Algeria Government Criticized Over Heavy Fines for Transporting Bibles
(World Watch Monitor) — The Algerian government has once again been criticized for alleged discrimination against the country’s Christian minority, this time by handing large fines to two brothers for carrying over 50 Bibles in their car. Prosecutors claimed the
UK Parents Mourn Loss of Infant Son After Legal Battle to Save His Life Unsuccessful
Photo Credit: Lanre Haastrup/FacebookLONDON — The parents of an infant boy in the U.K. are mourning the loss of their son after he died at the end of a harrowing legal battle on Wednesday. Isaiah Haastrup’s life support was removed
Chinese Boy Without Ears Who Yearned to Be Adopted Now Happily Living With Forever Family
A Chinese boy who was featured in a documentary last year about children in China who live in medical orphanages has now been adopted and lives with his forever family in Singapore. As previously reported, Wu Keyuan, now 8, was born without
Religious Freedom ‘Under Attack’ in the UK, MPs Hear
(The Christian Institute) — Freedom of religion is under attack in the UK today from “aggressive secularists” and the religiously illiterate, a Christian MP has said. Fiona Bruce made the statement during a debate on freedom of religion and belief
Male Escort Exposes 36 Homosexual Priests in File Sent to Vatican
(Newsweek) — A 1,200-page dossier containing the names of 34 “actively gay” priests and six seminarians in Italy has been sent to the Vatican by the archdiocese of Naples. The allegations were compiled by Francesco Mangiacapra, a gay male escort who told
Christian Family in Pakistan Attacked While Helping Build Church Wall
(World Watch Monitor) — Five members of a Christian family in northeast Pakistan were attacked and injured as they helped to build a boundary wall around their church on Sunday, March 4. The pastor of the Pakistan Gospel Assemblies church
Indian Christians Seriously Injured by Tribal Animists Upset Over Attempted Burial in Village
DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal animists upset that Christians tried to bury one of their dead in a village in eastern India seriously injured a 13-year-old girl and others who tried to protect a Christian woman the villagers threatened
Christians Continue to Be Held in Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison
(World Watch Monitor) — There was hope among Iranian Christians that the mass protests earlier this year could effect change for them, but they continue to be harassed and imprisoned on spurious charges. An Iranian convert to Christianity, Naser Navard
Henan Increases Pressure on Chinese House Church Gatherings
(ChinaAid) — According to Christians in China’s central Henan province, the local public security bureaus and religious affairs bureaus have started targeting house church members with threats and fines since early February. A new initiative in Nanyang, Henan, explicitly forbids
‘You Will Listen to Us Now’ Putin Says in Unveiling Hypersonic Nuclear ICBM Called ‘Satan 2’ by NATO
(Newsweek/Yahoo News) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is developing a new generation of advanced nuclear weapons including a hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can reach almost anywhere in the world and cannot be shot down by anti-missile