'We are beginning to rebuild everything,' says Syrian pastor
A pastor who has stayed in the Syrian city of Aleppo through years of conflict is hopeful for the future despite all the devastation.
Trump signs bipartisan legislation protecting aid for religious minorities in Iraq and Syria
Surrounded by religious leaders and respected religious freedom advocates, Trump signed on Tuesday the Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act, bipartisan legislation that has taken nearly two years to pass in order to ensure support for religious minorities displaced in Iraq and Syria and accountability for IS terrorists responsible for the genocide.
Let parents block graphic content on internet streamed movies and TV shows, family group tells Congress
The Parents Television Council is campaigning for Congress to allow technology platforms like VidAngel or ClearPlay to be block sexual scenes and other graphic content on movies and TV shows streamed over the internet.
8-year-old stopped from talking about the Bible during class show and tell
An 8-year-old boy was shut down by his school teacher when he tried to talk about the Bible during his class show and tell, says his parent.
Breitbart accuses Google of blocking its ad revenue
Google employees considered blocking Breitbart on 'moral grounds', the right-wing news outlet has alleged.
People 'have not been listened to' on Brexit, says Bishop of Leeds
The Bishop of Leeds has called for a cross-party solution as Westminster continues to fight over the terms of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.
San Francisco pumps $215k into world's first ever 'transgender cultural district'
A part of downtown San Francisco popular with the trans community is being touted as the world's first ever 'transgender cultural district'.
A slap on the wrist: Justice, from the Holocaust to Rwanda to Nineveh
What hope is there that survivors of recent genocide in Iraq, the Christians and the Yezidis, will see their persecutors, Islamic State, arrested and charged with genocide?
Franklin Graham: We need to be 'very, very careful' before we change Lord's Prayer
Italian bishops are mulling a change to the Lord's Prayer from 'lead us not into temptation' to 'abandon us not when in temptation'
Pakistan furious at blacklisting by US for religious freedom violations
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Tuesday added mainly Muslim Pakistan to the US list of 'countries of particular concern'.
US returns church bells looted after Philippines massacre
Church bells taken as war trophies by US forces more than a century ago arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday.
French police hunt Strasbourg Christmas market attacker
France raised its security threat to the highest alert level, strengthened border controls and asked people around Strasbourg to stay put as police searched for the suspect.
'They were all praying': 5 dead in Brazil cathedral shooting
Police identified the shooter as Euler Fernando Gandolfo, 49, a systems analyst with no criminal record.
GAFCON chairman tells orthodox Anglicans to have courage
Archbishop Nicholas Okoh said the need for courage 'has become greater as the number of provinces rejecting the authority of Scripture grows'