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Former ISIS Beattle pleads guilty to kidnapping of 4 slain Americans in Syria
A former British citizen, who was part of a group of four ISIS members that their captives referred to as “the Beatles,” has pleaded guilty to all U.S. criminal charges relating to hostage-taking and supporting the terrorist group resulting in the killing of four American citizens among other Western hostages in Syria.
Christian man in hiding after Hindu radicals beat him unconscious
A 35-year-old Christian man in southern India has been in hiding for over a month since his radical Hindu neighbors threatened to kill him if he didn’t vacate his house and dragged him into bushes where they beat him with iron rods until he fell unconscious.
Majority of Afghan interpreters left behind: Senior State Dept. official
While the United States has evacuated more than 123,000 people out of Afghanistan, the majority of Afghan interpreters who are at risk of Taliban reprisal for helping the U.S. and up to 200 Americans have been left behind, a senior State Department official and other government officials said.
Over 2,500 church leaders urge Australia’s PM not to mandate vaccine passports
Nearly 2,500 church leaders from different denominations in Australia are urging Prime Minister Scott Morrison not to implement vaccine passports in the country, warning that it would create “an unethical two-tiered society” and “medical apartheid.”
Afghan Christians left behind will be ‘targeted with deadly violence’: Human rights group warns
Human rights group ADF International has urged the international community to address the “dire plight” of religious minority communities in Afghanistan, including 10,000 Christians who are now “at extreme risk of being targeted with deadly violence.” They also need to be evacuated, the group says.
Muslim cleric arrested on blasphemy charges for insulting Christianity, calling the Bible ‘fiction’
Police in the Muslim-majority country of Indonesia arrested a Muslim cleric for allegedly blaspheming against Christianity by calling the Bible fictitious and false in one of his sermons.
Liberty University shifts to online classes to mitigate COVID-19 spread on campus
With nearly 160 active COVID-19 cases, Liberty University has announced “temporary mitigation measures” to slow the spread of the virus on campus by moving residential classes online and suspending large indoor gatherings.
Hurricane Ida leaves 1 dead, over 1 million without power in Louisiana
At least one person has been found dead, and all of New Orleans left without power with many homes flooded after Hurricane Ida slammed Louisiana as a Category 4 storm Sunday, before weakening into a Category 1 hurricane and then to a tropical storm early Monday.
Biden blasts China’s lack of transparency in response to report on COVID-19 origins
A U.S. intelligence report says its 90-day investigation ordered by President Joe Biden to look into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, including whether the virus leaked from a Chinese lab, is “inconclusive” due to China’s unwillingness to cooperate.
16-year-old boy suffers burns over 60% of his body in suspected anti-Christian attack
A 16-year-old Christian boy suffered burns over 60% of his body after an acid attack in eastern India’s Bihar state. The family says they suspect Hindu nationalists are behind it because the boy is a leader in a local church and the area they live in has anti-Christian sentiments.