kisanUnion: December 2020

Security Firms Say Suspicious Object on Oil Tanker Off Iraq

Sailors involved in transferring fuel oil from an Iraqi tanker in the Persian Gulf to another vessel owned by a shipping company traded in the U.S. discovered a “suspicious object” they fear could be a mine, authorities said Thursday.

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'We Want God': Trump Issues Proclamation Packed with Powerful Quotes on Faith and Freedom

This week President Trump issued a proclamation that was filled with some profound quotes about faith and freedom, intended to reaffirm America's mission to end religious persecution worldwide.

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British Lawmakers Finally Approve Last-Minute Post-Brexit Trade Deal with EU

Britain’s Parliament voted resoundingly on Wednesday to approve a trade deal with the European Union, paving the way for an orderly break with the bloc that will finally complete the U.K.’s long and divisive Brexit journey.

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Report: Religious Persecution Set to Rise in India and China in 2021

Religious persecution is projected to rise in 2021, warns Release International (RI), an organization that supports persecuted Christians around the world.

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'One of the Most Macabre Days in Recent History': Argentina Legalizes Elective Abortion

Argentina on Wednesday became the largest nation in Latin America to legalize elective abortion.

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Fulani Muslim Militants in Nigeria Kill 18 People, Attack Christian Pastor and Kidnap His Wife

There have been reports of more violence against Christians by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria's Kaduna state.

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US Deploys B-52 Bombers to Persian Gulf, Warning Iran Against Possible Attacks

The United States flew two B-52 bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday as a forewarning to Iran against any potential attacks against American or allied targets in the Middle East.

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Christian Journalist in China Sentenced to Prison for Reporting on Wuhan COVID Outbreak

Zhang Zhan, a 37-year-old Christian journalist in China, has been sentenced to four years in prison in Shanghai due to her reporting of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, the epicenter of the viral spread that sparked the ongoing pandemic.

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Quake Aftershocks Keep People out of Homes in Croatia

Aftershocks jolted central Croatia on Wednesday, a day after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake killed at least seven people, injured dozens and left several towns and villages in ruins.

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Hundreds of Pakistani Christians Flee After Pastor's Facebook Post Incites Muslims Who Demand He be Beheaded

Hundreds of Pakistani Christian families had to flee their homes prior to Christmas after a mob of Muslims threatened to set fire to the neighborhood after a faith-based social media post was published by a local pastor.

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Who's in Charge of a World That's Suffering? Billy Graham's Reprinted Book Reminds Readers God's Still in Control

The year 2020 certainly brought the world a load of suffering, pain, and anguish. Billy Graham examined the issue of suffering in his 1981 book, Till Armageddon. The late evangelist's publishers thought this would be an especially appropriate time to reprint it, but with a new title, Who’s in Charge of a World That Suffers?

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Who's in Charge of a World That's Suffering? Billy Graham's Reprinted Book Reminds Readers God's Still in Control

Strong 6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Croatia

A strong earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, causing considerable damage to homes and other buildings in a town southeast of Zagreb, the capital. A man and a boy were pulled out alive from a car buried in rubble and sent to a hospital.

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Chinese Communist Govt Tells Christians Not to Celebrate Christmas This Year, But CCP Reaps the Holiday Benefits

The Chinese Christmas season was much different this year as the Communist Party remains steadfast in its efforts to eliminate Christianity from the country.

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Islamic Terrorists Suspected of Killing 11 Nigerian Christians and Abducting Priest on Christmas Eve

Members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram reportedly attacked and killed 11 people in a Christian village in northern Nigeria on Christmas Eve.

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Each Year 1,000 Pakistani Girls Forcibly Converted to Islam

Neha loved the hymns that filled her church with music. But she lost the chance to sing them last year when, at the age of 14, she was forcibly converted from Christianity to Islam and married to a 45-year-old man with children twice her age.

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The World Should Have No Place for Blasphemy Laws

Government restrictions on religion around the world have reached the highest point in the past 11 years, as revealed in the Pew Research Center’s annual report on religious freedom released last week. A global trend of government policies impeding individuals’ peaceful expression of their faith is disturbing, and it ought to motivate advocates of free speech and religious freedom to action.

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'The Rules Are Getting Ridiculous': Canadian Officers Tase Outdoor Hockey Player Over COVID Restrictions

The actions of two officers from the Calgary Police Service (CPS) in Canada have come under public scrutiny following the arrest of a 21-year-old man for refusing to follow the country's COVID restrictions.

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BioNTech CEO Confident Vaccine Will Work on UK Variant

German pharmaceutical company BioNTech is confident that its coronavirus vaccine works against the new UK variant, but further studies are needed to be completely sure, its chief executive said Tuesday.

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New Strain of COVID in UK Leads to Food Shortage Fears as France and Other Countries Block Travel to UK

Trucks waiting to get in and out of Britain backed up for miles and people were stranded at airports Monday as many countries imposed stringent travel restrictions over concerns about a new strain of the coronavirus that is spreading in southeast England.

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'Satan Is Real': Pro-Lifers Respond to Massive Cheers As Argentina Moves to Legalize Abortion

Demonstrators stood outside Buenos Aires last Friday, where they erupted in cheers upon learning the Argentinian lower house passed a bill to legalize abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy.

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UK Orders Shops to Close, Nixes Holiday Mixing in London

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Christmas gatherings can’t go ahead and non-essential shops must close in London and much of southern England, as he imposed a new, higher level of coronavirus restrictions on the region to curb rapidly spreading infections.

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Hospital Fire Kills 9 COVID-19 Patients at ICU in Turkey

A fire broke out Saturday at an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients in southern Turkey after an oxygen cylinder exploded, killing nine people, the health minister said.

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Gantz Tells Saudi Paper: Jerusalem is Big Enough for Palestinian Capital

Alternate Israeli Prime Minister Benny Gantz said that the Palestinians deserved their own “entity” and could have a capital in Jerusalem.

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More Than 300 Kidnapped Schoolboys are Freed, Says Governor

More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwest Nigeria have been released, the Katsina State governor said Thursday.

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Groups Dedicated to Ending Extreme Poverty & Hunger Bring Christmas Joy to Children Around the World

Hundreds of millions of children worldwide suffer from poverty, and the impact it can have on a young life is nothing short of tragic.

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Islamic Terror Group Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Kidnapping 300+ Nigerian Students

The radical Islamic group, Boko Haram is holding hundreds of schoolchildren captive in Nigeria. Gunmen attacked a government-run secondary school last week and abducted more than 300 students.

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ISIS-Affiliates Turning Africa into New Jihadist Battleground

More than a year after the defeat of ISIS in Syria, the Islamic terror group is turning its sights on Africa. The continent is currently witnessing a spree of terror attacks inspired by ISIS-affiliated groups.

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'God Has Heard Our Cry': Christian Man Acquitted of Blasphemy and Released from Life Sentence in Pakistan

A Christian man in Pakistan has been acquitted of blasphemy and released from prison after serving 10 years of a life sentence.

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US Sanctions Turkey as Islamic Regime Makes Deal with Russia and Moves Away from NATO

The Trump administration is leveling harsh, new sanctions on NATO-ally Turkey for its purchase of Russian missile defense systems.

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Hundreds of Children Abducted After Gunmen Attack Nigerian School

Gunmen in Nigeria's northwestern Katsina state abducted more than 300 boys from a Government Science secondary school on Friday.

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US Govt Blames Iran in Adduction, Death of Retired FBI Agent Robert Levinson

The Trump administration for the first time on Monday formally blamed Iran for the presumed death of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, publicly identifying two Iranian intelligence officers believed responsible for his abduction.

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