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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

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

Millions of Christians worldwide will unite on Sunday, Nov. 1 to join the global Body of Christ for the 2020 International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted (IDOP). from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2TFVbhN Worldwide Mark International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

Millions of Christians worldwide will unite on Sunday, Nov. 1 to join the global Body of Christ for the 2020 International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted (IDOP). from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3eciyZL

“One evening in late June, gunmen stormed a village in northern Burkina Faso,” the Washington Post reported, “and ordered people who had been chatting outside to lie down. Then the armed strangers checked everyone’s necks, searching for jewelry. They found four men wearing crucifixes — Christians. They executed them…” from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jNQnSu

During President Trump's daily briefing on Thursday, he was asked how the historic peace accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates would help struggling and persecuted Christians in the Middle East.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/33ZnQ7Q

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he may be seriously ill. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Ypgt6B

Just how evil was Tehran’s former top terror chief, Qasem Soleimani? While reporting in Iraq in 2015, I came face to face with his brand of terrorism and it’s been seared in my mind ever since. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/35uVOOl

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? from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2Fl18K5

Police in the German border town of Viersen have revealed that a speeding driver was spared a hefty fine because of the “Holy Spirit.” from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2MqUXKi

The European Union's traditional center splintered in the hardest-fought European Parliament elections in decades, with the far right and pro-environment Greens gaining ground on Sunday after four days of a polarized vote. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2VMDKdS

Pope Francis said Saturday that abortion can never be condoned, even when the fetus is gravely sick or likely to die, and urged doctors and priests to support families to carry such pregnancies to term. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2QtrYUQ

Christians have suffered intense levels of persecution under Modi's first five years in office and they fear the next five years could bring even more hardships. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2HTVqzh

Hundreds of left-leaning United Methodist leaders and activists gathered in Kansas this week for the "UMC Next" conference to voice their opposition to the denomination's official rejection of homosexuality and gay marriage.  from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2YHP0tK

Tensions are growing between the US and Iran in the Middle East at the same time as a spotlight is being shined the Iranian regime's abuses of human rights, particularly the persecution of Christians and other religious minorities. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2M8Ewm0

A medical professional who attempted to offer a Bible to a cancer patient was “rightly sacked” from her job, a court has heard. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2HzXM7p

Theresa May says she'll quit as UK Conservative leader on June 7, sparking contest for Britain's next prime minister. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/30EXwf1

Memorial Day is a great time to think about heroes—those who served for our freedom and to help shape America. But as the president of the American Pastors Network, I’m also thinking this week about biblical heroes and what made them great. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2QwpVzr

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party had a commanding lead as votes were counted Thursday after a six-week general election, sending the stock market soaring in anticipation of another five-year term for the Hindu nationalist leader. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2WjjxAz

Gunmen in Nigeria reportedly kidnapped an evangelical pastor and 16 other Christians this week in an attack that also killed one person.  from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2Hw2e7b