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After ousting IS militants from towns near Mosul, Iraq, Christian militias have reported of the devastation the group left behind, including the destruction of precious icons and ancient texts in the 4th-century monastery of Mar Behnam.

Pakistan has officially made illegal all 11 Christian TV channels airing in the country, leaving the country's 2.8 million Christians with no public media presence for the first time in nearly two decades. Officials have also arrested at least six cable operators for defying the order, according to reports.

Christian converts Yaser Mosibzadeh, Saheb Fadayaee, and Mohammed Reza Omidi are due to be flogged in public for partaking of communion wine, a grave and blasphemous misconduct under Iran's Sharia law.

With hospitals in Aleppo, Syria now caught in crossfires, people are desperate for medicine and supplies for the increasing number of casualties being brought for care.

A 25-year old British woman tourist has been raped by two fellow Britons, but she is now facing charges in Dubai for having "extra-marital sex."

The wife of the first Persian-born Anglican bishop of Iran was revered by Christians who honored her after her death.

Christians returning to their hometowns as Iraqi and Kurdish security forces continue to liberate formerly held ISIS territory have voiced their dismay upon discovering the devastation left behind by the terrorist group.

A pastor in the war-torn region of Aleppo, Syria has shared how the country's humanitarian crisis has caused hundreds of Muslims to turn to Christ and helped the Church grow at an astonishing rate.

Two years after a Muslim mob in Pakistan beat a Christian couple to death and threw their bodies into a brick kiln for allegedly desecrating the Koran, justice has still not been served for those responsible for the brutal murders.

Despite physically escaping the clutches of ISIS, hundreds of Yazidi boys remain brainwashed and traumatized by their horrific experiences at training camps, where they were forced to bow to the demands of the black-clad terrorist group.

BEIRUT - Donald Trump's election as U.S. president on Wednesday aroused concern among Syrian rebels and a degree of optimism in Damascus, where his victory was seen as a better outcome than a Hillary Clinton win.

LONDON - World leaders offered to work with Donald Trump when he takes over as U.S. president, but expressed anxiety over how he will handle problems from the Middle East to an assertive Russia and whether he will carry out a number of campaign threats.

Thousands of Muslims disillusioned by the violence and unrest in Mosul - ISIS' last stronghold in Iraq - are embracing Christianity and "begging" Christ for healing after experiencing the love of Christ and hearing the truth of the Gospel.

A Syrian Christian from the war-torn region of Aleppo has shared how despite the mass exodus of believers from the region, churches are far from empty, as church pews are filled with former Muslims eager for the Good News of Jesus Christ.

An Iraqi woman who gave birth to a child after being sexually assaulted by ISIS fighters has shared why she chose to keep her baby - and why she will never tell him about his father.

A church leader working at a refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan has shared how he strives to spread hope among the displaced Christian community, many of whom are traumatized by their experiences in their home country.

Islamic State fighters abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near the militant stronghold of Mosul and also forced 1,500 families to retreat with them from Hammam al Alil town, the United Nations human rights organization said on Tuesday.

As Iraqi-led forces liberated the town of Hamam al-Alil south of Mosul in Nineveh, federal police uncovered at least 100 headless bodies in a university that was apparently used by ISIS as a mass grave

Three pastors wrongfully imprisoned in Iran have been released after four months thanks to the work of domestic and foreign advocacy groups.

In a statistical study, Above Rubies' Nancy Campbell noted that for every child a woman bears, her risk for ovarian cancer decreases by 10%. Research further reveals the safeguarding nature of pregnancy and lactation; whereas women today experience four hundred menstrual cycles in their child-bearing years---a contributing factor to the rise of Endometriosis and other reproductive-related problems---women who experienced around only 100 cycles about a century ago lived virtually free of the diseases now feared. Why? Because the God-given gifts of pregnancy and lactation naturally allow rest for the body in ways that intervening methods (such as birth control) in reality prevent.

A young couple who converted from Islam to Christianity have shared how their faith remains unshaken despite ongoing persecution.

A young Muslim couple disillusioned by the chaos and unrest in the Middle East embraced Christianity dreaming of a “man in white” who prophesied the birth of their baby daughter, now named “Christina” after their newfound faith

After UNESCO voted to approve a resolution that ignores Jewish ties to the Temple Mount, a group of evangelical Christians called upon members of the faith to mail bibles to the organization's leadership in Paris.

After years of suffering under the Islamic State terrorist group, Christians triumphantly returned the Cross, the symbol of Christ's victory over evil, to villages in Iraq's Nineveh Plain.

In a display of grace and unity, Christian churches in the war-torn region of Aleppo are opening their doors to displaced Muslim families, where children are taught the truth of the Gospel.