Christian Today staff writer

• Commonwealth heads of government must tackle freedom of religion, says persecution charity

  Open Doors, which serves persecuted Christians around the world, has called on the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting to put freedom of religion and belief at the heart of their discussions.

• Aid agencies warn of Congo humanitarian disaster

  Millions of people caught up in a humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo risk rising levels of hunger, death and disease due to a lack of aid funding, a coalition of humanitarian organisations warned ahead of a conference in Geneva today.

• In a world at war, 8 Bible verses about peace

  In a world of conflict, here are eight verses about peace from the Old Testament.

• Do not escalate violence in Syria, Church in Wales warns UK government

  The Church in Wales has called for a concerted diplomatic approach instead of military intervention in response to the suspected chemical attack in Syria.

• Finding the one: Most millennials want to marry, research suggests

  Most millienials want to marry, new research suggest, despite rapidly falling marriage rates and rises in co-habitation.

• Millions to be without electricity by 2030, report warns

  Double the population of the USA and the UK will be without electricity by 2030 unless governments invest more in renewable energy, a new report is warning.

• On this day: Christendom's shame, the sack of Constantinople

  On this day in 1204, the Crusaders decided that instead of pursuing the Holy Land they would sack the Byzantine city of Constantinople instead, with tens of thousands of subsequent deaths.

• Alex Malarkey, the boy who didn't come back from heaven, sues publishers Tyndale House

  Alex Malarkey, who became famous as 'The boy who came back from heaven' after he nearly died in a car accident, is suing the publishers of the book that made him famous because he was paid nothing for the story.

• Chibok 4 years on: Why there's still no celebration for the rescued schoolgirls

  Half of the girls abducted from the school in Chibok, Nigeria on April 14, 2014 remain in captivity – but parents whose children have returned won't be celebrating until they are all free.

• Traditional antisemitism is thriving on far right and left, study finds

  European Jews are experiencing widespread feelings of insecurity because of the resurgence of the extreme right, anti-Zionism on the left and radical Islam, according to a global study of antisemitism.

• Are the winds of war blowing into Gaza?

  In Israel, the defence minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has praised the Israeli soldiers who filmed themselves shooting at an unarmed Palestinian protester behind the border fence to Gaza, saying the sniper 'deserved a medal'.

• Archbishop of Canterbury: Journalists are 'indispensable' to modern Britain

  The archbishop of Canterbury has said 'there is nothing more important' than a free press holding people to account.