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Al Shabaab attacks Somali town near Kenyan border, kill seven troops
Somalia's Islamist militant group al Shabaab attacked a town in a region near Kenya's border, killing at least seven Somali soldiers, the group and Somali officials said.

Syria truce 'will not hold out' says senior rebel source
Syria's ceasefire "will not hold out", a senior rebel official in Aleppo warned on Saturday, as air strikes and shelling continued in some places and promised aid deliveries failed to come through.

'Christophobia'? U.S. government has not done enough to save Christians who face genocide in Mideast, says author
Johnnie Moore, a Christian author and humanitarian, criticized members of the Obama administration for having had "sat on their hands" while terrorists from the Islamic State (ISIS) were committing a "genocide" of Christians in the Middle East.

Donald Trump admits Barack Obama was born in the US
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has confirmed that he believes that President Barack Obama was born in the United States.

Should the US President be Christlike? Trump supporters don't think so
Should American Christians want their President to be Christlike? As Donald Trump draws closer to potential election victory, the answer to that from evangelicals may not be as clear as you'd think.

'Our confidence is in God,' says minister father of Brit facing extradition to US
A Baptist minister whose son is to be extradited to the United States on hacking charges has spoken of his "confidence" in the justice of God.

Teen Christian boy 'murdered' and hung from a tree in Pakistan
A 14-year-old Christian boy has been murdered and his dead body hung in a tree in Faisalabad, according to a charity helping Christians persecuted in Pakistan.

Foodbank harvest appeal: 'Parents are going without food so their children don't starve.'
In its Combined Harvest appeal, the Trussell Trust Foodbank Network is calling for both cash and food donations so adults and children don't have to go hungry this winter.

Churches burned and members threatened with violence: The reality of being a Christian in Cuba
Amid an escalating crackdown on churches in Cuba, a prominent pastor and religious freedom activist has warned that "the threat of physical violence... comes with the territory of being a Christian" in the Caribbean island.

Australia: Anglican bishop backs same-sex marriage ahead of possible referendum
An Anglican bishop in Australia has come out in favour of same-sex marriage ahead of a possible referendum on the issue next February.

Trump and Clinton the most 'deeply flawed' candidates in 50 years, says US Archbishop
The Archbishop of Philadelphia has said that in his 50 years of voting America has never offered up "two such deeply flawed presidential candidates" as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Christian groups slam Israel over Gaza 'prison', call on US to cut military aid
Two leading Christian groups have strongly criticised Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory, demanded the Jewish state end the "prison-like conditions" in Gaza and called on the US to cancel its military aid budget to its Middle Eastern ally.

Nigel Farage calls on the Archbishop of Canterbury to step down
Outgoing UKIP leader accuses Justin Welby of failing to stand up for Britain's Christian culture.

Anti-gay pastor Steven Anderson banned from UK
Steven Anderson was due to be travelling through London en route to South Africa and Botswana. Now it has emerged he has also been banned from the UK.

Evangelicals in Egypt head to US in support of President Sisi's UN visit
A delegation from the Evangelical Church in Egypt left Cairo yesterday to head to the US in support of President Abdel-Fattah Sisi during his visit to the United Nations (UN) headquarters to attend next week's UN General Assembly.

A baby that doctors said couldn't possibly survive because of defects beats all the odds with miraculous birth
"No way will your baby be born alive." Ashley Shirley, a mother from Cincinnati, Ohio, received this brutal pronouncement from her doctors who saw all sorts of birth defects on the two-month-old baby she was carrying, CBN News reports.