“Arise, shine, Bethlehem, for the light of peace has dawned anew.” With these words, Bethlehem celebrated the traditional lighting of its Christmas tree on a packed Manger Square on Dec. 6, 2025, following a two-year hiatus.
A mother of three children in Somalia is struggling to survive after her Muslim relatives drove her from their home and threatened to kill her for accepting Christ, she said.
America's intervention in the conflict between Israel and Iran will only bring great suffering upon itself, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday morning. America would sustain...
An 8-year-old Christian boy in Indonesia died from a ruptured appendix on May 26, days after older Muslim students beat him so severely he required hospital treatment, sources said.
A politician in Finland who previously oversaw police as Minister of Interior recently told a conference in Berlin how officers later opposed her faith while interrogating her on hate speech charges
Pakistan s blasphemy laws are being systematically misused to target religious minorities, dispossess the poor and settle personal and economic disputes, according to a new Human Rights Watch report
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. knows where Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding during the Israel-Iran conflict but doesn't want him killed "for now."
Iran launched another volley of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday night local time—the fifth day in a row of its attacks, the Israeli military said. President Donald Trump wrote soon after the...
European Union officials and international leaders met in Brussels this week to discuss the worsening humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. In a speech before the meeting, EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbi...
This issue of A Public Witness opens a Bible and a (digital) newspaper to consider Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s roaring use of scripture to start a war.
People shoot at tourists with water guns during a protest against overtourism in Barcelona, Spain, June 15, 2025. Associated Press / Photo by Pau Venteo Thousan...
