BUDAKA, Uganda (Morning Star News) — Threats from hard-line Muslims and the rape of her 13-year-old daughter forced a Christian mother and her five children to flee their village in eastern Uganda last week, sources said. Amina Napiya, a 42-year-old widow, fled her home in Nakajete village, Budaka Town Council, on Wednesday (March 16). Budaka […]

  BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) — Thirty-four people were killed in attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital on Tuesday, according to public broadcaster VRT, triggering security alerts across Europe and bringing some cross-border traffic to a halt. A witness said he heard shouts in Arabic and shots shortly before […]

(Mission Network News) — Bible translation in Muslim-dominant areas is risky. Mix that occupation with animosity aimed at Muslim-Background Believers and what you get is a volatile and often explosive reaction. That’s proven true for Wycliffe Associates. President/Chief Executive Officer Bruce Smith confirms the deaths of four national translators (first generation Christians) recently in a […]

BRUSSELS (Associated Press) — The top suspect in last year’s Paris attacks told investigators after he was captured that he was planning new operations from Brussels and possibly had access to several weapons, Belgium’s foreign minister said Sunday. Salah Abdeslam had claimed that “he was ready to restart something from Brussels, and it’s maybe the […]

YANGON, Myanmar (Myanmar Times) — Buddhist nationalists have applied for permission to hold a protest in Yangon against the appointment of Henry Van Thio, an ethnic Chin and a Christian, as vice president. The nomination of the hitherto unknown National League for Democracy MP came as a surprise to most last week, but the decision […]

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudanese authorities detained another church leader in the Khartoum area without charges on Monday (March 14), releasing him that night before arresting him again the next day, according to an area source. The whereabouts of pastor Philemon Hassan of Baptist Church Hai El Esbah-Khartoum North were unknown after personnel […]

(Mission Network News) — It’s only taken a few centuries, but Creole communities are finally getting a chance to hear God’s Word in their heart language. Gil Moreno with Faith Comes by Hearing says three Creole languages have been recorded in the past few years, and audio New Testaments have been made available. Listening groups […]

ROME (New York Daily News) — The Vatican ambassador to the U.S. who arranged the 2015 meeting between Jorge Bergoglio, also known to Roman Catholics as Pope Francis, and controversial Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is set to be replaced, according to reports. Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò will be replaced by French-born Archbishop Christophe Pierre, […]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Mission Network News) — For the last 20 years, World Mission has used thrift stores as part of its ministry in the U.S. But only recently has the mission organization begun expanding its thrift store ministry to serve globally, creating an international impact. Greg Kelley with World Mission explains, “We have found so […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Barack Obama nominated veteran appellate court judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, setting up a potentially ferocious political showdown with Senate Republicans who have vowed to block any Obama nominee. Considered a moderate, Garland, 63, is currently chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]