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Originally published in Trust.org Nigeria’s military has recaptured the flashpoint town of Bama in northeast Borno state from Boko Haram and blocked the Islamist militants’ advance towards the state capital Maiduguri, a senior official said on Monday. He said government forces are also fighting a southwards push into neighbouring Adamawa […]
Originally published in Christianity Today Pastor Steven Simon attended a fundraiser in his honour on Saturday at the St. John Haitian United Methodist Church in Boynton Beach. Simon was the victim of a road rage incident on a West Palm Beach highway on July 31. He was shot twice in […]
The Willow Creek Association 2014 Global Leadership Summit will run in South Africa at 11 venues from October 10. The consistently inspiring two-day leadership training event which is held in 105 countries celebrates its 20th anniversary this year — and its 10th anniversary in South Africa! MEET THE SPEAKERS — BRYAN […]
Originally published in Fox News Dozens of Christians arrested at a prayer meeting in Saudi Arabia need America’s help, according to a key lawmaker who is pressing the State Department on their behalf. Some 28 people were rounded up Friday by hard-line Islamists from the Commission for the Promotion of […]
[notice]”The biggest revelation from the recent conflict in Gaza was not the extent of the Hamas tunnels into Israel, nor the willingness of Hamas to sacrifice their own people, but the deep rift running through the Arab world today – which could portend major changes in the region,” says DR JÜRGEN […]
[notice]By JIM WALLIS, a New York Times bestselling author, public theologian, speaker, international commentator on ethics and public life — on his recent speaking visit to South Africa. He is President and CEO of Sojourners where he is editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine, whose combined print and electronic media have a readership […]
I write this update from Moscow, Russia where Arlene and I are attending the “International Forum on Family – Large Families and The Future Of Humanity” at the Kremlin Palace & Christ the Savior Cathedral. On Thursday September 11 I will use this significant global platform to present my topic, […]
Northern Cameroon is more than ever in the sights of Boko Haram, as details of atrocities committed by the radical Islamic sect from neighboring Nigeria continue to emerge. The militant sect, which now controls several major Nigerian towns, has set up a caliphate with a strict implementation of sharia law. […]
Originally published in BBC.com Iraqi government forces say they have cleared Islamic State (IS) militants from a wide area around the strategic Haditha dam, helped by US air strikes. The jihadists have repeatedly tried to capture the dam on the River Euphrates, in the western province of Anbar. The US […]
Originally published in Fox News President Obama has said that the United States military will begin aiding the response to an outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa that has claimed the lives of at least 2 100 people in five countries. In an interview broadcast Sunday on NBC’s […]