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A new report says more and more countries are adopting blasphemy laws and damaging international human rights.

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) updated its Blasphemy Legislation Factsheet last week. It shows 95 countries now impose fines, imprisonment, or even the death sentence to punish religious blasphemy – up from 84 in 2020. That’s a 13% increase in three years.

Bruce Allen with FMI says their ministry often sees how blasphemy laws are used to promote state-sanctioned targeting of minority Christians.

A day after Azerbaijan launched a military assault against ethnic Armenians in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, they halted their offensive on Wednesday following a ceasefire brokered by the Russians in what remains one of the world's longest-running conflicts.

A terrifying experience for one Steinbach family has left them closer to God and closer to one another.

This summer, their 17-month-old son, Nixon, fell ill. It started with a stomach ache and turned into something much worse. 

After two days of constant pain, discomfort and lack of appetite, Nixon's mom, Jaycia Koop, knew something wasn't right. After calling her mom, she decided it was best to take him to the Steinbach Quick Care Clinic, which had a last-minute cancellation that afternoon.

"I knew that was the Lord," said Jaycia. 

Singer, worship leader and songwriter Pat Barrett will release a new project this fall.

Shelter, his third studio album, features 12 tracks, including 'Scatter', which Barrett released this summer.   

"'Scatter' is a declaration of who we are in Christ and what that means for our lives regardless of the circumstance, difficulty or the situation we find ourselves in," shares Pat Barrett. "If we are in Christ, we are a new creation, and we belong to the light, and it’s amazing how darkness flees when the light has come up."

Confusion compounds despair in Libya.

Protestors torched the home of Derna’s mayor on Monday night, the first unrest since floodwaters overwhelmed the port city last week. As reporters described their removal from Derna, telecommunications that survived the flooding were cut short on Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile, the United Nations dramatically revised the disaster’s death toll after receiving conflicting information from aid agencies. The fatalities now stand at “Approximately 4,000 people versus 11,000 people,” Joe Wiley with SAT-7 USA says.

Samaritan’s Purse is helping residents who were forced to flee for their lives from catastrophic wildfires that ravaged B.C.’s Shuswap region.

At the request of the region’s emergency operations center, the Christian disaster relief organization is sending staff and a convoy of disaster relief vehicles and equipment to clean up damaged properties and search for anything that survived the flames.

Almost 180 homes were damaged or destroyed by the wildfires. At one point, more than 10,000 residents were evacuated from Scotch Creek and the Little Shuswap First Nation.

God is at work, and the gospel is changing lives as soldiers, taking part in basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, line up to be baptized. 

Over the past two months, over 150 U.S. Army soldiers were baptized during summer chapel services, with 84 baptisms in July and 73 in August. 

Multi-award-winning artist Travis Tritt has released his long-awaited debut Gospel project, Country Chapel, beckoning listeners on a nostalgic voyage into the depths of his childhood roots. 

The heartfelt album captures audiences with its genuine renditions and powerful testimonies of redemption, paying tribute to Tritt's formative years within the warm embrace of the Country Chapel.

A faith-based film shot in Winnipeg in 2022 has pushed back its release date. 

Originally expected to hit theatres on October 13, Ordinary Angels will now not be released until early next year. 

With the release of the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film opening in theatres nationwide on October 13, Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company have “swiftly” decided to move the release date of Ordinary Angels.  

A new musical, sharing the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus, is set to hit theatres in Canada next month.

Sony Pictures’ AFFIRM Films and Monarch Media are gearing up to launch Journey to Bethlehem, an epic musical sharing the Christmas story in a fresh, inspiring, and entertaining way.

The new film was produced by the award-winning Adam Anders, whose work includes Glee, High School Musical, and Descendants.