The United Nations warned Tuesday that the intensifying violence in Sudan is likely to cause more than one million refugees to flee the country by October, the Associated Press reports.
In a move that has raised fears of increased injustice and harsh punishment for Christians and other minority faith groups, the government of Pakistan has agreed to allow the crime of blasphemy against Islam to be charged under severe anti-terrorism legislation that is actually intended to prevent sectarianism, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Christians in northeastern India may face government neglect in terms of aid as the country recovers from recent heavy monsoon rains that affected around half a million people, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Thousands of extra security forces faced a second night of unrest in France after a 17-year-old delivery driver was shot and killed by police near Paris during a traffic check.
The “traumatic ordeal” of some 40 worshippers kidnapped from a church in Nigeria’s Kaduna State ended with the release of the remaining 16 captives, but elsewhere more than 20 Christians were killed, Christians confirmed Wednesday.
A group tracking antisemitism in Germany said Tuesday that it documented 2,480 incidents in the country last year — just under seven incidents per day on average.
Muslims in Indonesia disrupted Christian Sunday services at a house church in West Java Province and at a church site in Central Java Province on 18 June, arguing that such worship is illegal and should be prohibited, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Islamic extremists in western Uganda hacked a prayer leader to death and severely injured a number of others during a brutal machete attack on the Katikara Anglican Church in Kakumiro District last week, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Christianity is legal in Uganda but violent Islamic extremism has taken an increasing hold on the country.
A network of fortified cities around Jerusalem has been dated to the time of King David, more than 200 years earlier than previously thought, offering support to the theory that King David ruled over a complex and large kingdom. The proof, however, wasn’t freshly excavated from the earth, but rather came to light after an archaeologist spent years digging through old archaeological publications.
The United States will this week announce actions to hold the Russian mercenary Wagner Group accountable, the U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday, for its activities in Africa and unrelated to its aborted mutiny in Russia.
An audio recording of former President Donald Trump appears to contain discussion of his possession of classified materials and his belief that he had not declassified at least one of the documents in his possession while president.
The Supreme Court rejected the independent state legislature theory in a ruling Tuesday, deciding that courts do have a role to play in refereeing how elections are conducted.
Following their recent visit to Iran, leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization, the second largest terror group in the Gaza Strip after Hamas, on Monday called for stepping up armed attacks against Israel.
The defense establishment seized millions of dollars in cryptocurrency belonging to the IRGC’s Quds Force and Hezbollah just days ago, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced Tuesday.
Protest leaders on Tuesday vowed to step up their mass demonstrations against the government, including staging a blockade of the Ben Gurion Airport next week.
Responding to the needs of Christians in parts of the world where it is difficult to access the internet, the developers of the popular YouVersion Bible app have launched a new version of it which can be used offline, Christianity Today (CT) reports. App developers from Life.Church in Oklahoma joined with the global Bible ministry Biblica in creating the offline YouVersion Bible App Lite.
Moscow says preparations are underway for the Wagner mercenary group to hand over its heavy military hardware following Saturday’s failed rebellion. The move came after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would abandon Wagner and thanked his troops for preventing civil war.
The Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee will resume legislation connected to the government’s controversial judicial reform on Sunday, after legislation was frozen for nearly three months as negotiations were held between representatives of the entire coalition and the opposition parties Yesh Atid and National Unity at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.
Dozens of far-right ultra-Orthodox Jews began to riot at the site of a local Christian worship event in Jerusalem last Thursday afternoon to protest the event. One suspect, an activist with the far-right organization Lehava, was arrested for attacking a police officer during clashes with the Israel Police.
The next Defense Department budget will be the highest in America’s history, reaching nearly $900 billion. Just last week, the House Armed Services Committee sent its version to the floor for a vote.