Pastor assaulted in India felt police left him to die
As police looked on, a Hindu nationalist mob in India this month subjected a pastor to dehumanizing brutality, damaging his hearing and forcing him to worship a Hindu deity, sources said.
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Kremlin Invites Zelenskyy to Moscow for Putin Meeting
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and President Donald Trump Associated Press / Photo by Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, File Loading the Audio ...
South Korean Former First Lady Sentenced to Prison for Bribes
Loading the Audio Player... The wife of South Korea’s disgraced president will serve 20 months in prison, a Seoul court ruled Wednesday. The court found Kim Keon Hee received a ...
ICE Agents Stopped from Entering Ecuador Consulate
Loading the Audio Player... A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent tried to enter Ecuador's consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday morning. Consular staff kept the agent ou...
Evangelical lawmaker sworn in as president of Honduras’ Congress
Congressman José Tomás Zambrano Molina of the National Party of Honduras has been elected and sworn in as president of the National Congress, becoming one of the leading figures of the new legislative cycle. An evangelical Christian, Zambrano’s personal story includes a prophetic word spoken more than two decades ago that his family now associates with the office he holds.
An Australian saint of forgiveness?
Australia’s Jan Ruff-O’Herne’s most distinguished accolade of all may lie in the future, if she is one day to share the title of “saint” with Mary MacKillop.
French Senate rejects planned 'Right to Die' law
The French Senate has rejected the “right to die” in an End of Life bill in a major setback for proponents of the planned law, including President Emmanuel Macron. The National Assembly passed the bill in May 2025 but the upper Senate altered its wording during a recent debate on Jan. 21-22. Senators voted 144 to 123 to reject Article 4, which would have established the legal conditions for "medical assistance in dying" (euthanasia and assisted suicide).
US, Global Christians Resist Trump’s Greenland Threats
This issue of A Public Witness highlights important voices of opposition to imperial plotting from a variety of religious groups, ranging from Lutherans to Baptists, Anglicans, Catholics, and others.
Hostage Clock in Tel Aviv Stopped after Nearly 844 Days
A woman holds a sign reading "sometimes dreams come true" beside a clock in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 27, 2026. Associated Press / Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg ...
North Korea Fires Missiles ahead of Major Political Meeting
Loading the Audio Player... North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Tuesday, according to its neighboring countries. Japan sent out an em...
