Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies pledged at least $1.7 billion Tuesday to avert an economic catastrophe in Afghanistan. Still, it was unclear when and where the promised money would arrive.
A Hungarian court has sentenced a Syrian national to life imprisonment for his involvement in “crimes against humanity” and “terrorism” as a military leader of the Islamic State terror group in Syria.
A group of Muslims shot dead two Christians in Pakistan last week, following a dispute over land, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Scores of people have died in northern Afghanistan Friday in the country’s deadliest assault since US forces left, raising concerns about rising Islamic extremism.
The ISIS-K suicide bomber who killed 13 US service members and 170 Afghan civilians at Kabul airport on August 26 had been released from prison at the Bagram Air Base just days before the attack, Yahoo News reports. The bombing took place as the US conducted an intensely chaotic albeit massive evacuation effort as part of its final withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Fulani jihadist herdsmen are continuing their slaughter of believers in Nigeria, killing six more Christians in Plateau state between October 1-5, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Rights group Open Doors recently reported Nigeria as having the highest numbers of Christians murdered on account of their faith; the international community has largely remained silent.
An Iranian Christian who went missing for nearly a month after his detention by Iranian authorities has been released and found, Worthy News learned Wednesday.
The Rev. Yohanna Shuaibu of New Life Church in Nigeria’s Kano state was hacked to death last month by an Islamist mob apparently angered that the pastor had led many Muslims to Christ, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
A private Israeli intelligence firm released satellite photographs of an alleged Iranian missile production facility outside Tehran on Thursday, showing the damage at the site after an explosion there earlier in the week.
Six Christians in Pakistan’s second-largest city Lahore are recovering from injuries after Muslims opened fire at Christian residents.
European Union nations Hungary and the Netherlands were investigating Thursday plots to kill their prime ministers and other politicians amid mounting concerns about rising crime and fringe groups.
Concerns remained Thursday about the plight of a Pakistani woman after she was sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy against Islam despite concerns about her mental situation.
The United States and Qatar took coordinated action on Wednesday targeting a Hezbollah financial network in the Arabian Peninsula, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement.
Christians in Nigeria continue to be slaughtered with impunity and, on Sunday night, suspected Fulani militants murdered more than 30 people in the Madamai and Abun villages of Kaduna state on Sunday night, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Christians confirmed Tuesday that one person died and several were injured when suspected Islamic gunmen opened fire Sunday at a morning church service in Nigeria’s troubled northern Kaduna State.
Unidentified aircraft hit a base run by Iranian-backed militias in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al Zor near the Iraqi border where Tehran has in the last year expanded its military presence, residents and military sources said on Monday.
Iran on Tuesday rejected calls by the United States and European Union to allow inspectors access to a nuclear site that was damaged during a sabotage attack in June that the Islamic Republic blamed on Israel.
Pakistan’s Lahore High Court (LHC) has sent a 14-year-old Christian girl back into the custody of a Muslim man who abducted her and who claims she willingly converted to Islam and married him, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Acting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has been given additional security after signals that he may be the target of an attack or kidnapping, officials confirmed Monday.
Iran’s nuclear program has crossed all the red lines drawn by the international regulators and the Islamic Republic is closer than ever to acquiring a nuclear weapon, Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a maiden speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday.