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Korean Christians beg Trump, Kim to step back from the brink

Korean Christians have warned of the risk of war on the peninsula because of rising tensions between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's President Kim Jong Un.

Franklin Graham\'s Operation Christmas Child volunteers killed in tragic Madagascar bus crash
Franklin Graham's Operation Christmas Child volunteers killed in tragic Madagascar bus crash

Several volunteers for Franklin Graham's Operation Christmas Child were among those killed in a fatal bus crash in Madagascar last Tuesday.

Why August 10 is a \'black day\' for India\'s Dalit Christians and Muslims
Why August 10 is a 'black day' for India's Dalit Christians and Muslims

Today, August 10, is marked as a 'black day' for Dalit Christians in India, who suffer not only for being a religious minority but for being part of the 'untouchable' caste.

Hyeon Soo Lim\'s church is \'ecstatic\' at his release
Hyeon Soo Lim's church is 'ecstatic' at his release

Canadian Christians are celebrating the release of a pastor who had been held captive in North Korea since 2015.

Is an atheist more likely to be a serial killer? Most people think so
Is an atheist more likely to be a serial killer? Most people think so

Most people around the world presume that serial killers are more likely to be atheists than believers in any god, according to a new study which appears to reveal a 'bias' against non-believers.

Joseph D'Souza: Why the global South is the new heart of Christianity

'I think very strongly that the Church of the global South now has the leadership, the theology and the practical experience of the past colonial era to speak into Western Christianity.'

Pope Francis has the highest Twitter following of all world leaders – but could Trump overtake?
Pope Francis has the highest Twitter following of all world leaders – but could Trump overtake?

Pope Francis currently has the highest Twitter following of all the world's leaders, though Donald Trump could soon overtake him.

Twitter didn\'t delete these hate tweets – so a German-Israeli artist has stencilled them outside its HQ
Twitter didn't delete these hate tweets – so a German-Israeli artist has stencilled them outside its HQ

A Jewish German-Israeli artist who has accused Twitter of failing to delete hate speech tweets has taken matters into his own hands - by stencilling the offending messages on the road in front of the company's Hamburg headquarters.

Canadian Pastor Lim is \'released\' from prison in North Korea, state news agency says
Canadian Pastor Lim is 'released' from prison in North Korea, state news agency says

A Canadian pastor imprisoned in North Korea since 2015 has been released on humanitarian grounds because of his ill health, according to the country's state news agency.

Will imprisoned Pastor Lim be freed? Canadian officials are negotiating in Pyongyang
Will imprisoned Pastor Lim be freed? Canadian officials are negotiating in Pyongyang

High ranking Canadian officials are in North Korea trying to secure the release of a pastor, imprisoned in the pariah state since 2015.

Parents are donating their daughters to be used for suicide bombings in Nigeria
Parents are donating their daughters to be used for suicide bombings in Nigeria

145 girls (if not more) have been used as suicide bombers since January 2017 - many of them donated by their parents. Why do we hardly hear about this in the West?

How one Christian grandma managed to get a million Muslims to come and hear the Gospel in an Islamic country that\'s hostile to Christianity
How one Christian grandma managed to get a million Muslims to come and hear the Gospel in an Islamic country that's hostile to Christianity

A million Muslims came to hear the Gospel being preached in the heart of a country where Christians are regularly thrown in prison for their faith. The missionary who led the outreach shares what it was that made them come and it's genius.

The truth about Christian persecution in India – and it\'s not what you think
The truth about Christian persecution in India – and it's not what you think

Unless there is a sharp turnaround, in the long run Christianity in India is in trouble.

Iraqi Kurdish leader seeks to reassure Christians over independence vote
Iraqi Kurdish leader seeks to reassure Christians over independence vote

The Iraqi Kurdish leader Masud Barzani has sought to assure Christians in the region that they will be protected in the wake of the independence referendum coming on 25 September.

Drought, government neglect and the threat of violence: How high are the stakes in today\'s Kenya elections?
Drought, government neglect and the threat of violence: How high are the stakes in today's Kenya elections?

The former US president Barack Obama has broken his relative silence to intervene, calling for them to be 'peaceful and credible', while faith leaders act as peace negotiators working to prevent the eruption of tribal violence that the country has seen in the past, ahead of the fractious elections.

Cameroon bishop was killed for opposing homosexual clergy, local priest alleges
Cameroon bishop was killed for opposing homosexual clergy, local priest alleges

A Cameroon Bishop who was found dead in June was killed for his opposition to homosexual clergy, a local priest has alleged.