Anugrah Kumar

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  Mar 11, 2024

  British pensioner on trial for offering to talk to women in crisis pregnancies

  A retired medical scientist from Bournemouth, England, is set to face trial for her actions near an abortion facility, where she offered to engage in conversations with women experiencing crisis pregnancies. The case is about the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), conflicting with free speech.

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  Mar 10, 2024

  Women punished for praying aloud at Nicaraguan prison

  Female inmates at La Esperanza prison in Nicaragua, including political detainees, have faced punitive measures for praying aloud.

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  Mar 10, 2024

  Priest ‘shaken’ after fake funeral with paid actors, horse-drawn hearse

  In a startling incident at the London Oratory Roman Catholic church in South Kensington, England, Fr. Rupert McHardy was confronted with a funeral that seemed like any other until it was revealed to be an elaborate hoax. The service, planned for a young Latvian man, turned into a scene of confusion and disbelief as the truth unfolded.

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  Mar 9, 2024

  287 students kidnapped from Nigerian school nearly a decade after Chibok abduction

  Militants armed with AK-47s attacked a school in Kaduna state, Nigeria, kidnapping at least 287 students, marking the second large-scale abduction in Nigeria within a week and underscoring a deepening security crisis in the region.

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  Mar 7, 2024

  Street preachers' 'harassment' case dropped after preaching from 1 Corinthians 6:9

  In Somerset, England, a legal battle involving two street preachers accused of causing harassment and anti-social behavior while sharing biblical beliefs on LGBT issues ended as the Crown Prosecution Service dropped all charges.

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  Mar 4, 2024

  US Senate resolution hailed for cracking down on religious freedom violators

  The U.S. Senate has taken a significant step forward in the global fight for religious freedom with the introduction of a resolution calling for the U.S. government to use all diplomatic and sanctions tools at its disposal to address and penalize violators of religious freedom internationally.

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  Mar 3, 2024

  Tensions in Manipur remain high as bomb blast kills 1, wounds others 10 months after violence began

  Violence has continued to ravage Manipur, a northeastern state of India, for 10 months, with the latest incident being a bomb explosion on Friday that claimed one life and left two others injured. The ongoing turmoil, which has made life difficult for the state’s 3.6 million people, has raised serious concerns over the efficacy of both the state and central governments in maintaining peace and order.

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  Mar 2, 2024

  Laken Riley’s pastor recalls her ‘special faith in Jesus’: 'She didn’t just believe it’

  The Woodstock City Church community came together to bid farewell to Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University, whose life was tragically cut short near the university’s intramural fields in Athens, Georgia.

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  Mar 2, 2024

  Christian groups bring relief as firefighters battle largest wildfire in Texas’ history

  Wildfires have ravaged Texas, claiming at least two lives and forcing evacuations as the Smokehouse Creek Fire becomes the state’s largest recorded blaze. Amid this devastation, Christian organizations, including Convoy of Hope, Texas Baptist Men and Operation Blessing, have mobilized, offering crucial support to affected communities.

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  Feb 26, 2024

  Illegal immigrant arrested for murder of Georgia college student was released from detention over lack of space

  Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan national arrested in connection with the murder of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student on the University of Georgia campus, had been released from detention after entering the U.S. illegally.