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  Church Security Awareness Is Rising Around The Globe

  (Sponsored) The church is a place of peace where people go to lower themselves before the Almighty. It creates the bondage of sacred feelings between the worshipers and God. Unfortunately, over the last few years, the church has become a targeted place for the terrorists to conduct mass-killings.

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  Turkey says mosque closures in Austria may lead to a 'war between the cross and the crescent'

  Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced that the government will be shutting down a hardline Turkish nationalist mosque in Vienna and six other mosques being operated by the Arab Religious Community.

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  Heidi and Rolland Baker ask for prayers amid increasing terrorist attacks in Mozambique

  A Christian ministry operating in Mozambique has requested prayers due to increasing terrorist attacks in a number of villages in recent weeks.

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  Archaeologists discover 2,800-year-old sculpture that may depict mystery Biblical king

  Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have found a 2,800-year-old sculpture that could be the depiction of a Biblical king.

• Open Doors: Remember North Korea's persecuted Christians

  Persecution watchdog Open Doors has called for a renewed focus on the plight of Christians in North Korea following the meeting between US president Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.

• Trump says Kim is 'very smart', that North Korea to denuclearise 'very, very quickly'

  There were no immediate details on the contents of the document but Trump said he expected the denuclearisation process to start 'very, very quickly'.

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  Christian asylum seeker in Sweden says she has 'nightmares' of being deported and jailed in Iran

  A Christian convert in Sweden says she is having "nightmares every night" that she will be deported back to Iran, where she says she faces the risk of imprisonment.

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  Tearfund honoured for project tackling gender-based violence

  Tearfund's project is based in KwaZulu-Natal, where a high proportion of men – 46 per cent – admit to perpetrating gender-based violence.

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  US missionary kidnapped in Africa's Sahel nearly 2 years ago is still alive, says Niger's president

  An American missionary who was abducted by unidentified assailants in October 2016 is still alive, according to Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou.

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  'Fair trade, fool trade': Trump vents fury on NATO allies, Trudeau

  The escalating clash over trade between Washington and some of its closest global partners cast a cloud over Trump's efforts to make history in nuclear talks with Kim Jong Un of North Korea.

• North Korean, US officials air differences on eve of summit as Trump stays positive

  US president Donald Trump said on Monday his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore could 'work out very nicely'.

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  Four Iranian Christians prepare to serve 10-year prison sentences after appeal is rejected

  Four Christians, who were convicted of "promoting Zionist Christianity" in Iran, are preparing to start serving their 10-year prison sentences after their appeal was rejected earlier this month.

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  Austria to shut down mosques, expel foreign-funded imams

  Austria's right-wing government plans to shut seven mosques and could expel dozens of imams in what it said was 'just the beginning' of a push against radical Islam and foreign funding of religious groups that Turkey condemned as racist.

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  Freed American pastor says he shared the Gospel with North Korean official before his release

  Kim Hak Song, an American pastor released last month from North Korea after spending a year in prison, says he shared the book of Genesis with a regime official

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  Afghanistan announces Eid ceasefire with Taliban until June 20

  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced for the first time an unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban, coinciding with the end of the Muslim fasting month, but excluding other militant groups, such as Islamic State.