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Has Trump Killed The Two-State Solution For Israel-Palestine â And What Are The Alternatives?
What came of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with US President Donald Trump yesterday? And what alternatives are there to a two-state solution?

Evangelicals Most Likely To Back Trump's Johnson Amendment Repeal
But even among evangelicals, fewer than half believe religious institutions should be allowed to engage in political activity, a new poll reports.

Christian Agency Fires 140 Staff Helping Refugees As 'A Direct Result' Of Trump's Executive Order
Citing Donald Trump's policies, one of the nine US organizations that work with the United Nation's refugee programme announced yesterday that it is letting go around 140 staff members and closing five offices that have resettled more than 25,000 refugees.

Trump Backs Away From US Commitment To Palestinian State
President Donald Trump on Wednesday dropped a US commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the longstanding bedrock of Washington's Middle East policy.

Husband And Wife Die Of Cancer 5 Days Apart; Thousands Donate Over $300K To Support Their Children
"Till death do us part." Those were the unspoken words as she held the hand of her dying husband before she herself, five days later, bid goodbye to this world. As fate would have it, the couple died of the same disease: cancer.

ISIS Pours Tar On 15 Civilians, Including Children, Before Burning Them Alive For Trying To Flee 'Caliphate'
They were covered in tar and then burnt alive. This was the monstrosity inflicted by the Islamic State (ISIS) on 15 civilians, including children, after they were caught trying to escape from the clutches of the barbaric group in Iraq.
Is Trump's Policy Of Prioritising Christian Refugees Unfair â On Christians?
Donald Trump appeared to make a major concession to Christians in the Middle East last month when he said that he would give priority to Christians when it comes to applying for refugee status in the US. But not all Christian leaders agree with the policy.

Pastor Saeed Abedini Sentenced After Violating Restraining Order Taken Out By His Wife
The US-based pastor Saeed Abedini, who was released from an Iranian prison last year, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to violating a restraining order taken out by his estranged wife, Naghmeh.

Turkey Nightclub Shooter Insists He Was Out To Murder Christians
In fact most of the victims were Muslim and it is not known if any Christians at all lost their lives in the Reina nightclub attack in the early hours of New Year's Day.

Christian Militia Group Warns Sunnis Living In Christian Iraqi Town: Get Out Or Face Massacre
"Get out of this town or face a massacre." It was a warning like no other. While Islamist extremists have distinguished themselves for their savagery, the one group that raised the warning did not come from their ranks.

Pastor Who Baptised Charleston Church Massacre Shooter Dylann Roof Says He Hasn't Given Up On Him
Pastor Richard Graf from the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, who is known for having baptised convicted mass murderer Dylann Roof back in 1997, is not giving up hope on the young man even after he killed nine African-American worshippers from the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina back in June 2015.

Syrian Man About To Be Executed For Being A Christian Spared From Death, Says God Answered His Prayers
God truly answers prayers, a young man from Syria recently found out.

Iranian Christian Convert 'Seriously Ill' Following Hunger Strike
An Iranian Christian convert who has been imprisoned since August has fallen 'seriously ill' after going on hunger strike.

Jews 'Boiled Christians In Cauldrons' Alleges Ultra-Conservative Russian Lawmaker
An ultra-conservative, pro-Kremlin Russian lawmaker has sparked an anti-Semitism row after saying the ancestors of local Jewish opposition figures in Saint-Petersburg 'boiled Christians in cauldrons'.

Pope Francis Blasts Clerical Sex Abuse As 'Diabolic Sacrifice'
Pope Francis has described clerical sex abuse as 'diabolic sacrifice' in the preface of a new book, asking: 'How does a priest in the service of Christ and his church manage to provoke so much evil?'

How A Christian Hospital In Iraq Is Saving ISIS Fighters' Lives
The President of Samaritan's Purse Franklin Graham has claimed that the humanitarian aid organisation is helping to save the lives of 'badly injured' Islamic State fighters outside Mosul in Iraq.