Ukrainian Orthodox Church Breaks Away From Russian Influence

An independent Ukrainian Orthodox church was created at a signing ceremony in Turkey on Saturday, formalizing a split with the Russian church it had been tied to since 1686.

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Libyan Officials Uncover Mass Grave of Christians Killed by ISIS

Last month Libyan officials uncovered dozens of bodies from a mass grave used by the Islamic State, Catholic News Agency reported. The bodies of 34 Ethiopian Christians killed by the terrorist group in 2015 will soon be sent back to Ethiopia, where they will be laid to rest with the dignity they deserve.

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'Door-to-Door Searches to Hunt Christians': These Syrians Say US Pullout Means It WILL Happen Again

These Syrian Christians are deeply concerned about the impact of President Trump's decision to remove US troops out of northeastern Syria.  They say Turkey is threatening them daily "to invade, and kill us. They are calling us 'infidels'."

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'The Stuff of Movies': A Battered Wife's Journey from Islam to Christian Pastor

An Iranian Muslim woman trapped in an abusive marriage tells the story of her journey to a new life in Sweden, where she is now a Christian minister.

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Brazil's New President and Special Ops Police Combat Epidemic of Violence

CBN News visited Rio De Janeiro and went on patrol with an elite team of Brazilian special operations police who are leading the move to take down the drug gangs

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'All-Out War Against Religious Minorities': Faith Leaders Expose China's Brutal Persecution of Christians

China is tightening its grip on the country's Christians through repeated efforts to persecute and silence the Church.

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Survivors Outraged as Roman Catholic Bishops Gather for 'Prayer and Reflection' on Sex Abuse

US Roman Catholic bishops have begun a week-long retreat in Mundelein, Illinois, to focus on the church's sexual abuse scandals. But the way they're doing it is causing a backlash.

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'I'm So Scared': UK Plan to Deport Pakistani Christian Would Be a Death Sentence

Asher Samson, a Pakistani Christian, is fighting to stay in the UK after being threatened with execution by Islamic extremists in his home country. Now, there's word that British authorities have detained him once again.

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Russia Allows US Officials to Meet with American Held on Espionage Charges

The Russian government said Wednesday that it has allowed an American citizen held on espionage charges to have access to U.S. officials seeking answers about his arrest. 

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A Global Religious Shift Underway? What It Means for Christians and Israel

A strong voice for evangelicals around the world says Christians should expect some big changes in the world's religious landscape this year.

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China Now a Serious Space Force? Chinese Spacecraft Makes First Landing on Dark Side of Moon

China's burgeoning space program achieved a first on Thursday: a landing on the so-called dark side of the moon that brings the country closer to its goal of becoming a space power.

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'Defund Planned Parenthood': Abortion Killed 42M People Last Year, the Leading Global Cause of Death

More people died from abortions in 2018 than any other cause of death in the world. 

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Urbana Conference Draws Thousands of Young People Eager to Play Role in Great Commission

Urbana 18, InterVarsity’s 25th student missions conference, has drawn over 10,000 college students and others to St. Louis for a 5-day conference. The conference, which is held every three years, has been challenging each generation of college students to find their place in the Great Commission for 75 years.

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New Year's Eve Terror: Stabber Shouted Islamic Slogans as He Slashed People

The incident happened at Manchester's Victoria Station on New Year's Eve, a busy rail station that's next to the Manchester Arena where a suicide bomber killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in 2017.

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Bloody Christmas Season for India's Persecuted Christians

Instead of Christmas being a season of joy and glad tidings, it became a time of horror and persecution for some of India's Christians.

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Trump Orders 'Slowdown' in Syria Troop Pullout, but Christians Still Alarmed by Deadly Dangers

President Donald Trump has ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal of US forces in Syria. Nevertheless, for some Syrian Christians, the pending US pullout is hard to accept.

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Jordan Thompson claims top-50 scalp at Sydney International

In what was his biggest win since famously upsetting former world No.1 Andy Murray at Queen's Club in 2017, Thompson beat Adrian Mannarino in straight sets.

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Cole fires as Rangers dominate Snell's home farewell for Flames

Dandenong Rangers continued the battle to end their WNBL season on a high with a wire-to-wire win against the Sydney Flames in Sydney.

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'Nothing to do with each other': Company clarifies it did not build Opal Tower

Icon Construction Group, which shares a name with construction company Icon Co, has been forced to clarify it did not build the scandal-ridden Opal Tower.

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Australians fail to rage, rage against the dying of the light

India with three spin bowlers wanted to play under Kerry Packer’s floodlights. With careers to save, the Australian batsmen ought to have wanted to play, too.

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Busy Finch gets a break ahead of Big Bash, national white-ball duties

Axed Test opener is briefly back in town to captain the Renegades in BBL clash against Hurricanes, before departing to lead Australia in three-match ODI series.

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'They should try me': Universities reject Labor call on raising ATAR

Universities are resisting mandatory higher ATAR results for teaching students after Labor said they would raise teaching standards if elected.

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Thompson's Cuba ready to pounce in Moruya Cup

John Thompson's gelding Cuba will look to take the country by storm in Monday's $50,000 Moruya Cup feature.

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Great white shark spotted at south coast beach

North Broulee beach on the south coast was evacuated on Sunday.

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'It's the perfect trifecta': Why January 6 is the busiest day of the year for online dating

If you're looking for love in the new year then Sunday, January 6 might just be the best day to find it.

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Armed build-up means a space war may no longer be in the realm of imagination

China's arrival on the Moon feels like a turning of the page.

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Record-breaking Perry fires with bat and ball against Scorchers

The all-rounder scored 80 not out to become the top run-scorer in a WBBL season with round matches remaining in Sunday's win in Perth

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Canberra tennis players share career milesones

James Frawley won the first Challenger match of his career while Alison Bai qualified for the Hobart International.

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Wayward United fall short against sharp-shooting Brisbane Bullets

Melbourne United blew key chances to take control of the game, and paid dearly for it in a loss to the Brisbane Bullets on the Gold Coast.

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Fast bowler Sams stealing thunder from teammates with bat

Daniel Sams is proof fast bowlers can bat and Sydney Thunder fans are sure to duck for cover again on Tuesday night.

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Coulter-Nile miffed at ODI non-selection

A disappointed Nathan Coulter-Nile claims he doesn't understand why he was ruled out of Australia's one-day series against India.

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Business-class days limited for Cricket Australia directors

The Tonk understands there has been a change in travel policy for CA directors, whose days of flying business class in Australia are pretty much done.

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Hyeronimus gets Magic chance to Unite And Conquer

It was the Magic Millions Classic which marked Tommy Berry as one to watch and Adam Hyeronimus will look to follow a similar path on Saturday.

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Australian Shakespeare Company's Macbeth mostly a brave success

This year's Shakespeare in the Gardens brings us a brisk stab at the Scottish play, with a star turn from Alison Whyte as Lady Macbeth.

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Weird way to the top: Kings claim lead after freakish round of upsets

Sydney emerged from the rubble on top of the NBL after a freakish round in which the top teams all bumbled and burned.

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Fraser Anning to bill taxpayers more than $2800 for flights to St Kilda rally

Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack says independent Senator Fraser Anning, who is billing taxpayers for his flights to a far-right rally, should consider his position in Parliament.

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Michael Dickson's Seahawks KOed by Cowboys

It would have been fitting if Australia's Michael Dickson drop kicked a rugby- style game-winning field goal for the Seattle Seahawks to beat the Dallas Cowboys in their NFL wildcard playoff game.

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Young Brumbies flanker will lean on David Pocock after re-tearing ACL

Ben Hyne missed all of last season after tearing his ACL and just before Christmas the flanker devastatingly re-injured the same knee.

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"It's their life": Arnie ambiguous on Degenek's Saudi option

Socceroos coach Graham Arnold will broach the topic of Milos Degenek's proposed move to Saudi Arabia after the Asian Cup.

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More than 2500 stung as bluebottle 'epidemic' hits south-east Queensland

"I have never seen anything like this - ever," a Surf Life Saving Queensland duty officer said.

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Asian Cup under way, but is anyone watching?

The largest regional international soccer tournament in Asia's history kicked off in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, but watching it is not as easy as you might think.

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Trump says 'not much headway' in talks as shutdown drags on

The White House said funding was not discussed in-depth, but it was clear they needed funds for a wall and that they wanted to resolve the shutdown all at once.

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Relationship between CA and players' union thawing

The relationship between the Cricket Australia and the players' union has taken further steps towards being healed, according to Australian Cricketers' Association boss Greg Dyer.

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Nothing too serious: For Gavrilova, talking to herself key to success

Dasha was frank about what went wrong in her first-round exit at the Brisbane International and her plans to improve.

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Arkansas sheriff's deputy fired after shooting small dog

The incident in which a sheriff's deputy shot a small dog in a suburban front yard was recorded and posted on social media.

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Slammin' Simmons: Australian's triple-double helps 76ers hold off Mavs

Ben Simmons recorded a triple-double with 20 points, a game-high 14 rebounds and a game-high 11 assists, leading Philadelphia to a third consecutive win

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Two men stabbed in separate incidents in Melbourne

Two men have been stabbed in separate incidents in Melbourne in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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Man attacked in Brisbane's south before a string of armed robberies

A man was attacked before offenders stole his car, which was used in several robberies in south-east Queensland.

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Man dies after being hit by car in Canberra's north

The death is the first fatality on ACT roads in 2019.

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'Only the beginning': waking up to the great lobster grab of 2019

The Western Rock Lobster Council hadn’t willingly agreed to the Minister’s terms and conditions at all.

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