Witnesses to an attack claimed by Islamic State, in which at least nine people were killed outside a church in Cairo, claimed residents and worshippers may have They said worshippers shut the church'...
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on churchgoers in Russia's predominantly Muslim Dagestan region. At least five people were killed and four others wounded when a...
An Islamic State defector has said he watched the man dubbed 'Jihadi John' behead a Japanese Christian hostage. The man, named only as Saleh, worked as a translator for Mohammed Emwazi in Syria and s...
The Catholic Archbishop of New York has said Islamic State is trying to "eradicate" the entire Christian population in the Middle East. Cardinal Timothy Dolan has also compared IS to the IRA, in that...
A woman taken hostage by Islamic State (IS) in Syria refused to renounce her Christian faith, even when facing death at the hands of a British jihadi. Kayla Mueller was captured by the terrorist grou...
A video has been released purporting to show the killing of a Japanese Christian hostage by Islamic State (IS). The White House said it could not confirm if the video was genuine but it did say it be...
The US Secretary of State has clarified that the use of the word genocide will not be removed from official documents by stating that ISIS is "clearly responsib Speaking ahead of the release of the 2...
 A poster depicts Washington Cathedral in flames with a machine-gun clad man in the foreground. The poster says: "Wait for us. We meet at Christmas in New York soon." The Cathedral, however, is in W...
Islamic militants in Egypt's Sinai region attacked a church on Monday, killing seven people, including a child, before storming a nearby bank and emptying its s The terrorists drove into the city cen...
Militants in Libya claiming to be part of Islamic State have kidnapped 21 Egyptian Christians. The group, which says it has links to militants in Iraq and Syria, put out a statement yesterday: "Urgen...
Tens of thousands of Christians are fleeing for their lives in western Syria, as Islamic State attempts to capture their town. According to the anti-persecution charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN...
The French church where a priest was murdered by Islamic State jihadists has opened for the first time since the attack. Two extremists stabbed 85 year old Fr Jacques Hamel to death inside the church...
Islamic State militants have destroyed a Syrian church on Easter Sunday. The extremists blew up an Assyrian parish in the north-eastern village of Tel Nasri.The Yoldath Aloho Church [Church of the Vi...
Islamic State militants have demolished an ancient Christian monastery and biblical church in central Syria. The extremist group posted photos on social media showing bulldozers destroying the Saint ...
Islamic State said it was responsible for a gun attack targeting a bus carrying Coptic Christian pilgrims on Friday which killed 29 people. Egyptian government fighter jets struck militant training b...
A Christian advocacy charity has expressed concerns that Islamic State and other extremists could exploit a partial ceasefire between government forces and mode John Newton from Aid to the Church in ...
The first meeting of the European Parliament since the UK voted to leave the bloc has been described as "handbags at dawn" by a Christian MEP. Jude Kirton-Darling, the Labour member for the North Eas...
The Vatican has issued a strong condemnation of the terrorist attack in Nice. It was "homicidal folly, hatred, terrorism, and attacks against peace", said Catholic Church spokesman Fr Federico Lombar...
A Christian charity has told Premier that a "human tragedy" is continuing after six British men have been told they will remain detained in India. Mission to Seafarers was speaking after an MP said t...
Millions of low caste Christians are being denied state benefits in India because of their faith, a Christian organisation is claiming. International Christian Concern (ICC) says so-called untouchabl...