• North Korea Arrests American Student for Unrevealed 'Hostile Act'

  A University of Virginia male student was arrested for what North Korea officials Friday called a "hostile act" orchestrated by the U.S. government to undermine the authoritarian nation.

  

• Movieguide's 24th Annual Awards 2016 Nominees Named, Win Meeting with Sadie Robertson, Kevin Sorbo

  "Home and Heart" is this year's theme of the 24th annual MOVIEGUIDE Faith & Values Awards Gala scheduled for Feb. 5 at the Universal Hilton Hotel near Hollywood. The program rewards the best family-friendly movies and TV shows of the previous year. Fans can enter a contest to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Los Angeles and the chance to meet and dine with celebrities Sadie Robertson and Kevin Sorbo.

  

• 'Caged No More' Human Sex Trafficking Movie Premieres Jan. 22, From 'God's Not Dead' Producers

  Co-producers of hit movie "God's Not Dead" debut another film, "Caged No More," on Friday, Jan. 22, to raise awareness of human trafficking, aid in connecting anti-trafficking organizations and equip parents, schools and churches to assist in preventing such trafficking. People of faith are threaded throughout the plot.

  

• Chinese Christians To Send 20,000 Missionaries into World by 2030

  Chinese Christians assembled an ambitious plan to send 20,000 missionaries overseas by 2030. The face of world mission is about to change dramatically, promise supporters of this huge Chinese missionary-sending initiative.

  

• EPA Courts Religious Groups To Fight Food Waste During Global Record-High Temps

  Environmental Protection Agency leaders on Monday launched the Food Steward's Pledge, an initiative to engage religious groups of all faiths to help redirect food headed to landfills instead to hungry mouths. The pledge is one element of the agency's larger plan to reduce food waste by 50 percent by 2030. It was announced just a day before the U.S. government stated the year 2015 was the Earth's warmest year on record.