World

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  Child soldier was trained to kill Christians - until he became one

  A man who was trained as a child soldier to attack Christians shared what led him to the Bible and Jesus, despite threats to his life.

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  Useful Idiots? As the UK sings Sudan's praises, the US designates it a country of 'particular concern'

  What accounts for the gap between UK and US perceptions of a regime whose leader, Field Marshall Omar Bashir, has been indicted for genocide?

• Pope urges predator priests to turn themselves in

  Vatican sources believed it was the first time the pope had made such a direct appeal.

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  Doing good in secret: How George W Bush sponsored a child through Compassion International

  An extraordinary story has emerged of former US president George W Bush's anonymous sponsorship of a Filippino child through Christian agency Compassion.

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  After church split, Ukraine may force Moscow loyalists to badge themselves 'Russian'

  Ukraine on Saturday created a new Orthodox church independent from Moscow, which leaders have lobbied for since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

• Syria, Mattis, Afghanistan, shutdown: Trump ends year in chaos

  Thursday was a landmark day of chaos that appeared to test the resolve of even senior Republican backers in Washington.

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  Political and religious leaders look to Trump for help to end persecution of Nigeria's Christians

  A Nigerian Archbishop has joined US political leaders in calling on Donald Trump to intervene in the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria.

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  Christian cake baker files lawsuit against Colorado as pressure mounts over gender transition cake

  Although Jack Phillips won a Supreme Court victory over a gay wedding cake earlier this year, the legal battle to bake according to his convictions is still raging on

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  Fresh arrests see more Early Rain church members held, US watchdogs denounce crackdown

  The move against the Early Rain church follows the arrest of 100 church members and leaders last week including its pastor Wang Yi and his wife Jiang Rong.

• Trump starts withdrawal of US forces from Syria, claims victory

  Trump said on Wednesday they have succeeded in their mission to defeat Islamic State and were no longer needed in the country.

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  Cuba blinks on same-sex marriage constitution change

  Evangelical churches, threatened to shoot down the entire constitutional revamp over that single issue in the referendum on the final version scheduled for early next year.

• Don't blame migrants for your problems, Pope Francis warns world leaders

  Pope Francis on Tuesday condemned nationalist leaders who blame migrants for their countries' problems.

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  Christmas will be 'lonely' for Asia Bibi, says campaigner

  Christian mother Asia Bibi is still facing a 'lonely' Christmas despite being freed from death row, says a Christian campaigner.

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  Max Lucado says he was sexually abused as a child

  Influential Christian author and preacher Max Lucado has revealed that he was a victim of sexual abuse in his youth and publicly repented for times in his own ministry when he took conversations about women and abuse too lightly.

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  Attacks on Christians in Nigeria are a 'forgotten tragedy', says bishop

  Bishop William Amove Avenya said the victims in his diocese have included children and pregnant women