1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (744+ words) “The forest fires this summer were devastating,” Schrodi told Christian Daily International, reflecting on the dramatic experience endured by himself and others. “The region between the coast and Bordeaux was hit particularly hard. Hundreds of people saw their homes destroyed…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (868+ words) Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls are shut out of school beyond the sixth grade, and where women are barred from university. Five years into that ban, new research suggests the classroom doors closed but the…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (419+ words) A 52-year-old Christian in eastern Uganda was recovering from injuries after his Muslim sons attacked him for leaving Islam, sources said. In Nakalama village, Iganga Town Council, Kibirige Abumusa returned home on Aug. 9 after an extended stay in Jinja City,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (993+ words) The doors of some small churches in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous archipelago of Tanzania, have been broken, Bibles scattered and congregations left shaken. Yet Christians in several Muslim-majority communities continue to gather for worship despite fears of further attacks and growing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1012+ words) For decades, religious persecution in Sri Lanka was framed mainly as Sinhala-Buddhist nationalist campaigns against Christians and Muslims, but a growing body of research points to a less-examined front: Hindu nationalist or Hindutva-style movements among Sri Lankan Tamils in the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (589+ words) "Now everything has been destroyed: food, boxes, equipment, tools, generators, vehicles," the mission wrote, adding that a large quantity of relief supplies was also lost. It described the property as an entirely civilian facility used daily to help people in…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (758+ words) A Christian nurse who risked her life to rescue an infant from a deadly fire at a government hospital in Pakistan’s federal capital has been hailed as a hero across the country after CCTV footage of the rescue went viral…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (374+ words) About 200 counter-protesters in Germany tried to attack 20 young Christians as they were leaving a peaceful prayer gathering against abortion on Aug. 15, a rights group reported. In Göttingen, Germany, 12 police officers were injured when the counter-protestors tried to break through a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (688+ words) Authorities in Belarus have refused to answer questions by rights group Forum 18 about two Christian religious freedom advocates sought for extradition to face unspecified criminal charges. Russian independent news outlet Sota published entries from Russia’s Federal Wanted List online earlier…...