On Monday morning, Gunmen attacked Government Day Secondary School in Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno state while students were sitting for National Examinations Council examinations, abducting students and school staff and killing at least one teacher…
Israel has for decades carried out a “reproductive genocide” of the Palestinian people, obliterating medical institutions, executing women and children and degrading the lived environment to such a point that it results in infertility, a new report says.
A Presbyterian church in Tehran is set to be seized, after residents in the church compound were ordered to leave their homes and worshippers told to find a different church. The confiscation of St Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and eviction of its residents, who belong…
From Mainland China, Japan, and Korea to the Tai Ji Men case in Taiwan, different categories of actors operate to reduce freedom of religion or belief. The post “Cult” Controversies in Asia: Democratic Neutrality, Delegitimization and the Erosion of Religious Liberty first…
Elderly religious leaders are kept in detention, while the politician quotes the Gospel against the “heretics” and hails what happened in Japan. The post Shincheonji and the Unification Church: South Korea’s Minister of Justice Promises “Strict Punishment” of “False Prophets”…
Pakistan has responded to a deadly Karachi Rangers compound attack with cross-border strikes and diplomatic protests against Afghanistan, signalling a tougher counterterrorism stance towards militants it says are based there.
The United Nations has warned that an ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could cost the continent up to $3.6 billion and put as many as 328,000 jobs at risk if it is not brought under control.
By Vivian Sequera CARACAS, June 30 (Reuters) - Jordanian emergency workers in Venezuela, which was hit by devastating twin earthquakes last week, rescued a child early on Tuesday, the only reportedsurvivor on the sixth day of rescue efforts, according to Venezuelan authorities.
More than three years into Sudan’s brutal conflict, this report documents the Rapid Support Forces’ siege and seizure of El Fasher, North Darfur, and grave crimes against civilians in and around the city.
By Andrea Shalal June 30 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged countries to cover a $100 million gap in funding for the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, saying the body was nearing a breaking point after deep cost-cutting and austerity…
Devastating earthquakes hit Venezuela on 24 June 2026, leaving in their wake countless victims, including thousands of people killed, injured, displaced, unhoused, or otherwise affected. Constantly rising official figures are considered to not yet represent the extent of the…
On 27 December 2024, the Israeli military raided Kamal Adwan hospital in Mashrou’ Beit Lahiya and arbitrarily detained its director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. Since then, he has been held without charges or trial, under orders that have been indefinitely renewed based on the…
On June 24, a group of Muslims attacked a prayer house in the Hegarmanah Indah Housing Complex in West Java, Indonesia, demanding that it be closed. The violent mob attacked several members of the church behind the prayer house and threatened to burn the gathering place down.
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World Health Organization warned on Tuesday (30 June) that Venezuela's healthcare system is under severe strain after twin earthquakes struck last week, killing more than 1,700 people, injuring thousands and overwhelming hospitals.
Two years after Manish left Hinduism to follow Jesus in 2008, he began sharing the gospel full-time in local Hindu communities in India. Recently, Hindu nationalists have started to push back. On Feb. 22, as Pastor Manish led a Sunday worship service, a group of roughly 20…
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On June 22, the government of India issued two notifications, one of which explicitly bars non-governmental organizations from using foreign funds for proselytizing. The notification explicitly prohibits the use of foreign contributions for religious conversion but allows their…
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By Mansour Borji It is with profound sadness that Article18 mourns the passing of Rev Edward Hovsepian-Mehr, one of the most consequential Christian leaders in modern Iran and a faithful servant of Christ whose life was marked by courage, sacrifice, and unwavering devotion to…
Gunmen stormed a secondary school in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on Monday morning and abducted students while they were sitting national examinations, police said.
Iranian-Assyrian pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz used to lead a Persian-speaking church in Tehran, until the church was forbidden from holding services in the national language, or allowing converts to enter.
(Beijing, June 29, 2026) China’s new Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law is drawing international criticism over a provision that critics say could allow Beijing to pursue people outside China for opposing its ethnic policies. The law, enacted in March, takes effect July 1.
Visitors to Saudi Arabia, including those travelling for tourism and religious pilgrimages such as Hajj and Umrah, risk being detained, subjected to grossly unfair trials, and sentenced to lengthy prison sentences for their social media activity – including posts published…
Northern Israel has been under immense strain. Though the headlines have faded and the fighting has subsided, thousands of families still need urgent support to rebuild.
Residents of Caracas woke on Monday (29 June) to a magnitude 4.6 aftershock as rescue teams entered a fourth day of intensive search operations following last week's powerful earthquakes in Venezuela.
In the past seven years, Chinese house church leaders Owen Jiao and Ella Jiang have sought to provide their children with a Christian education, a difficult journey that caused them to run afoul of the Chinese government, ostracized them from their fellow church members, and…
Administration, taxation, and media narratives are the new arenas of religious controversy and discrimination. The post When Law Loses Its Conscience: Common Manifestations of Religious Conflict within Modern Rule of Law first appeared on Bitter Winter.
Rescue teams raced on Sunday to find more survivors of the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela this week, with signs of life bringing occasional relief to a grim quest to whittle down a list of tens of thousands missing.
Pope Leo has expressed solidarity with people in Venezuela after twin earthquakes struck the country earlier this week, causing widespread damage and leaving communities in urgent need of assistance.
CAIRO, June 28 (Reuters) - The Israeli military has destroyed underground infrastructure used by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in a village in southern Lebanon, according to a joint statement by the Israeli prime minister and defense minister on Sunday. The U.S.
Pakistan’s security forces have killed 29 militants in an operation along the country’s border with Afghanistan, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said.
TEHRAN — The twin earthquakes that struck north-central coastal Venezuela on June 24, registering magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, brought immense destruction to Caracas and La Guaira. With the death toll nearing 1000 as of writing this article, Western media frames the catastrophe…
A leading Indian Christian speaks to the Voice podcast about a proposed new regulation that would threaten Christian work in that country. The post Threat of ‘draconian’ regulations in India appeared first on Release International.
June 27 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, sending out tremors that could be felt from the capital Kabul across the border into neighbouring Pakistan.
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (June 26, 2026) — Kazakh authorities have detained the sister of prominent human rights activist Serikzhan Bilash after raiding her home in Almaty, according to family members and information confirmed by ChinaAid.
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian attacked after he and his wife participated in an evangelistic outreach in eastern Uganda on June 14 is still receiving medical treatment for his injuries, sources said.
Rescue teams and residents in Venezuela are continuing to search for survivors after twin earthquakes killed more than 900 people and left thousands injured.
At A Glance: For seven years, Tanima* hid her faith in Christ from everyone. When she was discovered, her enraged husband and the entire community treated her cruelly. Then her husband read a Bible passage for himself, and his heart was changed.