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A large fire blazed across a main street in Hong Kong on Saturday night, as protesters made a wall out of barricades and set it afire. Hundreds of protesters gathered behind the fire, many pointing laser beams that streaked the night sky above them. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ZsBJKp

A Bible translator in Cameroon has been killed in a brutal machete attack. Angus Abraham Fung was among seven people who were murdered when Islamic Fulani herdsmen stormed the Northern Province town of Wum. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ZE8wvA

CBN News had learned that Sweden's Migration Agency decided to grant Aideen Strandsson refugee status and residency in Sweden.  A source said that 'refugee status' is a stronger verdict in Aideen's favor than being granted asylum. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Uk8lk4

Fiji Police are investigating after a crying baby along with the bodies of five family members were found near a cliff Monday in the Nausori Highlands. All five may have been poisoned, according to law enforcement officials. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Zt3jqW

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group were granted bail Friday after being charged with inciting people to join a protest in June, while authorities denied permission for a major march as they took what appears to be a harder line on this summer's protests. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2NIh8L6

There are about 2.5 million internally displaced people within Nigeria. And the thing that all of these people have in common is that they are Christians who've been attacked and persecuted, mostly by the terror group Boko Haram. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ZCAkMG

Wildfire's continue to burn in the Amazon, the world's largest tropical rainforest. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2PoeFYY

A rocket at an Iranian space center that was to conduct a satellite launch criticized by the U.S. apparently exploded on its launch pad Thursday, satellite images show, suggesting the Islamic Republic suffered its third failed launch this year alone. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2UdQ3ka

The Trump Administration has been working with Central American countries to help stem the flow of migrants making their way north to the United States.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Hvzk6J

Christian charity Tearfund is assisting refugee children who have fled from Myanmar by ensuring they don’t succumb to intense boredom. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2UeaHAP

Being born with special needs didn’t stop little Karunia from feeling confident. She’s changing her community’s mindset and standing up to bullying! from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ZtmYX7

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday received Queen Elizabeth II's agreement to suspend parliament until mid-October, just a few weeks before the Brexit deadline.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ZrjvnS

More than 200,000 crosses are standing tall on a hill in Lithuania – each one an amazing display of the faith and resilience of a people who endured centuries of persecution. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30DBYz9

As Brazil is scrambling to deal with the out-of-control wildfires in the Amazon, the world's leading economic nations are offering to help.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2NBwK2Y

President Trump agreed on a billion-dollar trade deal with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on August 25 at the G-7 Summit. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2UeQuel

The efforts to extinguish the massive wildfires continue in the Amazon rainforest as global concern rises. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Hpzixg

Islamic extremists continue to target and murder Christians in northeastern Burkina Faso.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3246Rgk

The future of global economies are shaky, but President Trump is feeling optimistic about his trade war with China saying the Chinese have reached out to him hoping to resume trade talks. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/321JaVU

The future of global economies are shaky, but President Trump is feeling optimistic about his trade war with China saying the Chinese have reached out to him hoping to resume trade talks. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2zlyAwu

There's tremendous human suffering in Venezuela as new pressure is being applied to President Nicolas Maduro to give up power.  Meanwhile, the dictator's socialist policies are affecting people in ways no one imagined and the country that's bearing the burden is neighboring Colombia.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ZkmZ0k

Hong Kong protesters threw bricks and gasoline bombs at police, who responded with tear gas, as chaotic scenes returned to the summer-long anti-government protests on Saturday for the first time in nearly two weeks. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2U07ch4

A man who claims to be a Voodoo priest and is well-known for filing discrimination suits has found a new target – a Bible school in the South Pacific.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2NrChZR

After thirty years of Harvest Crusades in Southern California, there are a few things I know now with greater certainty. First, I know the simple gospel is the power of God unto salvation. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Pb4maj

Iran unveiled a new domestically-built long-range surface-to-air air defense missile system on Thursday as tensions continue to escalate between Tehran and Washington. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KQkfid

The devil is a "symbol" of evil, not a real person. So says the head of the Jesuit Order in the Roman Catholic Church. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30x5uXi

An Australian court by a 2-1 majority ruling Wednesday upheld convictions against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of children sex abuse. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Z6gTAn

Tim Tebow's birthday wish this year was to receive donations that would fund 150 life-changing surgeries for children. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2P5lsql

Facebook and Twitter are taking action to prevent China from creating fake accounts to sabotage the Hong Kong protests. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Z63BUD

After serving eight months in prison, the Chinese government has released an elder of the Early Rain Covenant Church, who was reunited with his family. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2TOzYkL

The US is negotiating secret talks with Venezuela's socialist party boss to get him to agree to remove dictator Nicolas Maduro from power. Venezuela has been in a state of freefall for months as desperate residents flee the country and even basic necessities are scarce.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KGkKLU

An Afghan official says dozens of people have been killed or wounded in an explosion that ripped through a wedding hall in Kabul while hundreds were thought to be inside. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Zc7B5d

Thousands of schoolteachers in Hong Kong marched to the official residence of the city’s leader on Saturday as another weekend of protests got underway in the Chinese territory. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ZaurKq

A bus driver in the United Kingdom has been suspended after refusing to drive a bus decorated with LGBTQ pride-themed numbers. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Z8OYPC

South Korea's military said Friday North Korea fired more projectiles into the sea to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy.    from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30gXKZn

South Korea's military said Friday North Korea fired more projectiles into the sea to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy.    from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30gXKZn

“Christian women are the most persecuted group in the world.”  The first time I heard that statistic, I was sitting safely at church in Washington, D.C. David Curry, the president of Open Doors USA, came to speak about the plight of persecuted believers around the world. As he shared their stories, my heart was deeply grieved as I learned about how women and girls are doubly persecuted for their faith and their gender. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KzDVa8

Hong Kong police faced-off with protesters late Tuesday night, making their way into a terminal where demonstrators had shut down operations.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2H2Wkd8

In Hong Kong, protestors massed inside the airport, forcing the cancellation of outbound flights for the second day in a row. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/33wdf1l

A knife-wielding man yelling "Allahu akbar," or "God is great," attempted to stab several people in downtown Sydney on Tuesday before being restrained by members of the public, with a woman taken to a hospital, police and witnesses said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YIRVqQ

One of the world’s busiest airports canceled all flights after thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters crowded into the main terminal Monday afternoon. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OSjIQQ

US intelligence officials are investigating a mysterious explosion that released radiation off the northern coast of Russian last week. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/302I7og

Protesters spilled out into the streets in two parts of Hong Kong on Sunday, blocking traffic and setting up the latest potential showdowns with police. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2MTOgz3

Some British churches have launched controversial new projects in an attempt to attract people and make cathedrals accessible ?interesting for? to everyone. But one leading clergyman is calling it “blasphemous.” from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/31xcLq8

North Korea on Saturday extended a recent streak of weapons displays by firing what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, according to South Korea’s military. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2MRLevp

Refugees in the Middle East are being told to go home now that the fighting has died down in many previously war-torn cities. But these refugees are finding they can't go home … even if they try. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ZNq8lh

The man who pulled the trigger in the Dayton, Ohio mass shooting is not the only serial killer to carry out the plans of the devil. From July 1976 to July 1977, David Berkowitz, a.k.a. the Son of Sam told CBN's Scott Ross in an interview how he became caught up in a demonic web that led to a grisly trail of six dead and seven injured. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Z3Gw4l

The man who pulled the trigger in the Dayton, Ohio mass shooting is not the only serial killer to carry out the plans of the devil. From July 1976 to July 1977, David Berkowitz, a.k.a. the Son of Sam told CBN's Scott Ross in an interview how he became caught up in a demonic web that led to a grisly trail of six dead and seven injured. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KqwxxF

A new survey by LifeWay Research shows seemingly conflicting views by Christians over whether they can navigate the Christian life alone or if they need the help of other believers.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2yJEhnM

A Nigerian pastor was reportedly killed and his wife abducted for ransom by unknown assailants Sunday evening while traveling on a highway where being attacked by criminals has become a common occurrence. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/31mSROc

Shortly after announcing via Instagram that he was kissing Christianity goodbye, Joshua Harris was recently seen marching in Vancouver's Pride Festival. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2M3awHe

A new study finds trans women athletes have an unfair advantage over biological females even after receiving hormone treatment. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OI0j5i

Authorities in China have continued to crack down on the Christian faith, this time by erasing faith-based words from children’s stories contained within school workbooks. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ZDLv8y

Carnage occurred in global markets after China's latest shot in the trade war with America. The Dow plummeted 767 points Monday – the biggest drop of the year. Now President Trump is firing back. China is receiving much of the blame for the market drop after escalating the trade war with the United States. The US Treasury Department designated China a currency manipulator giving the administration more tools to fight China's latest action. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KqubO8

The Trump administration froze all Venezuelan government assets in a dramatic escalation of tensions with Nicolás Maduro that places his socialist administration alongside a short list of adversaries from Cuba, North Korea, Syria and Iran that have been targeted by such aggressive U.S. actions. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YQKVam

China said Tuesday it "will not stand idly by" and will take countermeasures if the U.S. deploys intermediate-range missiles in the Indo-Pacific region, which it plans to do within months. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OFOZGN

Muslims recently warned a group of Christians working at a government hospital construction site in Kutulo, Kenya of an impending attack by a jihadist group and were able to get them to safety before the militants arrived.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OEWWvL

Protesters in Hong Kong filled public parks and squares in several districts and transportation hubs today in a general strike designed to draw attention to their demands that city leader Carrie Lam resign. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/33cF1jb

Adolf Hitler would have loved it: a float in this year's carnival parade in the Belgian city of Aalst. It featured a Nazi-style depiction of greedy Jews, sitting on a pile of money, one with a rat on his shoulder. And when confronted by Jewish groups, the town mayor defended it. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KeNLhk

US officials from the Department of Defense are going to Ankara, Turkey on Monday to dissuade  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from invading Northeast Syria where many ethnic minorities live, including thousands of Christians. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2MFMXnA

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has seized an oil tanker carrying 700,000 liters of "smuggled fuel" in the Persian Gulf, Iranian media reported Sunday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OH16mV

Protesters once again took to the streets of Moscow Saturday, decrying the exclusion of some independent and opposition candidates for upcoming city council election that has shaken up Russia’s political scene. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YID62l

Hong Kong protesters ignored police warnings and streamed past the designated endpoint for a rally Saturday in the latest of a series of demonstrations targeting the government of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/31fbbsA

Vice President Mike Pence is defending the religious freedom of a Christian woman in Iran. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2yEETuJ

The US is preparing to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan after making a proposed peace deal with the Taliban. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2MAUeoG

Saudi Arabia has issued new laws that grant women greater freedoms by allowing any citizen to apply for a passport and travel freely, ending a long-standing and controversial guardianship policy that had required male consent for a woman to travel or carry a passport. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/31d1ESV

Perhaps you're not where you want to be. You're reading this in a hospital bed, or in a prison or halfway house, or in a distant city far from family. Maybe you've had to move out of the home you loved or away from the town where you grew up. You might be reading this is a dormitory room, feeling lonelier than you've ever felt in your life. We're not always in our ideal place, but the location means nothing to God for He is everywhere.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KicGzB

Religious liberty has been under attack in Canada for some time. This has led to many in the United States wondering if their own religious freedoms may be under assault, as well. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ZAJqdu

The White House says it is monitoring the massing of Chinese troops on Hong Kong's border.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YyGD3f