The recent killing of another activist in Pakistan, Khurram Zaki, has exposed how the country is unable to protect its human rights defenders who are now seen as clearly vulnerable targets in an environment that's slowly becoming more and more hostile.
An Iranian pastor, who was previously sentenced to death on charge of apostasy but was acquitted in 2012, was arrested again on May 13.
Pakistani Christians in a Punjab village face threats from Muslim extremist groups to either convert to Islam, leave the place or die.
A young girl who was one of the school girls kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria testified before a House Foreign Affairs committee about how she managed to escape Boko Haram.
Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin QC expressed his view on the case filed by gay activist Gareth Lee against Christian-owned Ashers Baking Company. He said that it was not right to force the defendants to express a political opinion that contradicts their religious beliefs.
The leader of a cult-like church in Canada faced trial in court Tuesday over several charges including sexual assault.
A house church in Guangdong is being subjected to intensified pressure and harassment from Chinese authorities.
As the world celebrated the International Day of Prayer on May 8, Christians in Syria are encouraged by the prayers offered by believers from different countries on their behalf.
The longest-held U.S. prisoner in North Korea, missionary Kenneth Bae, was released in November 2014 after two years of ordeal. Bae urged those who remain as detainees in the communist country to not lose their hope of being freed.
India is moving forward in terms of gender equality as a new recommendation, if approved, could give transgenders who belong to the Christian community equal rights to ancestral property.
Giwa barracks in Maiduguri, Nigeria, which holds suspected Boko Haram members, has witnessed this year the death of 11 children less than six years of age, including four babies, due to the unsanitary conditions in the military detention center.
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sept. 11.
Vice President JD Vance criticized Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and United Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton at a campaign rally in Olathe, Kansas, accusing his church of financially supporting a Pride event associated with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.Vance urged voters to back Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, who is seeking reelection against Hamilton, pastor of Resurrection, a multi-campus United Methodist congregation in Leawood.
A performance of Handel’s “Messiah” blending Western and Eastern music took place Sept. 12 at Mukawir, the hilltop fortress in Jordan traditionally associated with the beheading of John the Baptist. The concert was held under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal.
President John Dramani Mahama has ruled out the use of taxpayers' money to finance Ghana's National Cathedral, saying the country's Christian community should raise the funds needed to complete the stalled project.
The leaders of France's two main Protestant umbrella organizations have agreed to create a standing forum for dialogue and cooperation, following a two-day meeting both described as unprecedented. Delegations from the executive boards of the Protestant Federation of France, known by its French initials FPF, and the National Council of Evangelicals in France, or CNEF, met Sept. 3-4 at the Domaine du Lazaret in Sète.