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(CBN News) On his way out the door, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hit China with new sanctions by declaring that China’s policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in western Xinjiang Province constitute a “genocide.” Pompeo made the determination on Tuesday just 24 hours before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. There was no immediate response from the incoming … [Read more...] about Pompeo Says China’s Policies on Muslims Amount to ‘Genocide’

(The Christian Post) Around 750 people were killed in an attack on an Orthodox church, which is said to contain the Ark of the Covenant described in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, in northern Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region — home to thousands of churches and monasteries — according to reports. Hundreds of people hiding in Maryam Tsiyon Church in Aksum amid an armed … [Read more...] about 750 Killed at Ethiopian Orthodox Church Said to Contain Ark of the Covenant: Report

(The Telegraph) A Christian girl has been taken into care in Pakistan after allegedly being abducted by a Muslim man who forced her marry him and kept her chained up in a cattle pen. The girl spent five months chained up in the pen in the yard of her 45-year-old captor's home, where she was forced to work all day clearing the animals’ dung, her family claim. They said … [Read more...] about Christian Girl Chained up in Cattle Pen for Five Months After Forced Marriage to Muslim

by Michele Chabin (RNS) An Israeli government initiative to help vaccinate Holocaust survivors worldwide against COVID-19 is drawing praise for its intentions, but also skepticism. The initiative, announced by Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevich on Tuesday (Jan. 12), seeks to vaccinate the estimated 200,000 Holocaust survivors who live outside of Israel. The vast … [Read more...] about Israel Hopes to Vaccinate Holocaust Survivors to Save and Repay ‘Treasured’ Population