World New NEws

Pressure on Mexico by the Trump Administration led to a decline in migrants seeking asylum at the US Southern Border in the month of June, but reports out of South America point to an increasing number of migrants from around the world continuing to make their way north.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OFpZ2y

North Korea on Wednesday fired several unidentified projectiles off its east coast, South Korea's military said, less than a week after the North launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in defiance of U.N. resolutions. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2yo2Why

North Korea on Wednesday fired several unidentified projectiles off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, less than a week after the North launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/310YCRu

A Pakistani military plane on a training flight crashed into homes near the garrison city of Rawalpindi before dawn on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people, most of them on the ground. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2MpllTq

At least 65 people are dead after the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram is suspected of open firing on mourners at a funeral in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Borno. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2K02CfB

Christian street preacher, Oluwole Ilesanmi, was awarded £2,500 (about $3,100) by Scotland Yard for his wrongful arrest in February. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Yu1cOB

Nearly 1,400 people were detained in a violent police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, a Russian monitoring group said Sunday, adding that was the largest number of detentions at a rally in the Russian capital this decade. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Zi7bqC

Police in Hong Kong fired tear gas Saturday at protesters who defied authorities’ warnings not to march in a neighborhood where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators brutally attacked people in a train station. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Ys1ZmR

Leaders with "Save the Persecuted Christians" are on a mission to help Americans "adopt" persecuted Christians in war-torn Nigeria – by praying for them and bringing awareness to their struggles. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YthrPN

While some parts of the United States are seeing a bit of relief this week from record high temperatures, a historic heat wave is sweeping much of Europe.Suffocating heat rising up from the Sahara Desert is shattering record high temperatures across the continent. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OleGft

North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea Thursday, South Korea's military said, the first weapons launches in more than two months and an apparent pressuring tactic aimed at Washington as North Korean and U.S. officials struggle to restart nuclear negotiations. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Gsle5U

Hank Hanegraaff, the "Bible Answer Man," has announced on social media how "the Lord supernaturally saved me from dying." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Z2Qek1

The Chinese government continues to tighten its grip on Christianity by actively discouraging young people to engage in things of faith. Under the last year’s new Regulations on Religious Affairs legislation, schoolchildren are even encouraged to report any family members who espouse Christian views. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2GqDdtr

A psychologist, who worked at the UK’s only clinic that offer sex-change services to children, has raised serious concerns about the work conducted at the facility. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JMe8Lo

Britain has a new Prime Minister. Britain's Conservative Party has chosen Boris Johnson. He's a fan of  America and has defended President Trump. He's also vowed to make Brexit happen in three months, but his first challenge will be the escalating naval crisis with Iran.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30Sibf2

A Brazilian immigrant to Canada has been forced to shut down her body waxing business after she refused to wax the male genitals of a transgender activist.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2M8GmS0

Britain has a new Prime Minister. Britain's Conservative Party has chosen Boris Johnson. He's a fan of  America and has defended President Trump. He's also vowed to make Brexit happen in three months, but his first challenge will be the escalating naval crisis with Iran.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YkmKRG

Iran said Monday it has arrested 17 Iranian nationals allegedly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to spy on the country's sensitive nuclear and military sites, adding that some of them have already been sentenced to death. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2y4UpzP

Hong Kong police launched tear gas at protesters Sunday after a massive pro-democracy march continued late into the evening. The action was the latest confrontation between police and demonstrators who have taken to the streets for over a month to protest a proposed extradition bill and call for electoral reforms in the Chinese territory. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Yi07Nx

Dr. Tommy Mitchell has gone through a spiritual evolution. The medical doctor, who once embraced theistic evolution, is now a young-Earth creationist who speaks and writes for Christian ministry Answers in Genesis. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32HuBIk

An Armenian Christian woman living in Syria was tortured and repeatedly raped by jihadists before being stoned to death outside of her village. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2O3FkJP

A blogger reports Facebook has repeatedly banned a quote from St. Augustine of Hippo, a theologian, and philosopher from the 5th century, every time he's posted it, labeling it has "hate speech."  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2LsU4Qh

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it has seized a British oil tanker that was passing through the Strait of Hormuz. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32G9WEC

In hopes of avoiding “brand confusion,” the decades-old Christian Book Distributors — known by the acronym CBD — is changing its name. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2LvQy7I

A U.S. warship on Thursday destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the ship, President Donald Trump said. The incident marked a new escalation of tensions between the countries less than one month after Iran downed an American drone and Trump came close to retaliating with a military strike. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XXx0jv

CBN is saddened to report that former 700 Club co-host Ben Kinchlow passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, July 18, 2019.  On Friday's The 700 Club, we will pay tribute to our friend Ben Kinchlow.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30FQBBm

On Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the creation of the International Religious Freedom Alliance, which will make the issue of persecution a top priority for countries around the world.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30HgZLf

CBN is saddened to report that former 700 Club co-host Ben Kinchlow passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, July 18, 2019.  On Friday's The 700 Club, we will pay tribute to our friend Ben Kinchlow.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JSRRKz

Victims of religious persecution are rarely heard, but Wednesday dozens of them met with the most powerful leader in the world, inside the White House. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2K1hedB

People raised fears on Twitter and other social media sites that on iPhones, FaceApp would be able to see and upload all your photos, including screenshots with sensitive financial or health information or photos of kids with the names of their schools in the background. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30CTtin

Barnevernet means "child welfare." It's Norway's network of local child protection service offices. But to its victims, Barnevernet means anything but protecting children.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JBbI2b

Day one of the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom conference saw many emotional moments as victims of religious persecution shared their testimonies.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JGWqYu

An independent report by the British government says Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, and that persecution is still on the rise. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Si2iLL

Day one of the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom conference saw many emotional moments as victims of religious persecution shared their testimonies.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2xRhRke

Government restrictions on religion have increased markedly in many places around the world, not only in authoritarian countries, but also in many of Europe’s democracies, according to a report surveying 198 countries that was released Monday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2k79DRs

Bryan Flanery knows what it’s like to be in despair. Flanery, who before his retirement served in the U.S. Army and deployed to Afghanistan, experienced the physical and emotional scars that often come with war — and those internal and external pains brought him to the brink of suicide. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ldDCaF

A Christian doctor from the United Kingdom who served as a disability benefits assessor lost his job with the British government after refusing, hypothetically, to refer to “a six-foot-tall bearded man” as “madam.” from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XGLY8o

An Egyptian papyrus in the University of Basel's collection in Basel, Switzerland, is very unique from all the other ancient papers in the collection.  The papyrus contains a letter providing valuable insights into the world of the first Christians in the Roman Empire, not found anywhere else. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YOpDXK

The first shipment of a Russian missile defense system has arrived in Turkey, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Friday, moving the country closer to possible U.S. sanctions and a new standoff with Washington. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XF1jpW

British anti-Islamization activist Tommy Robinson has publicly asked President Donald Trump for political asylum in the US. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32qzOEm

Vincent Lambert, the quadriplegic man who had been at the center of a debate over state-mandated assisted dying, has passed away aged 42. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2G8labh

A mother who insists she would have aborted her baby if she’d known it had Down Syndrome is suing the hospital that she says failed to adequately test for the condition. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XXcQ8o

There's a disturbing phenomenon happening in France that you may not have heard about. An alarming increase in anti-Christian attacks on churches, cemeteries and other distinctly Christian sites has gone largely unreported.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XF9m5Z

A brave 10-year-old girl in Britain is speaking out on video after being suspended from class, accused of making homophobic comments during an LGBT class lesson. Not only is she denying that claim, she says she didn't even know what that word meant. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JDiOBT

A talkshow on the BBC has featured a woman who candidly opened up about her regret over having an abortion. The woman, Laura Mann, was just 19-years-old when she decided to have a termination, talked bravely about her experience on an episode of The Victoria Derbyshire Show — a news and current affairs program. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YLhcwt

Over the weekend, the Church of England announced it will recognize the marriages of those who choose to transition in the time following their heterosexual weddings. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YLgizX

Britain's ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday, just days after diplomatic cables criticizing President Donald Trump caused embarrassment to two countries that often celebrate having a "special relationship." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XSV5XL

A UK student who argued with his teacher in front of his class that there are only two human genders has been told he cannot return to his school this fall.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YHrDkp

British anti-Islamization activist Tommy Robinson has publicly asked President Donald Trump for political asylum in the US. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2LdK0dV

The Trump administration announced Monday that it will review the role of human rights in American foreign policy and create a commission expected to address concerns about religious freedom and abortion. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2NDEXFB

The Sunday service this week at an unassuming church in Taiwan was especially moving for one man. It was the first time Liao Qiang had worshipped publicly since authorities shut down his church in China seven months ago. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YGiOrg

Rose Lavelle has put the United States up 2-0 against the Netherlands with a fine solo goal in the 69th minute. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2FW8Afa

Iran announced Sunday it will increase its uranium enrichment to an unspecified level beyond the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, breaking another limit set under the accord and furthering heightening tensions between Tehran and the U.S. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2FYmqxw

Former Australian politician Bill Hayden was an atheist all of his life. But at the age of 85, he turned to God and converted to Christianity.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32eBSyQ

The European Court of Human Rights has agreed to hear the case of a Romanian-Norwegian Christian family that fled Norway after their five children, including a three-month-old baby, were taken from their parents in 2015 by Barnevernet, the Norwegian child-welfare agency.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2xzBoW9

IKEA is being sued by a former employee after he was fired for posting Bible verses on the company's corporate network.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32aP5ZO

CBN's Operation Blessing is helping a single immigrant mother who left her home in Venezuela to find a better future for her family. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32cSjf2

A committee set up by the Egyptian government has approved the legalization of 127 churches which were previously being run in an illegal capacity. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YHDvmR

Sudan's ruling military council and the country's pro-democracy movement have reached a power-sharing agreement, including a timetable for a transition to civilian rule, an African Union envoy said early Friday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2S02vTK

France’s Catholic Church pronounced a priest guilty of sexually abusing multiple Boy Scouts over several years and defrocked him Thursday, an unusually strong move that reflects France’s growing reckoning with clergy sex abuse. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2xwFZIu

A Christian student won his appeal in a UK appeals court on Tuesday after he was expelled from college for expressing his faith on sexual ethics in a debate on social media.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2L15H0r

A wildly disturbing report from the BBC has revealed the sheer number of Muslims and other religious minorities being held against their will in educational detention centers. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YxLhiW

Former Australian rugby star Israel Folau will likely take his religious discrimination case to federal court after failing to come to an agreed settlement with his former employer, Rugby Australia. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30eOLax

Police in Hong Kong said they have arrested 12 people who were involved in a pro-democracy protest that took place Monday morning ahead of the storming of the city’s legislative building later in the day. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2FRgiHa

A co-founder of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is urging people to stop using social media for up to 48 hours on July 4 -5 in order to convince social media companies to let users have the final say on how their personal data is used. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/309ekty

The US women's national soccer team is heading for its third straight World Cup Championship after defeating England 2 to 1 in Tuesday's semifinal in Lyon, France. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YsnaCl

Tens of thousands of tourists and locals gaped skyward Tuesday as a total eclipse of the sun darkened the heavens over Chile and Argentina. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Xnaifa

A German court has granted homeschoolers Dirk and Petra Wunderlich custody of their minor children after they were removed in 2013. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XkGWDl

Iran admits it exceeded the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium in the 2015 nuclear deal with Barack Obama.  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "Israel will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2NrIkiZ

Angry young protesters in Hong Kong turned violent Monday out of frustration over the administration's deaf ears to their demand for the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JoWmwy

Australian police on Tuesday arrested three men suspected of being involved in an Islamic State terror attack plot in Sydney.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2LvYB3z

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence on Monday released a list of clerics, religious order priests and deacons it says have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/322VZQH

An explosion near the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan wounded 100 people, including 51 children Monday morning. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XfBg8o

A road project is underway in Jerusalem but it’s not about easing traffic jams.  Archaeologists are opening the ancient road that Jewish worshippers would have climbed on their way to the temple 2,000 years ago.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Lr8jo1

President Trump is back in Washington after making history in Asia. Early Sunday evening, he tweeted a video of his impromptu meeting at the DMZ with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YrZnT0