Islamic State militants have reportedly targeted more Christian villages in northeastern Syria, but failed to take control. A mixture of Assyrian Christians and Kurds are understood to have fought of...
Islamic State has reportedly imposed a tax on the Christians and non-Muslims in the central Syrian town of Qaryatayn, weeks after destroying an historic monaste According to the Observatory of Human ...
Islamic State has threatened Pope Francis in a new video which shows extremists tearing pictures of the Catholic leader in half and promising to come to Rome. In footage posted online, masked and arm...
An audio message from the leader of Islamic State (I.S.) has threatened the home of the Catholic Church with attack. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said "the crusaders' missiles will not stop our advance on Ro...
Prisoners are being held in churches by Islamic State in Iraq. Militants are using the places of worship as jails for those who refuse orders.I.S. has been taking over large parts of Iraq and Syria w...
Militants from the group calling itself Islamic State have started using an ancient church in Raqqa as the headquarters of the police. The building of the Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs is b...
The identities of three Christians, kidnapped by Islamic State in Libya, have been released by the extremist group. They are from Egypt, Nigeria and Ghana and were abducted by the organisation in its...
A mob of angry Muslims have ransacked a Christian village in Egypt over rumours a church was going to be built there, a charity has said. According to International Christian Concern (ICC) the mob at...
A plot by Islamic extremists to kill the Christian boxer Manny Pacquiao has been foiled, the Filipino president says. Benigno Aquino says police discovered a plan by the terror group Abu Sayyaf to ki...
Jihadist training camps made up of nearly 1,500 children as young as nine have been reportedly uncovered in central Africa. According to Aid to the Church in Need, poverty-stricken youngsters are bei...
The Israeli government is failing to tackle Jewish extremism, because some of its power base hold extremist views, according to a Christian Middle East. Dr Harry Hagopian was speaking after suspected...
The Israeli Minister of Tourism says his country is as safe as other European nations. Dr Uzi Landau has been speaking as yet another terror attack saw one person killed and several others injured.A ...
The Director of the Israel Bible Society has said a "spiritual war" is going on in the country amid continuing terror attacks from Palestinians. Victor Kalisher was speaking after Israel was forced t...
Israel's decision to resume the construction of the West Bank Barrier is "an insult to peace", the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has said. Bulldozers have arrived to restart the building of the bar...
Three people in Israel have been arrested in connection with last month's arson attack on a church linked to Jesus' feeding of the 5000. The Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, on the shores of t...
Israel Houghton has released a new music video which stars his second wife, Adrienne, and alludes to the criticism they have received over their relationship. Filmed at their home in Beverley Hill in...
Israel's occupation of Palestine is behind the exodus of Palestinian Christians from the region, according to a new study. Research carried out by Dar al-Kalima University in the occupied West Bank t...
It's been revealed Israel is helping Kenya to build that will protect Christians and other citizens from terrorism. Construction of the 440-mile wall on the eastern border with Somalia began in March...
An historic prayer meeting between Pope Francis and the Presidents of Israel and Palestine is set to take place at the Vatican. Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas will travel to the Holy See after the po...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the closure of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque is a 'declaration of war'. The Israelis closed the mosque after the shooting of an activist who campaigns for Jews t...
