March 2011 Headlines
You can say a lot of things in Britain. You can mock the Bible and make fun of Christians. But don't suggest gays can change -- or you could lose your job.
This tough economy has Americans worried about making ends meet. Consequently, more people are looking outside the U.S. for a better cost of living.
A local pastor is honoring the memory of Russian political prisoners by starting a church on the location of a 1949 Siberian labor camp.
Joe and Cindy Hurston returned from a missionary trip to find their home flooded due to a broken pipe. But that didn't stop their ministry and service to others.
CBN News continues its coverage of the aftermath from a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami and damaged nuclear plants.
The Muslim Brotherhood is active throughout the Islamic world and there's concern that the group is taking over the revolution that swept Hosni Mubarak from power in Egypt.
New evidence has emerged that the Iranian government sees the current unrest in the Middle East as a signal that the Mahdi--or Islamic messiah--is about to appear.
A growing gender gap between children in India is sparking "grave concern" among officials that parents who prefer sons are getting abortions.
American and British undercover operatives are inside Libya aiding rebel forces after President Barack Obama recently ordered the secret operation.
Human Rights Watch is calling on the U.S. State Department to put Vietnam back on the list of the world's worst religious rights violators.
Is history repeating in Libya? CBN News’ panel of experts examines the Obama administration's strategy and U.S. involvement there and across the Middle East.
The fall of Communism in Russia ushered a new era of religious freedom. Now, "Schools Without Walls" is reaching the next generation of Christians.
A good news - bad news pattern of confusing reports concerning Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex continues to come from the island nation.
The human toll from the Japan earthquake of March 11 continues to rise with more than 19,000 estimated dead and another 16,000 still missing.
The U.N. Human Rights Council has dropped a resolution condemning religious defamation, putting in its place one that supports an individual's freedom of belief.
The president has reportedly authorized covert operations to help Libya's rebels. What's still unknown is just who the opposition forces really are.
The level of radiation in seawater near Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility has risen to more than 3,300 times what is normal.
The small island nation of Malta is struggling to deal with the wave of people seeking asylum from the Libyan war.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is being criticized for plans to hold a debate next week over the role of Islam in France.
While the West frets about Libya, Syria’s President Bashar Assad took a triumphal pose in facing down the protests that threaten his family's 40-year regime.
The goal of the new transportation plan is to cut carbon emissions by 60 percent over the next 40 years.
Highly toxic plutonium is seeping from Japan's damaged Fukishima nuclear complex.
Finally freed after more than five months in a Haitian jail, Danny Pye recounts his terrifying ordeal to CBN News as he and his family prepare to return to Haiti.
Superbook is an animated children's Bible series produced by CBN. It has been translated into multiple languages for broadcast throughout the world.
Up to a half-million people flooded the streets of London Saturday to protest the British government's spending cuts, the toughest made since World War II.
Plant workers at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex on Monday were trying to remove radioactive water from the nuclear compound and restart cooling systems for the dangerously hot fuel.
There is growing concern that Islamic militants are taking advantage of the unrest in Yemen.
Libya's rebel forces closed in Monday on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte.
This week, Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse flew 92 tons of aid into Japan to help victims of this month's earthquake and tsunami.
Protesters and Syrian government forces clashed in the coastal city of Latakia, where demonstrators set fire to the offices of the ruling Baath party.
Japanese officials reported a huge jump in radioactivity - levels 10 million times the norm - in water in one reactor unit.
The upheaval in the Arab world could create a climate to restore an Islamic Caliphate -- a political union of Muslims under one ruler, a Caliph.
Millions of Muslims believe the Mahdi will one day return to save humanity. But before he can appear, Israel and America must be destroyed.
Witnesses reported hearing heavy gunfire in the city center after crowds set fire to a bronze statue of the country's late president, Hafez Assad.
The conflict is raising questions about Western intervention in Muslim nations. Specifically, charges have arisen of a Christian 'crusade' against the Islamic faith.
NATO has agreed to take command of the Libyan no-fly zone this weekend, a goal the Obama administration has sought for days.
A group of Regent University students is working to help fund food banks for families in the African nation of Niger.
A possible breach has been detected in the reactor core of one unit of the damaged Japanese Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex.
Many Christians in Egypt are concerned that members of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists are poised to takeover the unstable country.
For decades, Bashar al Assad and his family have ruled the Syria with an iron grip. Now the president is facing a threat against his regime like never before.
Yemen's president says he's ready to step down at the end of the year in an orderly transfer of power.
A strong earthquake in northeastern Myanmar has killed more than 60 people, and there were fears Friday the toll would mount.
Relief workers continued to distribute bottled water to families in Tokyo Thursday after officials discovered that radioactive iodine in the city's tap water has reached levels unsafe for babies.
CBN News takes a look at one of the largest Islamic organizations in America and why it's being called a "gateway to jihad."
A CBN News panel examines the U.S.'s role in Libyan struggle and what's at stake for the Obama presidency.
Japanese officials expressed concerns about the quality of Tokyo's drinking water Wednesday, as workers continued to face an uphill battle containing leaks at a local nuclear plant.
The U.S. military's involvement in the crisis in Libya has already cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
The death toll from Japan's March 11 earthquake and resulting tsunami has now risen to more than 9,000 with thousands more still missing.
A U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle jet has crashed in Libya, the U.S. military said Tuesday. U.S. officials said two crew members ejected from the stricken aircraft.
The U.S.-led international military assault on Libya could achieve its stated goals without forcing Moammar Gadhafi from power, the top U.S. military officer said.
Despite the risk of radiation exposure, some aid groups are at work in the region, including CBN's Operation Blessing.
The United States military apologized publicly, Monday, for graphic pictures released of American troops posing by the bodies of dead Afghan civilians.
The recent monster quake that hit northeastern Japan altered the earth's surface, loading stress onto a different segment of the fault line much closer to Tokyo.
Sylvia Zuniga has joined current host Esteban Castro on the live one a week program.
The attacks included some of the heaviest firepower in the U.S. arsenal, including long-range bombers that were designed for the Cold War.
Messages from the workers inside the plant to their loved ones offers chilling insight into what's going through their minds.
Christian missionaries in Japan tell CBN News that the man given the task of fixing the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex is Naoyoshi Sato, who's a member of the country's tiny Christian community.
The World Health Organization says Japanese produce tainted by radiation may pose a more serious problem than originally thought.
A top U.S. nuclear regulator had calming words today for those worried about the six nuclear plants damaged by Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami.
President Barack Obama said Saturday the U.S. was eager to sell its goods and services to economically booming Brazil's growing middle class.
Get the latest developments in Japan's 9.0 earthquake and tsunami disasters and the ongoing nuclear crisis.
Palin told a well-heeled audience of Indian business leaders, professionals and socialites that U.S.-Indian relations were "key to the future of our world."
In the capital, the government had to bring out tank units and other military forces to protect key buildings as crowds swelled.
Government snipers in Yemen shot and killed at least 40 people on Friday.
International teams are trying to stabilize and cool down the crippled reactor to prevent a meltdown.
The United States and its allies are preparing for a possible military strike against the Libyan government.
Natural disasters like the one in Japan were once called "acts of God." But many Christians are uncomfortable saying God could allow such terrible destruction.
A Christian house church leader has been freed from a Chinese prison nearly three years after his arrest.
The government of Malaysia will release 35,000 Malay-language Bibles that were held up by customs officials.
Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Ahmednah killed Christopher Leggett, 39, in the capital city of Mauritania, not far from the school he helped run.
Japan reached out Friday to the U.S. for help in stabilizing its overheated, radiation-leaking nuclear complex.
Officials say it could take days and "possibly weeks" to get Japan's nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant under control.
A CIA contractor who shot and killed two men in Pakistan is free after the Untied States used a principle of Sharia law to appease the victims' family.
Forces loyal to Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi have reclaimed nearly all of the government's territory lost to rebels this month.
A faith-based Israeli team joined CBN's Operation Blessing International in Japan this week to help with relief efforts.
State Secretary Clinton urged Egypt’s interim government stay true to democratic ideals. Meanwhile, Libya's rebels struggled to hold their ground against Gadhafi's regime.
David Darg, Operation Blessing's director of disaster relief and special projects, is in Sendai, Japan. He writes about his experiences in his latest blog.
A San Diego man who claimed to be trapped near Japan's troubled nuclear reactors is pleading with the U.S. government to help him escape.
Four New York Times journalists covering the fighting in Libya were reported missing Wednesday.
In a letter, Ali asks Iran's supreme commander Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to free the men as a brother in Islam.
Protesters were expelled from the capital of Bahrain Wednesday, one day after King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa declared a state of emergency.
Japan workers had to withdraw from a stricken nuclear complex amid a surge in radiation, temporarily suspending efforts to cool overheating reactors.
Thanks to the Internet and social media websites like Facebook and Twitter, some quake survivors have been able to send and receive information.
In the shadow of Japan's devastating disasters, small glimmers of hope are emerging as victims are reconnected with their loved ones.
A Catholic priest from Quebec was among those who died in the March 11 when a tsunami struck the coast of Japan.
A state of emergency was declared in the Kingdom of Bahrain amid intense pro-democracy uprisings that have threatened to topple the U.S.-backed regime.
News of two rescues served as a bright spot amid an ever rising death toll. Japanese officials say the number of dead is already in the thousands.
The death toll from Friday's earthquake and tsunami continued to rise Monday as hundreds of bodies washed up along Japan's coastline.
Japanese officials are keeping their attention on the threat of a nuclear disaster after a fire and explosion at a power plant caused a spike in radiation levels.
Operation Blessing International has joined relief agencies from the U.S. and around the world for a massive humanitarian relief effort in Japan in the wake of Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Churches throughout Hong Kong and other areas of China have used episodes of the 700 Club Hong Kong as a teaching tool.
Even though the country was prepared for a major quake, it has been clearly overwhelmed by the scale of this disaster.
Massive search and rescue efforts are underway in Japan following Friday's devastating quake and tsunami. Christians there are also joining the effort.
Troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi shelled an oil town in eastern Libya on Sunday.
Cuban courts sentenced Alan P. Gross, an American Jewish contractor, to a 15-year prison term for "subversive activities" against the state on Saturday.
On this week's edition of Stakelbeck on Terror, CBN News sits down for an exclusive interview with Florida congressman Allen West.
As Christians around the world pray for Burma, one humanitarian group is risking it all to help those trying to flee their country's brutal military regime.
The death toll in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami will likely exceed 10,000 in the Miyagi prefecture alone.
Saudi's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has sworn to "cut off any finger" raised against the royal family's regime.
Earthquakes have triggered major tsunamis in many parts of the world over the years.
A Christian group in the majority Muslim nation of Malaysia say it's "fed up" with the government restrictions on Bibles.
A string of attacks by radical Muslims on Christians have left at least one man dead and thousands homeless in western Ethiopia.
So many Brazilians have already been born-again that they've influenced all areas of life, even helped lower the divorce and alcoholism rates.
The charity aid organization, Operation Blessing International, played a part in Mexico's annual National Health Week by donating 400,000 anti-parasite pills.
The Egyptian Army has promised to rebuild a church destroyed in a bloody conflict last week, but Muslims say they will build a mosque where the church once stood.
Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has barred the U.N. from flying over his country, complicating efforts to hand over power to the recognized winner of last year's election.
An earthquake toppled more than 1,000 houses and apartment buildings in China's southwest region near the border with Myanmar on Thursday.
The embattled leader of Yemen has offered to draw up a new constitution to end weeks of protests in his country.
A giant yellow fireball shot into the sky Wednesday after fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi set two oil installations ablaze.
CBN News analyzes the impact of the Mideast crisis, from the killing of a Pakistani Christian leader to the Muslim Brotherhood and threats toward Israel.
A 10-month-old Kentucky baby survived with nothing more than minor scratches after an SUV crashed inter her family’s Madison Country home.
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi said imposing such restrictions would prove the West's real intention was to seize his country's oil wealth.
A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan killed at least 36 people and injured more than 100 others taking part in a funeral procession on Wednesday.
Libya dictator Moammar Gadhafi's forces scored a major victory, recapturing the closest city to the capital Tripoli from pro-democracy rebels.
A pro-life U.N. panel has selected Chile as this year's recipient of the Protect Life Award for its low mortality rate and constitutional protection of the unborn.
An American pastor who has been held in a Haitian jail by local authorities since October says no reason has been given for his detainment.
Christian homes in the southern Egyptian village of Soul were attacked Saturday evening by a mob of Muslims, according to unconfirmed reports.
Egypt's prime minister-designate named a caretaker Cabinet on Sunday to help lead the country through reforms and toward free elections.
Parts of New Zealand's second largest city will be abandoned because of last month's earthquake.
Egyptian cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi urged his people of Egypt to "protect your revolution" and stand against any "hypocrites" who want to take over.
Fighting has broken out in the disputed, oil-rich region between North Sudan and South Sudan. The latter will be become an independent nation in July.
The Portuguese TV version of The 700 Club is now being broadcast in high definition across the South American country of Brazil.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived unannounced in Kabul Monday amid rising tension between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Gen. David Petraeus.
President Obama warned the Libya that U.S. and NATO allies are still considering a military response to nation's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy rebels.
An article in the Washington Post is drawing concern that the Obama administration is preparing for Islamic radical governments to take over in the Mideast.
The slaying of Pakistan's only Christian cabinet member has shocked the Christian community. See exclusive coverage on the impact of Shabaz Bhatti's death.
The recent murder of Pakistan's Christian cabinet minister Shahbaz Bhatti has helped bring the issue of religious minority persecution into the global spotlight.
People are leaving Libya by the thousands as the threat of civil war continues to grow in the country.
Gadhafi loyalists fired tear gas at protesters in Tripoli as a fierce crackdown seemingly smothered attempts to revive demonstrations calling for the Libyan leader's ouster.
Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday in Pakistan for the funeral of Shahbaz Bhatti, the country's government minister for religious minorities and the only Christian member of Pakistan's cabinet.
A British court has ruled that a Christian couple cannot be foster parents because they believe homosexuality is a sin.
President Obama says it's time for Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to relinquish power, as intense fighting continues to ravage the north African nation.
The death of a U.S. Immigration and Customs special agent south of the border last month is the latest example of the kind of headlines that could keep tourists away.
Two U.S. Air Force servicemen were killed and two others were seriously injured Wednesday after a gunman opened fire on their bus outside the Frankfurt, Germany airport.
German prosecutors said Wednesday's attack on U.S. Air Force security personnel outside Germany's Frankfurt Airport appears to be motivated by Islamic extremism.
Three Dutch marines are being held by authorities in Libya after they were captured by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.
As the West appears to be edging towards a military confrontation with Libya, Iran is working on quelling its own anti-government rebellion.
The official death toll from last week's 6.3 New Zealand earthquake has reached 160 -- but authorities estimate the number of victims may be closer to 240.
Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ in a new book, tackling one of the most controversial issues in Christianity.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants governments in the Middle East to protect Christians and other religious minorities.
Even as protestors closed in around the capital city of Tripoli, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi insisted he's "loved" by his country and no uprising exists.