(CNN) — Two Syrian women took a hidden camera through the northern Syrian city of Raqqa to document their life under ISIS rule, knowing they faced execution should they be discovered, according to CNN Swedish affiliate Expressen TV, which commissioned the video. Fully covered and wearing face veils, they shop, take a taxi and walk […]
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United Kingdom (Daily Mail) — Women whose babies develop fatal defects in the early stages of pregnancy will be given advice on going ahead with the birth so the NHS can harvest their organs, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Most expectant mothers opt for termination after being told the devastating news their child has […]
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Greece (Mission Network News) — Christian Aid Mission reports that while the European Union reached an agreement with Turkey this week to stem the tide of Syrian and other refugees to Greece and other EU countries, refugees continued to pour onto the Greek islands–or die trying. At least 25 refugees perished when their Greece-bound dinghy […]
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UGANDA (Morning Star News) – After Mohammed Nsera graduated from high school last year, his Muslim family built a small house for him on their homestead in eastern Uganda. They burned it down this year after he put his faith in Christ. Nsera’s family lives in the predominantly Christian village of Katende near Busede, Jinja District, […]
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LONDON (Christian Concern) — The number of children being given medical treatment for ‘gender confusion’ has risen 1,000 percent over the past five years. The NHS’s Gender Identity Disorder Service treated 1,013 children, between April and December last year, a freedom of information request by The Sun revealed. In 2010, just 97 cases were recorded. […]
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(Voice of America) — Two suicide bombings in Pakistan and Iraq have killed at least 70 people and injured 100. South of Baghdad, a suicide truck bombing killed 61 people on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. In northwest Pakistan, a suicide bomber attacked an entrance to a court on Monday. The AP reported 11 […]
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(Open Doors USA) — Pastor Amin* is one of the most gentle people you will ever meet. He diligently serves the Lord in his Central Asian country by planting a church, organizing missionary schools and summer camps for Muslim children and founding a rehab center for drug addicts and alcoholics. Now, he receives the same […]
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WFMZ-TV) — On this corner of a street downtown, a man named Pastor Tony is making dinner for a special group in Allentown. The homeless, who come here on a cold night, for a warm meal. A man named Kenny who tells us he’s living in a tent right now says, “You can […]
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ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Four men detained by police for attacking a church building in the Black Sea region of Turkey last week shouted jihadist slogans when released from jail, a marked departure from past harassment, church leaders said. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 25, the four Muslims went to a building rented […]
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Nigeria (Mission Network News) — In the last year, killing of Christians has increased in northern Nigeria by 62%, according to Open Doors USA. In 2015, Open Doors recorded 4,028 killings and 198 church attacks. In 2014, there were 2,484 killings and 108 churches attacked. To better show how the violence is affecting the country, […]
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