US Officials Attend Opening at Controversial Jerusalem Dig

American officials looked on Sunday as Israel opened a newfound Roman-era street at a divisive archaeological site in east Jerusalem, a move that deepened Palestinian animosity toward the White House’s mediation efforts.

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Trump Announces US-China Trade Truce, Talks to Resume

President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping agreed to a cease-fire Saturday in their nations’ yearlong trade war, averting — at least for now — an escalation feared by financial markets, businesses and farmers.

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'A Sign of Dark Times to Come': Brunson Warns Christians in Turkey Bracing for Persecution

Turkey's church sees trouble ahead. American Pastor Andrew Brunson, testified this week before the US Commission on International Religious Freedom about the coming danger.

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'I Cried All the Way Back to My Room': Bishop TD Jakes Reveals He Almost Quit Ministry, Then This Happened

Bishop T.D. Jakes is one of the most popular and successful Christian leaders in America, and you might think he's happy about all that fame. But in an interview with Steven Furtick from Elevation Church, Jakes admits he almost quit working in ministry at one point.

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Christian Doc Could Lose Medical License for Sharing Faith with Patients

A Christian doctor in England could lose his medical license for interjecting faith into his meetings with patients.

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Prince William: It Would Be 'Absolutely Fine' if My Children Came Out LGBTQ

The Telegraph reports that the future king made his comments during a visit with the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT), a charity that works with homeless youth in London. The charity said it was the first time a member of the royal family visited an LGBTQ youth charity. 

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At the UN, CA Rabbi Tells The World 'We Are All Made by God for a Reason'

A victim of anti-Semitic violence is calling on people across the world to fight darkness with light.

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Christian Village in Mali 'Virtually Wiped Out' After Jihadists Massacre 100 Men, Women, Children

Approximately 100 Christians were massacred by Muslim terrorists in the West African nation of Mali this month. 

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While Iran, US Go Head-to-Head, Iranians Are Turning Their Hearts to Jesus

It may surprise you that the fastest growing church in the world is in Iran.  Yet that’s the assessment of those who have seen and heard the remarkable story of millions turning away from Shiite Islam and turning toward Jesus Christ. 

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Opposition Candidate Repeats Win in Istanbul Mayor’s Race

In a blow to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an opposition candidate declared victory in the Istanbul mayor’s race for a second time Sunday after the government-backed candidate conceded defeat in a high-stakes repeat election.

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Bolton Warns Iran Not to Mistake US 'Prudence' for Weakness

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Sunday that Iran should not "mistake U.S. prudence and discretion for weakness," after the U.S. abruptly called off military strikes against Iran in response to the shooting down of an unmanned American surveillance drone.

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Greek Orthodox Church in US Gets 1st New Leader in 20 Years

The Greek Orthodox church of the United States, a far-flung denomination of 1.5-million members, on Saturday installed its first new leader in 20 years — a lifelong European whose top priority is completing construction of a shrine in New York City linked to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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Trump Orders Military Strike on Iran but Pulls Back at the Last Minute

President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Iran last night. But while the plan was still in its early stages, he pulled back and cancelled the attack.

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Remember Myriam? The Little Girl Who Forgave ISIS Is Back Home, and Forgiving Them All Over Again

Today is World Refugee Day, a time when the world recognizes the plight of 68 million displaced people around the globe. One refugee we introduced to you four years ago was a little girl from Iraq. Myriam's story went viral, touching people around the world.

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Christian Publishers Urge Trump to Not Impose ‘Bible Tax’ in Trade War With China

Book publishers are pleading with President Donald Trump to not impose what they are calling a “Bible tax.”

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Little Girl Traumatized as School Teaches 6-Year-Olds 'There Is No Such Thing as Girls and Boys'

A Canadian family has filed a civil rights complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after their six-year-old daughter became overtly confused when her first-grade teacher taught the class to question their gender. 

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Egyptian Christian Arrested, Home Trashed by Muslims for Allegedly Insulting Islam on Facebook

A Christian man in Egypt has been arrested after being accused of insulting Islam on Facebook. The 25-year-old Coptic Christian, Fady Yousef, was arrested on June 11 near Cairo. 

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Christian Teen's Contagious Courageous Stand, a 'Hostage for Life' for Refusing to Deny Jesus

A mom travels 9,000 miles on a mission to secure her daughter's freedom, held captive because she refuses to deny Jesus as her savior.

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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: The Group Connecting Imprisoned Moms with Their Girls

GEM, Girls Embracing Mothers, is a program that unites girls with their mothers who are behind bars.

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Have We Been Misinterpreting This Popular New Testament Passage?

Every year, around Memorial Day, social media feeds are littered with references to John 15:13, but is it possible we’ve misunderstood what Jesus was saying in the popular New Testament passage?

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Advocacy Group Says Minority Christian Girls in Pakistan Targeted for Rape, Abduction, Forced Conversion

According to Legal Evangelical Association Development (LEAD), a non-profit advocacy group providing legal aid to persecuted minorities, 28 Christian girls became victims of abduction, torture, sexual harassment, rape, forced conversion and forced marriages in Pakistan from November 2018 to June 2019. 

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US Businesses Urge Trump to Negotiate With China, Warn of $1Trillion Loss

The US Chamber of Commerce is calling on the Trump administration to end its trade war with China, warning tariffs could cost $1 trillion over the next 10 years.

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Hong Kong Protesters Sang 'Hallelujah to the Lord' as They Boldly Confronted China

An extradition bill that would have sent criminal suspects to communist China for prosecution seems to be dead for now, but Hong Kong's student protest movement against the heavy-handed rule of Beijing has come back to life.

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'Backdoor Blasphemy Law'?: British Muslim Group Attempts to Get Islamophobia Definition Approved by Govt

Last month after the British government dropped a proposed definition of Islamophobia, the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), the largest Islamic organization in the United Kingdom, called for the ruling Conservative Party to be investigated for Islamophobia.

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China Govt Harvesting Human Organs from Falun Gong, Other Prisoners Also Victims

A year-long study just concluded and released Monday in London by an independent international tribunal concludes that China is killing prisoners in order to harvest their organs. Most of the victims are detainees from the Falun Gong religious movement.  

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Why Are Some German Jews Joining a So-called ‘Nazi’ Party?

The world just celebrated the 75th anniversary of the D-day landings. But in the lifetimes of those who survived the Second World War, anti-Semitism is again a threat to Jews in Germany. 

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Egypt TV Says Ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi Dies in Court

Egypt's state TV says the country's ousted President Mohammed Morsi has collapsed during a court session and died.

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Surge in African Migrants Breaching US Southern Border

A record number of migrants from Africa are illegally entering the US through the southern border. In just one week, the border patrol in one sector detained more than 500 migrants from African nations on the US side of the border. 

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Iran to Violate Uranium Limits on Heels of Oil Tanker Attacks, US Senator Calls for 'Retaliatory Military Strike'

Last week's attack on oil tankers near Iran only heightened tensions from the US who say Iran is to blame. 

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What Caused the Massive, Mysterious South American Blackout?

As lights turned back on across Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay after a massive blackout that hit tens of millions people, authorities were still largely in the dark about what caused the collapse of the interconnected grid and were tallying the damage from the unforeseen disaster.

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Meghan and Harry Release Father’s Day Photo of Baby Archie

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex have released a photograph of their 6-week-old son Archie for Father’s Day.

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Huge Crowds March in Hong Kong, Piling Pressure on Leader

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents, mostly clad in black, jammed the city’s streets Sunday in a vehement show of opposition to proposed legislation that has stoked fears of expanding control from Beijing in this former British colony.

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Sweden: Church in Heavily Populated Muslim Area Targeted a Second Time

A  church located in a heavily populated Muslim migrant area of Sweden was targeted for a second time by bombers early Friday.   

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China Releases Pastor's Wife After Six Months in Jail

The wife of a Chinese pastor was released from jail this week, six months after being arrested with her husband and other church members.  Their church building was also closed by the government.

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Notre-Dame to Celebrate First Mass Since April Fire

The Notre Dame cathedral is holding its first Mass since the April fire that ravaged the edifice’s roof and caused its masterpiece spire to collapse.

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It Was 'Like Hell': Migrants Stepping Over Dead Bodies on Dangerous Jungle Trek North to US

Thousands of migrants hoping to make it to a better life in the US begin their trek in Colombia. From there, they walk through the Darien Gap, a treacherous jungle trail to Panama. 

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New Group Mobilizes Jews, Christians to Fight Anti-Semitism, Christian Persecution

From synagogue shootings in the United States to Christians imprisoned in Iran or China, Jews and Christians are under assault in today’s world. Acts of both anti-Semitism and Christian persecution are rising around the world. But a new organization is challenging the church to confront these acts of hate.   Hoping to bring the two forces together, Susanna Kokkonen has launched Hope for Persecuted Peoples.

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Oil Tankers Targeted Near Strait of Hormuz, 1 Set Ablaze as Iran-US Tensions Spike

Two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were reportedly attacked on Thursday, an assault that left one ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both vessels and the U.S. Navy rushed to assist amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran.

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'Amazing Grace': Ravi Zacharias Says Death Row Brought Him to Tears as He Ministered at Angola Prison

Last week, Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias and others visited Angola Prison in Louisiana, one of the largest penitentiaries in the country. 

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Christians Flee as Islamic Terrorists Murder at Least 19 in Africa's Burkina Faso

At least 19 Christians were killed in an attack June 9 on the village of Arbinda in Africa's northern Burkina Faso, the AFP reports. 

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Captured ISIS Terrorist Reveals Plot to Exploit Weak US-Mexico Border to Unleash Jihad on America

A captured and now repentant Canadian ISIS fighter recently revealed a plot for operatives to travel from Syria and gain entrance into the US through the southern border with Mexico, using active routes taken by migrants.

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Chinese Christians are Memorizing Scripture Because Communist Gov ‘Can’t Take What’s Hidden in Your Heart’

Wayne Cordeiro, pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii, is praying that American Christians become more like Chinese Christians. 

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Australian Police Shut Down 200 Fraudulent Daycare Centers with Links to ISIS

Police in Australia have closed almost 200 daycare centers after finding the private businesses were linked to the Islamic State, motorcycle gangs, and large-scale fraud.

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How This Former Navy SEAL Is Combating the Venezuelan Crisis in His Own Way

Hundreds of cars wait for gasoline inside Venezuela, as tough sanctions and hyperinflation cripple this oil-rich nation's economy. The petroleum infrastructure here is broken and output continues to decline.

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Vatican Rejects Idea People Can Choose or Change Genders; Noted Psychiatrist Agrees

Pope Francis recently went on record again rejecting the idea that people can choose or change their genders, insisting that men and women are the biblical complement to each other in order to make children.

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30 Pentecostal Christians Jailed for Praying in Northeast African Country

The northeastern African nation of Eritrea is continuing its tradition of persecuting any type of Christianity not authorized by the state. 

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Trump Still Hangs Tariff Threat Over Mexico Despite Deal

President Donald Trump on Sunday dangled the prospect of renewing his tariff threat against Mexico if the U.S. ally doesn’t cooperate on border issues, while some of his Democratic challengers for the White House said the last-minute deal to avert trade penalties was overblown.

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Massive Extradition Bill Protest Fills Hong Kong Streets

Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Hong Kong on Sunday to voice their opposition to legislation that would allow people to be extradited to mainland China where they could face politically charged trials.

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Sex Abuse Crisis The Focus as US Catholic Bishops Meet Tuesday

As the Roman Catholic church’s sex abuse scandal grows ever wider in scope in the U.S., bishops convene for a national meeting in Baltimore on Tuesday under heavy pressure to acknowledge their oversight failures and give a larger role to lay Catholics and secular authorities in confronting the crisis.

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Archbishop Didn’t Tell Vatican Whole Story on Fallen Bishop

The archbishop appointed to investigate the former leader of the Roman Catholic Church in West Virginia says he should not have redacted from his report to the Vatican the names of clergy, including himself, who received a portion of $350,000 in cash gifts from Bishop Michael Bransfield.

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Trump Says Tariffs on Mexico Suspended Indefinitely

President Donald Trump announced late Friday that he had suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, tweeting that the country “has agreed to take strong measures” to stem the flow of Central American migrants into the United States. But the deal the two neighbors agreed to falls short of some of the dramatic overhauls the U.S. had pushed for.

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It’s an Intimidating Age for Christians. Here’s How to Respond...

Make no mistake, the world is trying to intimidate and marginalize Christians. In the Western world, atheists and secularists have created a culture that belittles the followers of Christ in an ongoing effort to bully—yes, I’ll use that word—us into silence.

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Swedish Bishop Has 'More in Common with Muslims than Right-Wing Christians'

Sweden's first openly lesbian bishop says she has more in common with some Muslims than with conservative Christians and believes Christians and Muslims pray to the same god.

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German Nurse Who Murdered 87 Patients Given Life Sentence

Niels Hoegel liked to bring about cardiac arrests in his patients by injecting them with overdoses of heart medication and other drugs because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them. Sometimes he succeeded in bringing them back, but in at least 87 cases they died, making him what is believed to be modern Germany's most prolific serial killer.

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Dutch Doctors Allow 17-Year-Old Rape Victim to Take Her Own Life Due to ‘Unbearable’ Emotional Anguish

A 17-year-old who was raped multiple times as a child has been ended her life after doctors agreed that she was going through unbearable emotional anguish and allowed her to starve herself to death. 

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'The Greatest Americans to Ever Live': Trump, Macron Honor Veterans on 75th Anniversary of D-Day

Today, President Donald Trump and France's President Emanuel Macron honored the men who took the Normandy beaches. And some of those men – well into their 90s – were on hand.

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World Marks 75 Years Since D-Day in Solemn Observances

As the sun rose Thursday over the Normandy coastline where thousands of men bled and died 75 years ago, a fast-diminishing number of World War II veterans remembered D-Day, and hoped the world never forgets the sacrifices made to dismantle Nazi tyranny.

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Church Hatches Very Unconventional Plan to Get More People Through the Doors

A church in the British town of Rochester has launched an unconventional initiative it hopes will encourage more people to darken the sanctuary doors.

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Global Christian Persecution Remains High, Media Interest Remains Low

While you might have seen a decrease in mainstream media reporting regarding Christian persecution, there has only been an increase in the persecution taking place against Christians around the world.

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Light The Fire Again' Revival Meetings Hope to Reignite Brownsville and Pensacola Awakenings

It's been almost 25 years since the beginning of the Brownsville revival and Pensacola Outpouring. Now the ministry known as "Christ for all Nations" is asking God to do it again.

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President Reagan's 1984 D-Day Speech Still Resonates: 'Look up so You Can See God and Ask His Blessing'

As the United States and many other nations are pausing to remember the 75th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday, June 6, CBN News takes a look back at that heroic day where thousands of men gave their lives in order to defeat an enemy who sought to enslave the entire world.

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97-Year-Old D-Day Veteran Parachutes into Normandy Again

Parachutists are jumping over Normandy again, just as soldiers did 75 years ago for D-Day - but this time without being shot at. Engines throbbing, C-47 transport planes dropped group after group of parachutists, a couple of hundred in all - including a 97-year-old D-Day veteran, Tom Rice.

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Trump Praises 'Greatest Alliance the World Has Ever Known,' Brushes Off Giant Trump-Baby Balloon

It's clear that Donald Trump drives the British Left crazy.  But while they were out in full force protesting, the president seemed to have a smoother than expected trip.

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Thirty Years After Tiananmen: "China is a Threat for the Whole World"

The man known as "China's Solzhenitsyn" has a warning. 

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Marking Tiananmen Square Massacre's 30th Anniversary: A Dark Day for China and for Liberty

Hundreds gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday to mark one of the darkest days in the People's Republic of China’s history.  It was a rally to remember the Tiananmen Square Massacre 30 years ago this week.

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Marking Tiananmen Square Massacre's 30th Anniversary: A Dark Day for China and for Liberty

Hundreds gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday to mark one of the darkest days in the People's Republic of China’s history.  It was a rally to remember the Tiananmen Square Massacre 30 years ago this week.

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As Trump Touts Trade in UK Visit, Tariffs on Mexico Set to Kick In

President Trump met Tuesday with outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May during his visit to the United Kingdom, looking for an even better trading relationship between the US and the UK. Meanwhile, the US is on track to slap new tariffs on Mexico, Trump said during his visit to the UK. 

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Pope Francis Officially Approves Change to Lord's Prayer

Pope Francis has officially approved a change to the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:13 that replaces "lead us not into temptation" with "do not let us fall into temptation."

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At Least 4 Dead in Australia Shooting

A gunman was arrested after killing at least four people and wounding several others Tuesday in the tropical Australian city of Darwin, officials and media said.

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Researchers Believe They’ve Uncovered One of the Oldest Christian Churches on the Planet

An excavation in Egypt may have uncovered the oldest church ever discovered in the North African nation.

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Sudan troops clear protest camp in assault, killing 13

Sudanese security forces attacked a protest camp in the capital Monday, opening fire, torching tents and killing at least 13 people, as they cleared away the months-old sit-in that was demanding the military yield power, witnesses and protest leaders said.

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