World News: Banker’s revelations about Boko Haram
A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria was arrested on August 12 after telling a radio interviewer that the security forces were colluding in attacks on Christian […]
World News: Iran’s Christians near 1 million
Missiologists have long spoken of the explosive growth of the church in Iran. Now they have data to back up their claims—from secular research. According to a new survey of […]
World News: Ethiopian Christians murdered
“They came to my home and began to knock on our door violently. We tried to escape with our children via the window. They burned my home and grain mill […]
World News: Praise Xi, Chinese pastors told
China’s state-approved churches that were forced to close due to COVID-19 are only permitted to reopen if they praise the Chinese Communist Party in sermons and extol President Xi Jinping, […]
World News: Ancient pottery uncovered
Near the new US embassy in Jerusalem, another impressive administrative building has recently been uncovered. This one is 2700 years older, dating to the time of the last kings of […]
World News: Rising violence in Pakistan
As concern grows over increased violence against Pakistan’s religious minorities, the recently formed National Commission for Minority Rights (NCMR) has expressed its grievances for the first time in public. “We […]
World News: Saudis claim on Islamophobia
Saudi Arabia’s call to the UN to focus on “eliminating Islamophobia” as an outcome of tackling online racism and xenophobia sets a potentially dangerous precedent – at a level of […]
World News: Genocide in Nigeria
Nigerian Christian leaders around the globe have called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague to act now against the “pernicious genocide” in northern Nigeria. The Southern Kaduna […]
World News: Sudan removes apostasy law
The abolition of Sudan’s apostasy law, which carried a death penalty for leaving Islam, has finally been enacted. This has caused great rejoicing amongst Sudanese Christians, especially those who are […]
World News: Hagia Sophia now a mosque
Declared a mosque in principle, Hagia Sophia is now a mosque in practice. Following his decree earlier this month, Turkish President Recep Erdoğan’s joined a coronavirus-limited 500 worshipers to perform […]
World News: Turkey expels Christians
An American mother-of-three has been told she has to leave Turkey, one of the latest incidents in a series of expulsions of Christian expatriates from the country. Joy Anna Crow […]
World News: Police torture Christians to death
Church leaders called on the Indian government to take immediate action over police brutality after a Christian father and son were tortured to death in police custody in Tamil Nadu […]
World News: China sterilises Uighurs
The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it […]
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 […]