World News: Christians help attackers
Despite several attacks on its attendees and attempts to shut down services, one Sri Lankan church is helping provide emergency relief for their persecutors. Kumar* was on his way to […]
World News: Jihadists murder 58 Christians
Christians were among those targeted and killed when armed jihadists launched three separate attacks within 48 hours in Burkina Faso that left at least 58 dead. At least 162 Christians […]
World News: Zacharias dies of cancer
Apologist Ravi Zacharias died on May 19, two months after he announced he had been diagnosed with cancer. He was 74. The popular author and Christian teacher was known for […]
World News: UN accuses Myanmar
Myanmar’s military may again be carrying out crimes against humanity in Rakhine and Chin states in the conflict-ravaged country, a United Nations rights expert has warned. Yanghee Lee, the UN’s […]
World News: China’s War on the Soul
China today is facing the worst crackdown on human rights since the Tiananmen massacre 31 years ago and the most severe assault on freedom of thought, conscience and religion since […]
World News: Pygmies face persecution, virus
A group of Pygmies from the Democratic Republic of Congo – already fleeing violence – are set to face further devastation as Coronavirus enters the nation, according to a report […]
World News: Boko Haram murder 92
Ninety-two Chadian soldiers have been killed in the deadliest attack ever by Boko Haram jihadists on armed forces in the country, President Idriss Déby Itno said on Tuesday. The attack […]
World News: Nigerian Christian escapes
Sadiya Amos, aged 17, went missing from north central Kaduna in northern Nigeria in January. Two days later some men came to force her father Amos Chindo to attend a […]
World News: Indian Christians Attacked
Church leaders have called for increased protection for religious minorities in India after Christians were targeted in a spate of at least ten attacks in the days leading up to […]
World News: Hindu pressure mounts
An Indian national extremist group known as the VHP has launched a ‘re-conversion campaign’ in the country’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, encouraging religious minorities to follow strict Hindu practices. […]
World News: Ancient temple uncovered
Just 4 miles northwest of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, an archaeological discovery has been made of a massive cultic structure. Dating from about 900 BC and in use until […]
World News: Court protects Dalits
India’s top court has restored provisions of a law designed to protect socially poor indigenous and Dalit people from atrocities, eliciting applause from Christian leaders and rights groups. The Supreme […]
World News: Militant murders continue
Eighteen people, including a Christian nurse, were murdered by militant gunmen in Lamdamol village, Burkina Faso, in an attack that began late on the night of 1 February. The unidentified […]
World News: Pakistani Christians Freed
Forty Pakistani Christians who have been on trial for the murder of two men during a violent protest following Easter suicide attacks on two churches in Youhanabad – a majority-Christian […]
World News: Islamists murder 250
The Human Rights Watch has revealed that more than 250 people have lost their lives as a result of Islamic extremism in Burkina Faso, Africa. Attacks occurred in just nine […]
Religious persecution a growing global problem
This article is from The Age, January 19, 2020 “The blood of the martyrs,” wrote the 2nd century Church father Tertullian, “is the seed of the church.” Martyr is the […]