Anugrah Kumar

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  Mar 5, 2018

  White House Condemns Russia's Killing of Innocent Civilians in Syria

  The Donald Trump administration on Sunday strongly criticized Russia's involvement in the ongoing military operation in Syria's Eastern Ghouta region, which has led to the killing of more than 600 civilians but Syrian President Bashar Assad has vowed to carry on with the attacks in the rebel-held region.

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  Mar 5, 2018

  Oscars 2018: Ashley Judd, Salma Hayek, Annabella Sciorra Bring Spotlight on #MeToo Movement

  Hollywood's leaders of the #MeToo and Times Up movements Ashley Judd, Salma Hayek and Annabella Sciorra condemned sexual misconduct in the workplace and presented a video montage on the issue at the 90th Academy Awards Sunday night. It's the first Oscars since sexual abuse allegations were made against Harvey Weinstein.

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  Mar 4, 2018

  Facebook Decides Not to Punish Christian Satire Site Babylon Bee Over CNN Joke

  Facebook has apologized for threatening to censor the Christian satire site Babylon Bee for reporting "fake news" based on the advice of the fact-checking website Snopes. The satire report was titled, "Did CNN Purchase an Industrial-Sized Washing Machine to Spin News?"

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  Mar 4, 2018

  Pakistani Churches Demand Justice for Christian Cousins Accused of Blasphemy

  Protestant and Catholic churches in Pakistan have come together to start a movement to call on the government to ensure justice for Christian cousins accused of blasphemy, one of whom recently survived a jump from a fourth floor after being told to perform oral sex on his cousin durning interrogation.

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  Mar 4, 2018

  China's Communist Regime Suspected of Murdering Christian Human Rights Attorney

  Religious freedom advocates suspect that the communist government of China killed 49-year-old human rights attorney Li Baiguang, who had defended pastors against illegal arrests, and are therefore demanding an investigation.

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  Mar 3, 2018

  Cuba Releases Religious Freedom Advocate Detained by Authorities After Helping Christian Churches

  Cuba's communist government on Friday released a well-known religious freedom advocate, Leonardo Rodríguez Alonso, who had been held without charge.

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  Mar 3, 2018

  Christian Bakers Appeal Fine for Refusing to Make Cake for Same-Sex Wedding

  Aaron and Melissa Klein, a Christian couple from Oregon who lost their bakery and were ordered to pay $135,000 in damages for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding in 2013, have filed an appeal at the Oregon Supreme Court against a ruling by an Oregon appeals court upholding a decision to fine them.

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  Mar 3, 2018

  Remains of 40 Iraqi Christians With Their Crosses Found in Mass Grave

  Iraqi security forces and pro-government militias have discovered mass graves near Mosul, which include bodies of 40 Christians who had small crosses with them when they were killed by Islamic State terrorists and then buried together, according to the Syriac Orthodox Church.

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  Feb 26, 2018

  Rick Santorum on School Shootings: These Kids Come From Broken Homes Without Dads

  Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum told CNN host Jake Tapper in an interview that the public debate after the Parkland mass shooting should not be focused only on gun control, but also on kids growing up in broken homes or in the absence of their fathers.

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  Feb 26, 2018

  Russia Hacked the Olympics and Tried to Blame North Korea

  Russian military spies hacked numerous South Korean government computers during the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea — possibly in retaliation to the banning of the Russian team by the International Olympic Committee due to the earlier use of doping by its athletes — and tried to make it look as if North Korea was behind the attack, according to U.S. intelligence officials.