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Singapore: Eight more members of Kong Hee\'s megachurch hit by fraud allegations
Singapore: Eight more members of Kong Hee's megachurch hit by fraud allegations

Eight more members of Singapore's City Harvest Church are facing a new lawsuit after the former fund manager accused them of "fraudulent misrepresentation" of facts about the church.

Pastor Evan Mawarire released from custody, calls for more protests against Mugabe
Pastor Evan Mawarire released from custody, calls for more protests against Mugabe

A Zimbabwean court has dismissed charges against a pastor accused of trying to overthrow the government through an internet campaign that inspired rare protests against President Robert Mugabe.

ISIS hit list names include 1,700 individual churchgoers, Jewish worshippers in U.S. labelled as \'crusaders\'
ISIS hit list names include 1,700 individual churchgoers, Jewish worshippers in U.S. labelled as 'crusaders'

If you can't beat them, scare them. This appears to be the new tactic of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group as it released a new list of 1,700 American individuals, including churchgoers and Jewish worshippers, branding them as "crusaders" and kill targets for its "lone-wolf" supporters, Newsweek reports.

ISIS real name revealed: Expert explains apocalyptic word that\'s drawing Muslims to terror group\'s cause
ISIS real name revealed: Expert explains apocalyptic word that's drawing Muslims to terror group's cause

The name of the terrorist group that is trying to set the world on fire is not the Islamic State (IS), not the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and not the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) as U.S. President Barack Obama and other top U.S. officials prefer to call it, according to renowned counterterrorism expert Sebastian Gorka.

Fear of being called \'crusader army\' stops U.S. from helping Christians in Iraq and Syria, says leading rights lawyer
Fear of being called 'crusader army' stops U.S. from helping Christians in Iraq and Syria, says leading rights lawyer

What's preventing America from helping persecuted Iraqi and Syrian Christians? Answer: Being a labelled a "crusader army," according to prominent human rights lawyer and religious freedom advocate Nina Shea.

Iraqi Christians \'feel nobody cares for us\', says Baghdad bishop
Iraqi Christians 'feel nobody cares for us', says Baghdad bishop

Christians persecuted by Islamic State in the Middle East believe the world has forgotten them, but remain convinced that God is near, an Iraqi bishop has said.

India: two Christians and a baby among the dead in police shoot-out
India: two Christians and a baby among the dead in police shoot-out

Two Pentecostal Christians are believed to be among five Indian villagers including a five-month-old baby who were killed on July 8 during a shoot-out between security officers and Maoists in the eastern state of Odisha

Outrage at Russia\'s \'unconstitutional\' crackdown on religion, evangelism
Outrage at Russia's 'unconstitutional' crackdown on religion, evangelism

Russia's President Vladmir Putin has signed a package of new anti-terrorism measures into law amid protests that they will be used to crack down on religious freedom.

Nigeria: Buhari regime condemned after killing of female Christian preacher
Nigeria: Buhari regime condemned after killing of female Christian preacher

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the Muhammadu Buhari administration over increasing violence against non-Muslims and warned Christians to defend themselves following the murder at the weekend of a female Christian preacher by suspected fanatics

Nepal: Eight Christians face trial for distributing Bibles
Nepal: Eight Christians face trial for distributing Bibles

Seven Protestant Christians and a pastor could be tried for proselytising after being found distributing Bibles to school-children

Would-be assassin of Pope John Paul II \'wants to become a priest\'
Would-be assassin of Pope John Paul II 'wants to become a priest'

Mehmet Alì Ağca, who shot the Pope in 1981, says he is "wasting my time " in Turkey after being released by a pontifical pardon in the jubilee year of 2000

Pope Francis expresses grief over Puglia train crash
Pope Francis expresses grief over Puglia train crash

The Pope said he was praying for the injured and the families of the victims

Zimbabwean pastor arrested after campaigning against Mugabe

A Zimbabwean pastor has been arrested and charged with inciting public violence after he led a campaign against President Robert Mugabe's regime.

Anglican Church in Canada passes same-sex marriage after embarrassing vote miscount
Anglican Church in Canada passes same-sex marriage after embarrassing vote miscount

The Anglican Church of Canada has voted to approve same-sex marriage after all after church leaders confessed to an embarrassing error when counting the votes.

New case of \'mass demonic possession\' reported in Colombia affecting schoolgirls playing \'Charlie, Charlie\'
New case of 'mass demonic possession' reported in Colombia affecting schoolgirls playing 'Charlie, Charlie'

It happened again—this time in Colombia. Twenty-two schoolgirls, aged between 12 and 15, "suffered mass demonic possession" on Saturday after playing a game of "Charlie Charlie," the Mirror reports.

Final battle between Christ and Satan would be over marriage and family as predicted by Fatima visionary, cardinal says
Final battle between Christ and Satan would be over marriage and family as predicted by Fatima visionary, cardinal says

The world appears to be witnessing now the final battle between Christ and Satan.