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The Trump administration took a three-pronged approach this week to addressing religious liberty violations around the world, and it aimed much of its critique at a global superpower: China.

Illinois is the latest state to forgo federal family-planning funds under the Trump administration’s new Protect Life Rule.

Syrian Christians are calling on the United States to help protect them after Turkish troops were seen gathering on the border between the two volatile nations.

An American amphibious attack ship shot down an Iranian drone over international waters in the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump announced the incident Thursday and said it in self-defense after the drone came within 1,000 yards of the USS Boxer and ignored calls to turn around. According to the Associated Press, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said the drone “closed within a threatening range” before the Boxer shot it down.

The son of a Pakistani governor who was killed for his support of Christian Asia Bibi says he too supports the mother who was wrongly charged with blasphemy.

Athens, Greece was hit by a strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake Friday afternoon.

The principal of a well-known Manhattan school announced her retirement after a teacher caused a stir in the community by showing a pro-life video in her 5th-grade class. Principal Iris Chiu announced to a group of parents during a parent-teacher forum that her last day at PS 184, known as the Shuang Wen School, would be in August, Faithwire reports.

A popular Christian bookseller is changing its name after a deluge of requests for cannabis-related products.

Trump administration officials announced a new alliance with U.S. partners focused on religious freedom and new sanctions against foreign military officials supporting countries the U.S. considers to be instigators of religious persecution.

Islamic militants have subjected an elderly Christian lady to a prolonged rape before stoning her to death.