Asian Human Rights Commission reported increased incidences of Christian persecution in Pakistan and condemned the police for doing little to prevent them.

Machete-wielding Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a pastor in Nigeria's Nasarawa state Thursday, June 30 as the pastor worked at his farm, sources said.

The Syrian military has declared a 72-hour "regime of calm" covering all of Syria from 1 a.m. on Wednesday (1800 EDT Tuesday), a military source told Reuters, although fighting and air attacks have been reported since then.

A Chinese legal assistant who was detained last year has been transferred to a different location but authorities have not disclosed her real location at present.

Christians in war-torn Ukraine received training that will enable them to share God's Word for the healing of those deeply affected by the chaos.

The predominantly Christian town of Al Qaa in Lebanon directed its fury toward the town's displaced Syrians after suicide bombers blasted themselves, leaving five people killed and dozens wounded, in a series of suicide attacks in late June.

Minority Rights Group said that Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein may have been terrible, but the post-Saddam era is no way better especially with Iraqi minorities facing serious extinction.

Pavlof Volcano, also considered one of the most consistently active volcanoes in Alaska, threatens to erupt as alert level upgraded to yellow.

Two Christian converts in India thanked God for the chance of being persecuted for Him even as Hindu men beat them up.

The recently released Iraq Inquiry revived controversies on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and just how much his Catholic faith influenced his move to back the war.

A church in Tottenham, London has served as a home to hundreds of "the most disenfranchised" men in society, including those that even charities won't help, and has helped them get back on their feet.