NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The governor of Chhattisgarh state, India on April 7 signed legislation against forcible conversion that is harsher than similar laws that authorities and vigilante groups have used to falsely accuse Christians, sources said. In one of the states of India where Christians are most persecuted, Chhattisgarh Gov. Ramen Deka gave […]
Church World Service will be launching a program to help Roma refugees living in Moldova who were displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Israelis are increasingly concerned and even angry that the FBI is investigating the Israel Defense forces following the death of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, a US citizen, in a firefight last May. Newspaper commentators are calling it a double standard and say it violates the Pentagon's own conclusions surrounding Abu Akleh's death.
Christians who live in parts of the world that enjoy peace and religious freedom must speak up for the suffering Church in the face of increasing persecution, a new report by Aid to the Church in Need pleads.
State media reported Wednesday that the gunmen opened fire at a bazaar in the southwestern city of Izeh. A young girl was among the dead, and another ten people, including civilians and security force...
Poland and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday the missile that struck Poland and killed two farmers was likely part of Ukraine’s air defense, not a Russian attack. A missile stru...
Novelist and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has awarded Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service $15 million in donation funds, the single largest contribution in the advocacy organization’s 83-year history. Scott’s $15 million donation comes as the group works to resettle Afghan refugees, people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and asylum-seekers along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Greg Locke, a Tennessee pastor known for his viral videos about COVID-19, election conspiracies and witchcraft, claims another social media giant has given him the boot. A Donald Trump supporter who has been featured at Christian nationalist events such as America’s Revival and disgraced former Trump official Mike Flynn’s ReAwaken America tour, Locke was banned from Twitter last year for spreading misinformation.
With Christian persecution raging in Nigeria, more than 33,000 people have signed a petition imploring President Joe Biden to reinstate the African nation to an important persecution watchlist.
A new study finds that nations that legalize assisted suicide or euthanasia have higher rates of self-initiated suicides, a result that some experts contend has been a predictable side effect of ...
Officials from Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party have branded as "fake news" a report that there are discussions with the center-left secular parties to join a Netanyahu coalition without the religious parties. Prime Minister Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid Party also denies the report, as Likud faces a tough demand by the Religious Zionist Party for the coveted Defense Ministry.
