ISIS News Update: Destroying Christian Graves in Drive for 'Cultural Cleansing'
Members of the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) are not only beheading and killing people but are also destroying graves of Christians in Iraq.
Members of the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) are not only beheading and killing people but are also destroying graves of Christians in Iraq.
A young man who recently enjoyed a career as a model has reportedly been killed in the Middle East after joining the Islamic State.
Italian police have said they are investigating a recent incident in which Muslim migrants threw Christian migrants overboard in the Mediterranean Sea while their ship was en route to Italy from Libya.
A deadly disease has reportedly taken the lives of 14 in a small Nigerian town as health officials scramble to identify the mystery sickness.
American boots are not the only ones in Iraq who flew to the Middle East to train anti-Islamic State forces, CNN reported on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization has appealed to Ebola survivors to be more cautious during sexual contact after one survivor found traces of the virus in his semen even after the recommended period of abstinence.
The United Nations has asked Kenya\'s government to reconsider closing a large Somali refugee camp in the wake of the recent Garissa State University massacre that left 148 people dead.
Rescue teams are presuming that 400 people are dead after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Monday.
At least 2,000 women and girls in Nigeria have been abducted by Boko Haram since 2014 started, with many forced to be sexual slaves or combatants, Amnesty International reported on the first anniversary of the kidnapping of over 270 schoolgirls.
On the one year anniversary of their kidnapping, activists in Nigeria continue to call for the safe return of hundreds of schoolgirls taken by Boko Haram, while the country's president recently said that he does not know if the girls will ever be rescued.
The Islamic State claimed it has now under its control part of Iraq's largest oil refinery on Sunday, posting images online to back its assertion, CNN reported.
National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School may continue pursuing plans to become the nation’s first religious charter school while its legal challenge to an Oklahoma law moves forward, a federal judge ruled. According to Baptist Press, the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation is challenging provisions of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act that bar religious organizations from operating publicly funded charter schools because of their religious character.
Former President Joe Biden received an award from Planned Parenthood of Delaware on Thursday and used his remarks to defend his abortion-rights record while encouraging supporters to continue their efforts. Biden spoke at Planned Parenthood of Delaware’s 22nd Annual Chocolate & Champagne Gala in Claymont, where former first lady Jill Biden presented him with the Sonia Schorr Sloan Service Award.
A bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators called on President Donald Trump to raise China’s persecution of Christian pastors and other religious minorities during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington this week. Led by Sens. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., the lawmakers thanked Trump for diplomatic pressure they said helped secure the July 3 release of Beijing Zion Church founder Ezra Jin after 266 days in detention.
Asbury Theological Seminary plans to leave the federal student loan program and stop processing Title IV loans beginning in May 2027. Title IV governs federal student aid under the Higher Education Act. The Kentucky seminary said the move reflects a desire to reduce student debt and concerns that a future administration hostile to its beliefs could use federal funding as leverage against the school.
Algerian special forces raided a Christian worship gathering at a humanitarian shelter on Sept. 4, detaining all 12 people present on suspicion of holding an unauthorized non-Muslim religious service. Police entered the site and transferred the 12 detained Christians to the Bethioua police station.