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The US signed a peace agreement with the Taliban on Saturday in an effort to end 18 years of war in Afghanistan and allow US troops to return home. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2I917Ka

President Donald Trump said Friday that he's dispatching Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the signing of an agreement with the Afghan Taliban aimed at beginning a drawdown of thousands of U.S. troops and ending America's 18-year involvement in the war. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/399zjRX

In 1967, 25 Catholic college students experienced a move of the Holy Spirit at a retreat center in Pittsburgh. From there, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal has spread around the world and today there are more than 120 million Catholic Charismatics in 240 countries. On the 53rd anniversary of the movement, its pioneers look back and remember. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2uIs3gW

The battle between Russia-backed fighters and Ukraine's army still rages although a ceasefire agreement was signed five years ago. The war continues to ravage those living on the frontlines. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2PzxB4r

A small Christian village in Iraq is finally getting back on its feet after being largely destroyed by ISIS fighters. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/399g1w0

The modern Pentecostal movement and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of the Twentieth Century can be traced back to the prayers of Sister Elena, a Catholic nun who, in 1895, began praying that God the Father would send forth the Holy Spirit to renew the world. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ciTkXZ

The coronavirus is emerging this week not just as a growing public health threat, but as a very real financial concern for many. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2I3ciEk

A Pakistani Christian mother who spent almost a decade on death row before finally being released in October of 2018 has asked the government of France for political asylum.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2vaKJpT

Three Christian men have been viciously assaulted in Pakistan after seeking to build a local church. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32B7xev

Christians face more danger today than ever before. Around the world, each day 260-million Christians suffer for their faith and the persecution is steadily getting worse. 2,983 Christians died for faith-related reasons last year and nearly 9,500 churches were attacked. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32sdWZy

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), a major security pact allowing US military activities in the Philippines.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3abF7dR

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), a major security pact allowing US military activities in the Philippines.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2wd1fFJ

The country of Sweden has revealed a monumental rise in teenage gender dysphoria diagnoses over a ten-year period.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32wc5Da

President Trump is wrapping up a two-day visit to India, the world's largest democracy. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38ZSDB3

The number of coronavirus cases is increasing exponentially and spreading so fast that scientists fear it could turn into a global pandemic that cannot be stopped. The World Health Organization is not ready to declare it a pandemic just yet, but others say we are close and the world should be prepared. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3c93TNx

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader who for nearly 30 years was a fixture in Mideast politics before being forced by the military to resign after nationwide protests that were part of the Arab world's 2011 pro-democracy upheaval, died on Tuesday, the country's state-run TV said. He was 91.    from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2VnEauG

Employees of a Dutch national railway are facing backlash for singing a soccer song about Jews. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32rvYLt

China reported 508 new cases Tuesday in an outbreak of a viral illness that has spread to the Middle East and Europe.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2HT5IA4

More than 100 members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram attacked the town of Garkida in Gombi area of the northeastern state of Adamawa, Nigeria on Friday night, opening fire on townspeople and setting fire to churches and houses, according to multiple media outlets. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2SV5iQ3

A Scottish court has told Glasgow's Scottish Events Campus (SEC) it must file an answer by Thursday as to why it canceled its legal contract with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32y7C2R

Iran is one of the world's most dangerous places for Christians. Yet this Muslim nation is seeing an unprecedented explosion of Christianity. Muslims fed up with Islam are becoming followers of Jesus Christ in record numbers. A group of converts secretly left Iran to be baptized. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3a1Fw2a

A man intentionally drove a car into a crowd of people at a Carnival parade in a small town in central Germany, injuring dozens of people including children, officials said Monday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38UycFr

President Donald Trump was greeted with loud cheering as he spoke to the largest crowd ever in his political career during a visit to India on Monday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Vtx347

Iranian officials on Monday reported four more deaths from the new coronavirus, bringing the death toll so far in Iran to 12, the country's state TV reported.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2HSiQWm

Eight people were killed in Turkey in a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that struck western Iran early Sunday morning, Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37Tv7nT

In the final days of the Soviet Union, Russian officials invited a group of American Christians to help build a faith-based university in Moscow.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3c3k5zU

Margie Zacharias kept Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias' promise of keeping everyone updated on his progress after spinal surgery was performed on him Thursday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37KNmf1

More than one million men in Indonesia have been discipled in the Christian faith over the past 20 years through a curriculum taught in churches, small groups, and retreats. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2PdqUVC

Ireland was once called "the most Catholic country in the world." But it has gone from one of the world's most outwardly religious nations to what some claim is one of the most secular. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2HG2gZH

World-renowned Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias has asked for prayers as he undergoes spinal repair surgery on Thursday.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2vPNP2w

Yonhap news agency says South Korea has reported its first death from a new coronavirus. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37HfTlN

A man suspected of fatally shooting nine people in the German city of Hanau was found dead at his home early Thursday, hours after the attacks in and outside two hookah lounges, police said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bS28UK

Eight people were killed in shootings in the German city of Hanau on Wednesday evening, authorities said. Two hookah lounges reportedly were targeted. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2SX0DvW

Xia Baolong, a former deputy and ally of President Xi Jinping, has been appointed by the Chinese government as the new director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. It's a move seen by some political analysts that Beijing intends to tighten its control over the city. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2wrhmQc

Wednesday marked two years since the kidnapping of Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu by one of the most violent terrorist groups in the world. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2P6mfoi

The U.S. government made good on its warning to Americans who chose to remain on board a quarantined cruise ship in Japan, telling them they cannot return home for at least two weeks after they come ashore. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32ero3a

A pastor of a local house church in the village of L.B. Patnam village, Andhra Pradesh in India was attacked and injured after he found several local residents trying to build a wall in front of his home to block people from attending services. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2wtJulU

Almost 70 percent of Finns are still members of the national Lutheran church. But that doesn't mean they're believers. Less than a third of Finns now say they believe in God. This historically Christian nation has not only left the faith but has begun criminal investigations of Christians.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/39M4eDQ

The plague of locusts that is marching through Africa is also invading other continents as well. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2u89Ngv

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins took his atheistic beliefs to their logical end Tuesday morning, when he ruminated over the idea of eating human flesh. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2uMAecc

Gunmen killed 24 civilians, including a church pastor, and kidnapped three others on Sunday in Burkina Faso, an official said. It was the latest attack against a religious leader in the increasingly unstable West African nation. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2uVzIsg

As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues its deadly rampage across China, more cases have come to the USA, and Chinese churches are fighting back with spiritual weapons. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2PkhEPJ

Mainland China reported 1,886 new virus cases and 98 more deaths for a total of 1,868 in its update Tuesday, following a report that 80% of cases have been mild, prompting guarded optimism from health officials. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2SyT9Aa

A Pakistani Christian girl who was kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam and then had to "marry" her kidnapper has been reunited with her family. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2UYkQnv

A North Korean Christian woman escaped to China for the chance to live a better life and to be baptized. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38C4EfO

The deadly COVID-19 disease is still paralyzing China, shutting down entire cities, and health officials fear enough hasn't been done to keep this novel coronavirus from becoming a pandemic. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2V0SPvA

According to a stunning new report, a vlogger & citizen journalist named Chen Qiushi has allegedly been “forcibly quarantined” not long after his reports became widely shared across the globe. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Hsf05V

At the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China, Christians can be found out on the streets, passing out emergency relief items and sharing the Gospel. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OV3rs2

A fire swept through a Haitian children’s home run by a Pennsylvania-based religious nonprofit group, killing 15 children, officials said Friday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2UPprZj

During a recent sermon given at a Moody Bible Institute conference, missionary and author Francis Chan told the audience that he and a team of other Christians had miraculously healed several people in a rural village located in Myanmar, including two deaf children.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37l6Ois

Thursday saw a drastic spike in coronavirus cases with China reporting nearly 15,000 new infections and more than 250 more deaths. The increase is due to expanded diagnosis criteria, allowing doctors to more quickly diagnose patients and begin treatment.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/321E4dH

One of the world's oldest and most destructive insects is wreaking havoc in Africa. Hundreds of millions of locusts are eating their way through the continent, putting crops, food security and millions of lives at risk. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2SnKv7p

Thursday saw a drastic spike in coronavirus cases with China reporting nearly 15,000 new infections and more than 250 more deaths. The increase is due to expanded diagnosis criteria, allowing doctors to more quickly diagnose patients and begin treatment.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bAkyZV

China on Wednesday reported another drop in the number of new cases of a viral infection and 97 more deaths, pushing the total dead past 1,100 even as the country remains largely closed down to prevent the spread of the disease.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37j19JL

CBN News has learned new details about the imminent threat that led to the killing of Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37nmpOh

On Monday, the Tim Tebow Foundation (TTF) released its official "Night to Shine" 2020 Highlight Video, honoring all of the people with special needs who were able to attend the sixth annual "Night to Shine." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2tQe6Nx

CBN News has learned new details about the imminent threat that led to the killing of Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2uGFe1R

On Monday, the Tim Tebow Foundation (TTF) released its official "Night to Shine" 2020 Highlight Video, honoring all of the people with special needs who were able to attend the sixth annual "Night to Shine." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2vlDv1U

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed his faith in Jesus while attending The Send, a huge Christian worship event held in Brazil last weekend. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37dlSyw

NASA and the European Space Agency launched a new mission to the center of our solar system -- the Sun -- Sunday night from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The joint mission will produce high-resolution photos of areas never seen before. It will provide the first pictures of the sun's poles, and NASA scientists tell CBN News it will help us to understand how the Sun affects our lives here on Earth and better forecast space weather. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38hNdAS

A Pakistan high court has handed down a ruling based on Islamic "sharia" law that says men in Pakistan can marry underage girls as long as they have had their first menstrual cycle.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2UGGEnK

A new commercial from Starbucks is attempting to raise awareness of the daily challenges faced by the transgender youth. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37b8efr

Four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing the personal information of tens of millions of Americans, the Justice Department said Monday, blaming Beijing for one of the largest hacks in history to target consumer data. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OHJ5Cy

Chinese citizens are up in arms over the rising spread of the deadly coronavirus. The death toll in China from the virus is now at least 908, making this outbreak more deadly than the SARS virus scare from 2002-2003.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bsDc5S

A soldier with a grudge gunned down 26 people and wounded 57 in Thailand’s worst shooting spree before he was fatally shot inside a mall in the country’s northeast on Sunday, officials said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/39obmWS

American and Afghan military personnel were fired on while conducting an operation in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, the U.S. military said Saturday, and one official said there were U.S. casualties. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2SsNbQ5

Police in northeastern Thailand said a soldier shot multiple people on Saturday, killing more than 10, and was holed up at a popular shopping mall.     from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/31DKgIv

The death toll in mainland China's new virus outbreak has risen to 636, including a doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the disease threat.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/31xlKc0

Another city in the United Kingdom has rejected an appearance by Franklin Graham to preach the gospel because of his views on homosexuality. However, this has not deterred the evangelist who's still looking forward to his eight-city tour of the country.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2S6nPZa

New reports out of Nigeria indicate Muslim Fulani herdsmen have stepped up their murderous attacks against Christian villages. Morning Star News reports at least 32 people were killed and a pastor's house and church building were burned down in two nights of attacks last week in Plateau State by the Islamic militants. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2uenVVL

Another city in the United Kingdom has rejected an appearance by Franklin Graham to preach the gospel because of his views on homosexuality. However, this has not deterred the evangelist who's still looking forward to his eight-city tour of the country.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2SlXbua

It's a question that pastors often wrestle with as they seek to follow God's calling on their lives: How do we reach more people in our community?  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2UAK8Ir

As locusts by the billions - yes, billions - descend on parts of Kenya in the worst outbreak in 70 years, small planes are flying low over affected areas to spray pesticides in what experts call the only effective control. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/36Vwj9N

Swiss Airlines will stop supplying their passengers with sweet treats made by the Christian chocolate manufacturer Läderach. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37XN9pR

The archbishops of Canterbury and York have apologized after the Church of England (CofE) recently announced biblical guidelines for sexuality that said only heterosexual married couples should have sex. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/36XuU2q

International evangelist Luis Palau offers reflections on the final chapter of his life as he battles terminal cancer. He spoke exclusively to CBN News before his 85th birthday – a milestone neither Palau nor his doctors expected him to make.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/37Vt5oa

Britain's 47-year relationship with the European Union officially ended at 11 p.m. Friday night to shouts of jubilation by Brexit supporters. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2GMbwLn

In their latest tactic aimed at oppressing people of faith, Chinese authorities have now started banning Christian funerals. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/39czMCD

London police officers shot and killed a suspect after at least two people were stabbed Sunday in what authorities are investigating as a terror attack. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2RRdXCt

The Philippines on Sunday reported the first death from a new virus outside of China, where authorities delayed the opening of schools in the worst-hit province and tightened quarantine measures in a city that allow only one family member to venture out to buy supplies. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2RPA4Jt

Structures erected to temporarily replace three churches that fell victim to an arson attack have been burned down by suspected Islamist militants. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2u1nT3u