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'This Is the Greatest Hour for the Church': Why Your Prayers Still Matter in This Election

Many Christians are divided during this post-election time. Whether they believe it's not over or that it's time to move on, most can agree it's a critical moment for the church, no matter the outcome. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2K6R4tt

Peacekeeping Force Says 8 Killed in Egypt Helicopter Crash, Including 6 Americans

The international force that monitors the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement said Thursday that eight peacekeepers, including six Americans, were killed when one of its helicopters crashed during a routine mission in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. A ninth peacekeeper was badly injured. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Umf39N

Armenians Fear Ethnic Cleansing Will Wipe Out Christian Culture After Peace Deal with Azerbaijan

This week, a peace deal ended the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. While the agreement ends the suffering of tens of thousands of civilians, many Armenians believe it puts something greater at risk – their history as a Christian nation. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Ul3Fv5

Will America and China Go to War Over Taiwan?

A recent video released by the Chinese military shows it practicing an amphibious assault against the island of Taiwan. Communist China views Democratic Taiwan as a renegade province that must be reunified with the mainland, and some experts believe the two countries are closer than ever to war. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38JZP6O

Back-to-Back Typhoons Batter Philippines, Operation Blessing Reaches out to Far-Flung Villages

The Philippines has been battered by a spate of strong typhoons – the latest one, Vamco, has caused much flooding in Metro Manila and devastation in the Bicol region from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38CmXEz

Ugandan Pastor Killed by Muslim Extremists After Radio Broadcast Comparing Christianity and Islam

Islamic extremists in northern Uganda killed a Christian pastor after he compared Christianity and Islam in a radio broadcast on Oct. 31.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lou6fc

France: Several Wounded in Explosion at Saudi Cemetery

French officials say multiple people were wounded on Wednesday when an explosive device hit a ceremony commemorating the end of World War I at a cemetery in the Saudi Arabian city of Jiddah. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/36teErV

Islamic Extremists Behead 50 People in Brutal Attack on Villages in Mozambique

ISIS militants reportedly have murdered 50 people in a gruesome attack on several villages in the African coastal nation of Mozambique. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3na2Mlg

Radical Muslims Pledge $124K Bounty to Kill Pakistani Christian Over Alleged Blasphemy

Islamic extremists issued a bounty for the death of a Pakistani Christian who fled to Thailand following accusations of blasphemy against Islam.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Ilmcoi

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia Sign Deal to End War Over Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia on Tuesday signed an agreement to end the six-week-old war between Armenians and Azeris.  The deal stops the latest round of fighting in a decades-old conflict.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3pdmPB6

Samaritan's Purse Sends Plane Full of Relief Supplies to Help Armenian Refugees

Samaritan's Purse, the international charity arm of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, has sent the organization's DC-8 plane filled with winter relief supplies to Yerevan, Armenia. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38ojn0A

Chinese Police Order Christian Speaker to Stop Sharing the Gospel During Virtual Lectures

A Chinese Christian was recently called in by Chinese police just moments before he planned to host a webinar about Christianity and Chinese culture. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3eKWaaa

Pro-life Activists Sue UK Govt over Down Syndrome Abortion Law

The United Kingdom's High Court has agreed to hear a landmark case over the current discriminatory abortion law which allows abortion up to birth for Down Syndrome. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IiYCc0

Dutch Protestant Church Admits Failing Jews in World War II

The Dutch Protestant Church made a far-reaching recognition of guilt Sunday for its failure to do more to help Jews during and after World War II, and for the church’s role in preparing ”the ground in which the seeds of anti-Semitism and hatred could grow.” from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3eExPmh

Hurricane Warning Issued for Florida Keys as Strengthening Eta Takes Aim

Eta emerged from Cuba and into the warm waters of the Florida Straits on Sunday where restrengthening of the storm is expected to occur prior to its third strike on land -- this time, in the Florida Keys as a 1 on the AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2U4PycS

Islamic Extremists Kill 12 Christians, Kidnap Women and Children in Northeast Nigeria

Reports of violence in Nigeria have risen over the past few years as Islamic extremists are relentless in their efforts to maintain control over the country—to include the kidnapping and killing of innocent victims. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38teVNU

North Korea Reportedly Leaving COVID-19 Victims to Die in Secret 'Quarantine Camps'

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, North Korea has repeatedly insisted it remains COVID-19 free. But new reports claim the regime is leaving virus victims to die in secret "quarantine camps."  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3eAE0Yg

Prophets Say They Did Not Get It Wrong: 'It's Not Over'

Many tried and true prophetic Christians said they heard from God this year that Donald Trump would win a second term.  While, right now, those predictions seem to be hanging by a thread, those same prophets are saying, hold on! It's not over. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3531WAq

Christian Pastor and Bible Translator Reportedly Tortured, Killed by Indonesian Army

A Christian pastor was shot and killed in Indonesia during a series of deadly military shootings amid tensions between security forces and separatist groups. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/38eXGQv

UK Terror Threat Level Raised to 'Severe' After Deadly Terrorism in Austria and France

The terror threat level in the United Kingdom was raised by government officials on Tuesday from "substantial" to "severe," after the terror attack in Vienna Monday night that killed four people, as well as the string of recent deadly attacks in France.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Jy9rHw

Police in Pakistan Rescue 13-Year-Old Girl After Abduction & Forced Marriage to Muslim Man

A Christian girl in Pakistan was reunited with her family three weeks after she was reportedly abducted and forced to marry a Muslim. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/34UznFo

'An Attack Against the People of God': Cuban Pastor Arrested as Church Demolished by Regime

Authorities in the city of Santiago de Cuba demolished a church that has long been a target of the communist regime and arrested a pastor who streamed the demolition Live on social media. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2TTdCPO

Austrian Police Say Several Injured After Gunfire in Vienna

Austrian police said Monday that several people were injured and officers were out in force following gunfire in the capital Vienna. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/34RwDsm

Survivors Detail Horrifying Abuses in North Korea Where Christians Are Tortured for Their Faith

A new report details how North Korean Christians are being persecuted for their faith, including being arrested for possessing a Bible, electrocuted, starved, or even shot in front of their fellow prisoners.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2HPucOx

Video: Pastor Kidnapped by Islamic Extremists Pleads for Help

Nigerian extremists released video of a pastor pleading for help after members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) kidnapped him and two Christian women on Oct. 19. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3eeCjzP

Super Typhoon Weakens After Slamming Philippines; 7 Dead

A powerful super typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds Sunday, killing at least seven people and causing volcanic mudflows to bury houses before weakening as it blew toward Manila, where the capital’s main airport was shut down, officials said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ejJkPJ