World

• US 'sparing no effort' to get pastor Andrew Brunson home from Turkey

  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has promised that the US is doing everything it can to free pastor Andrew Brunson.

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  Archaeologists think they've found evidence for Bible's account of Exodus near the Jordan River

  Historical evidence for the biblical account of the Exodus might be located at a site near the Jordan River, according to a recently announced discovery.

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  Brett Kavanaugh denies sex abuse allegations, saying he was a church-going virgin in his school years

  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has firmly denied the multiple sex abuse allegations against him, stating that he was a church-going virgin in high school.

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  1.5 billion people are still waiting for a Bible in their own language

  The numbers are a significant obstacle to the spread of the gospel throughout the world - but you can help

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  How African Christians can help a post-Brexit Britain

  Unless the issue of corruption, which is endemic in Africa, is addressed billions will simply be siphoned away.

• Cherish and defend hard-won freedom, Pope Francis tells Latvians

  Pope Francis on Monday urged Latvians, who broke with the Soviet Union nearly 30 years ago, to cherish their hard-won freedom.

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  Trump's Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh rejects 'false accusations'

  US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said on Monday he would not step aside after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago.

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  Needs are 'still great' in India's Kerala state even as flood waters recede

  India's Kerala state is 'only just beginning to recover' after it was hit by the worst monsoon floods in a century.

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  China's Catholics welcome Beijing-Vatican deal, but doubts remain

  The Catholic Church in China is split between the state-supervised Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA) and an underground church.

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  Nigerian Christians murdered in Fulani attacks

  At least 27 people have died following recent attacks by Fulani militants on mainly Christian communities in northeast Nigeria, according to World Watch Monitor.

• Pope pays tribute to victims of Nazis, Soviets in Lithuania

  Pope Francis paid tribute on Sunday to Jews killed by the Nazis and victims of murder and deportation by the Soviet KGB.

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  Protests greet Franklin Graham during visit to Britain for 'Festival of Hope'

  LGBT activists and protesters displayed rainbow flags in the city of Blackpool to protest American evangelist Franklin Graham and the three-day "Festival of Hope."

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  Cuban president arrives in US on a mission to end decades-old trade embargo

  Cuba's new president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, arrived in New York on Sunday for his first trip to the United States, where he will denounce the decades-old U.S. trade embargo on his country at the U.N. General Assembly, state-run media reported.

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  Last charity ship rescuing migrants off Libyan coast loses its registration

  The Panama Maritime Authority has revoked the registration of search and rescue ship Aquarius 2 in a move that means there will be no charity rescue ships off the Libyan coast in the near future unless the vessel can find a new flag to sail under.

• Pope accepts resignation of two more Chilean bishops following abuse scandal

  The decision brings to seven the number who have stepped down since a sexual abuse scandal swept the nation's Roman Catholic Church.