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: 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 […]
World News: Trump Push for Religious Freedom
Speaking before the United Nations on September 24, President Trump praised the country’s religious freedom record and cited figures that suggest the rest of the world has much work to […]
World News: Boko Haram take ears
Boko Haram terrorists cut off the ears of at least three Christian women after snatching them from their homes during a night-time raid on a mainly Christian town in the […]
World News: Justice for all, Bibi pleads
Asia Bibi, the Catholic woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan, has appealed for justice for victims of the country’s harsh laws. The 54-year-old […]
World News: Iranian Christians arrested
Eight Iranian converts to Christianity, including five from one family, were arrested at their homes in a coordinated operation carried out by Ministry of Intelligence agents on July 1. BarnabasAid […]
World News: Jihadists massacre 100 in Mali
At least 100 men, women and children were slaughtered in Sobame Da, a mainly-Christian village in the Mopti region of central Mali, by heavily-armed Islamist extremists in June. A Barnabas […]
World News: Genocide Fears in Nigeria
Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), an advocacy group which campaigns on behalf of hundreds of millions of persecuted Christians around the globe, has urged the Trump administration to take action […]