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Christianity on the rise in Bangladesh as tens of thousands of Muslims are turning away from Allah to embrace Jesus
Christianity is making such significant gains in one Muslim-majority nation in South Asia that local evangelists are now envisioning the day when their country would become a Christian nation.

'The migrant is a gift': Mexican bishops launch campaign defying Trump's immigration policy
Mexican bishops have launched a campaign titled 'the migrant is a gift' on social media, in defiance of the immigration policies of President Trump.

Pakistani Christian asylum seekers face pressure to leave Thailand
The Thai government is planning to cancel bail for all of Bangkok's male asylum seekers, forcing them - including many Christians - to move to detention centres immediately.

'God is great', cry Islamist extremists as they shoot dead a Christian mum and son, wound husband
Islamic extremists have shot dead a Christian woman and her son and seriously wounded her husband in Somalia, sources told Morning Star News.

Ethiopia famine: 'Pray God touches the hearts of the nations'
The scale of the current drought affecting Ethiopia is so much bigger than anything we've seen before, according to Tearfund's country representative.

Ma'agan Michael sails again: boat from biblical times discovered off coast of Israel to be 'relaunched'
A famous ship in Israel that sank off the country's coast 2,500 years ago is being 'relaunched' 30 years after the shipwreck was discovered and removed from the water.

Samaritans' Purse workers kidnapped by rebels in South Sudan have been released
Eight kidnapped Christian charity workers in South Sudan who were taken by rebels earlier this week have now been released.

Sir Mo Farah says he is 'completely devastated' by East Africa crisis as charities launch major appeal
Sir Mo Farah is among those supporting an urgent appeal by charities to help the millions of people who face starvation caused by conflicts and droughts in East Africa.

Iran arrests newly baptised Christian mother and her son for their faith, seizes Bibles in crackdown
Iranian government agents have arrested two newly baptised Christiansâa mother and her sonâseizing their Bibles and other Christian books.

Many Asian Christian women working as maids in Mideast suffer abuse, treated like slaves by their Arab 'owners'
Many Asian Christian women are being treated as slaves as they work as nannies and housemaids in the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Arabian Peninsula.

Trump envoy to meet Palestinian President as US tries to kickstart peace talks
Donald Trump's Middle East envoy will meet with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas tomorrow, after spending five hours with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.

The Palestinian ballet star who is fighting ISIS with dance
A Palestinian ballet dancer has won wide acclaim using dance in a defiant stance against ISIS in the Middle East.

'I have their blood with me': new documentary charts plight of Syria's many missing men, women and children
A hard-hitting documentary broadcast next week will lay out the damning case of Syria's missing: tens of thousands of men, women and children who have been disappeared into secret detention centres.

Ex-Radical Islamist turned Christian evangelist warns of educational Jihad that seeks to Islamise West
A former radical Islamist turned Christian evangelist is warning the West of another form of jihad being waged in the education front.

Christian Dad claims falsely that he raped own daughter â in order to protect priest
A Christian dad in India claimed falsely that he had raped his own daughter in order to 'protect the priest and the Church' after she became pregnant and had a baby.

Bulgarian Church 'Should Win' Nobel Peace Prize For Protecting Jews During Holocaust
The Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to the Bulgarian Independent Orthodox Church for its work in protecting Jews in the Holocaust.