GUIZHOU, China (China Aid) — After serving two administrative detention and one criminal detention sentences, the pastor of a house church in China’s southern Guizhou province was arrested on suspicion of “divulging state secrets” today, shortly after officials rejected his colleague’s administrative reconsideration application on Jan. 11. Li Guozhi, also known by his alias, Yang […]

AUSTIN, Texas (Associated Press) — A Houston grand jury investigating undercover footage of Planned Parenthood found no wrongdoing Monday by the abortion provider and instead indicted anti-abortion activists involved in making the videos that provoked outrage among Republican leaders nationwide. David Daleiden, founder of the Center for Medical Progress, was indicted on a felony charge […]

GWEYR, Iraq (CNN) — “Nasir” is one of the blessed ones. He managed to escape from the grasp of ISIS, which was training him to be a suicide bomber. He is just 12 years old. The boy is now reunited with his mother at the Esyan refugee camp in Kurdistan, home to almost 15,000 Yazidis fleeing ISIS. […]

(CNN) — Fierce battles continue around the strategic city of Deir Ezzor in northern Syria between regime forces and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to human rights groups. Hundreds of combatants and civilians have been killed over the past week, and Russian aircraft have been dropping supplies to beleaguered army units. The […]

(The Malaysian Insider) — The Bishop of the Anglican Church’s Kuching Diocese in Sarawak has joined in the furor over PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang’s remarks against Christian missionaries in Sarawak and Sabah. Datuk Bolly Lapok, who is also the Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Southeast Asia, said the Islamist party president […]

(The Independent) — A Kenyan man who was shot while shielding Christians from an attack by al-Shabaab militants has died of his injuries in hospital. Salah Farah was among a group of Muslim bus passengers who refused to be separated by the al-Qaeda linked terrorists last month. Knowing that the Christians would be massacred as […]

China (Mission Network News) — The Chinese government, which hasn’t actually banned religion, is atheist itself. This has resulted in an entire generation literally following the leader and ignoring Christ. Yet, Bibles for China has noted a pattern over the last few years. Young people have started abandoning the atheistic beliefs of their parents and […]

(AFP News) — A 95-year-old former medic at the Auschwitz death camp will go on trial next month on at least 3,681 counts of accessory to murder, German authorities said Monday. Hubert Zafke was a medical orderly at the camp from August 15, 1944 to September 14, 1944. During this time, 14 trains carrying prisoners […]

NEW YORK (Associated Press) — The Islamic State group has acknowledged the death of the masked militant known as “Jihadi John,” who appeared in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages, in an article in its online English-language magazine Dabiq. A “eulogizing profile” of Jihadi John appeared in the magazine which was shared online […]

Thailand (Mission Network News) — There’s a familiar saying in Thailand: “To be Thai is to be Buddhist.” It’s history, and it’s assumed that the idiom is really an indicator of national identity. Now, throw in the fact that the wars were of kingdoms and kings, and there’s potential for misstep when visiting with the […]