Location of North Sulawesi Province in Indonesia. (TUBS, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – An attack by young Islamists on a church building in Indonesia led to a melee that threatened to involve Christian militias in defense, sources said. In North Sulawesi Province, young Muslims from Molompar village, along with Islamists from outside the […]
Location of Blue Nile state in Sudan. (TUBS, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A medical doctor in Sudan was jailed from Sunday to Wednesday evening (Dec. 10) after officials learned he was a Christian, sources said. In Ad-Damazin, capital of Blue Nile state in southeastern Sudan, Yagoub Jibril Glademea on Sunday (Dec. […]
Christian sanitation workers Shan Masih (L) and Asif Masih (R) died on March 17, 2024 from dangerous conditions in sewers of Faisalabad, Pakistan. (CDI-MSN) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In two landmark rulings, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday (Dec. 9) banned employers from seeking only Christians for sanitation jobs and called […]
Sheela Devi in Kachhwa Christian Hospital in Uttar Pradesh state, India. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in India jailed for 86 days on false accusations of fraudulent conversion was diagnosed with cancer in October, sources said. Sheela Devi, 45, of Dubey ka Purva village, Uttar Pradesh state, was released […]
Islamic verses painted on SPEC church wall in Port Sudan, Sudan on Nov. 26, 2025. (Screenshot from video) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Life seemed to be looking better for a refugee from Sudan who had fled to Ethiopia and South Sudan, put his faith in Christ, and then found a job at his […]
Gulshan Dadan Khan Mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Khalid Mahmood, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Relatives of a 21-year-old Christian woman in Pakistan who disappeared from her home on Nov. 17 said they are heartbroken and fearful after she resurfaced in court claiming she had converted to Islam and married her Muslim […]
Gaddafi Mosque in Kampala, Uganda. (Tusk media, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese Christian family in Uganda is living in fear after Muslim extremists from Sudan and Somalia threatened to kill them. Safaa Abdalla Yousif, who fled her native Sudan to Uganda due to conflict and religious persecution in 2016, on […]
International Christian Concern (ICC) was one of 72 nonprofits out of 1.5 million to earn the notable 2025 Most Trusted Nonprofit Award by Ministry Voice. Ministry Voice, which equips churches and Christian nonprofits with communication tools, training, and resources, reviewed ICC’s financial records, vision statement, and results. “The Most Trusted Nonprofit Award is predicated on extensive […]
Opposition members in Pakistan protest anti-child marriage bill in Balochistan provincial assembly on Nov. 14, 2025. (Screenshot from Facebook) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a landmark move to protect children, especially girls, from forced marriages, a provincial assembly in Pakistan on Friday (Nov. 14) passed the Child Marriage Prohibition Bill. The Balochistan […]
Nigerian Army representative addresses the Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo’s church, offering protection. (Screenshot from YouTube) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A pastor in Nigeria is facing death threats for speaking out on Islamic extremist attacks on Christians and calling for protection against “genocide.” The Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, based in Plateau state as regional chairman […]