The Middle East is 'going backwards in development terms,' according to the founder and head of the Christian satellite TV broadcaster SAT-7, Dr Terence Ascott.
Donald Trump's recent meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin 'will help save human lives,' according to the head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church.
Sally Jones, the British-born recruiter for Islamic State who boasted of her desire to behead Christians with a blunt knife, is desperate to return home to Britain, a friend of hers who managed to escape has told Sky News.
Three car bombs exploded in Damascus on Sunday, state media said, killing at least seven people in the first suicide bombings in the Syrian capital since jihadists attacked in March.
US-backed Iraqi forces pressed Islamic State fighters holding out in Mosul's Old City on Friday, while in Syria the militant group launched a counter-attack against an alliance of militias trying to oust it from its de facto capital of Raqqa.
Six-Day War, which began 50 years ago today, marked not only an immediate, decisive victory by Israel over its Arab neighbours, but also has had a major, lasting impact on the conflict between the Jewish state and the Palestinians which remains unresolved to this day.
The first ordained female Christian minister in the Middle East has been denied a short-term visa to the UK, with the British government fearing she may not leave the country at the end of her trip.
Is Franklin Graham selling #FakeNews about Christian persecution? There seems to be great confusion about the statistics on global Christian martyrdom. Persecution matters, but we undermine it if we over-sell it.