Six Christians who were arrested in Laos for coming together to pray at home have been released from prison, it has been reported. News agency Fides claims they were freed from a detention centre aft...
It has been reported that seven Christian girls have been rescued from a close encounter with Islamic State (IS) after texting their local vicar. The pupils were there after church leaders thou...
Christian Aid is preparing to help people caught up in the political unrest in Burundi, which has escalated in recent weeks. More than 100,000 people have been displaced after an attempted mili...
Scenes of devastation have greeted Iraqi Christians returning to their homes and churches in a town recently liberated from Islamic State. Mannequins were used for firearms practice at the fire-damag...
Christians have returned to their parish in northern Iraq after the town was liberated from ISIS by the Iraqi Army. Keramlis, a town on the Nineveh plains, was captured by ISIS in August 2014.The tow...
A judge in Iran has sentenced four Christians to 10 years imprisonment each for engaging in missionary activities and "conducting activities against national se Iranian national Nasser Navard Goltape...
A number of religious sites in Pakistan may have to be demolished in order to make way for a railway line in Lahore. A Christian anti-persecution charity is warning a number of religious herita...
Christians in California are speaking out against a bill they say is targeting religious universities. The legislation has the potential to allow legal action against religious colleges and uni...
Thursday marks United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons, and Christians are speaking out about the industry thought to be moving around 35 millio The International Labour Organisation ...
It's the tenth anniversary of the US-led invasion. A dozen car bombs and suicide blasts have targeted Shia districts around Baghdad, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens more. The a...
A number of Christian students are thought to be among 15 people killed in a car bomb attack at a university in the Syrian city of Homs. Local priest Fr Ziad Hilal said the young people had been atta...
Church-goers will don wellies to clean local waterways, plant trees and promote wild areas in churchyards as part of a global initiative to encourage biodiversi From today to 4th October Christians a...
Dozens of women and children are among 78 people killed in a suicide bombing in Peshawar yesterday. The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he is 'appalled' by the terrorist attack on a church ...
Christians were the target of an attack on a Turkish nightclub in Istanbul early on New Year Day which killed 39 people, Islamic State has said. Claiming responsibility for the shooting on the Reina ...
Churches are being set on fire by pro-Mohammed Morsi supporters, according to reports. The Anglican Diocese of Egypt is calling for urgent prayer as churches are being set on fire by pro-Mohammed Mor...
Officials in Kenya say 147 people have been killed in an attack by al-Shabab militants targeting Christians, at Garissa University College in the north-east of Four gunmen were killed by security fo...
At least 20 dead in mostly Muslim city of Kano in Northern Nigeria. At least 20 people are dead after a series of explosions in a Christian neighbourhood in Nigeria.The bombs went off in the mostly M...
One person has been killed and two others have been seriously injured after an attack on a church-owned university in Tanzania. Students at the Lutheran Church-owned Sebastian Kolowa Memorial U...
New Zealand Christians plan to rally their parliament to call for Jesus' name to be reinstated in the parliamentary opening prayer, after it was omitted la They've started campaigning online and...
As 13 civilians are killed in a car bomb blast in a northern Syrian, concern grows for Christians in the region being pushed out or in danger. Since US President Donald Trump withdrew American ...
