Funeral for the Rev. Ayuba Choji, wife Chundung Choji and his two children, Cyril and Endurance, killed in Rim area of Plateau state on April 26, 2026. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Slaughters of Christians continued in Plateau state, Nigeria on Friday (May 8) as Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians in Bassa County, […]

Jinja, Uganda. (Ilona1001, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a man in eastern Uganda who accepted Christ in March cut off his hands on April 17 in an attack over his new faith, sources said. Kalegeya Faruku, 40, was recovering from severe injuries after the attack at about 7 p.m. at […]

Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan. (Romero Maia, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Pakistan court on Wednesday (May 6) rejected the official birth record of a Christian girl allegedly forced to convert to Islam and ordered a medical exam to determine her age, according to the family’s lawyer. Supreme Court attorney Saqib […]

Fulani herdsman in north-central Nigeria in screenshot from video obtained by Morning Star News. (Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In attacks on three villages over two weeks, Fulani herdsmen killed 11 Christians and injured five others in one county in Plateau state, Nigeria. On Sunday (May 3), Fulanis killed five Christians […]

Pastor Novel Pangemanan in video call with rights group about April 14, 2026 halt to construction of prayer house in Kappuna village, North Luwu Regency, Indonesia. (Screenshot from Tanparagi video) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Local officials in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia on April 14 halted construction of a prayer house due to protest banners […]

Pastor Motu Sodi was attacked with wooden sticks in Sukma District, Chhattisgarh state, India on April 13 and 14, 2026. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Two men of traditional tribal religion in central India on April 13 assaulted a pastor and his family for their Christian faith in an attempt to chase […]

Punjab Province, Pakistan Gov. Saleem Haider Khan. (TheGuyFromPindi, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Punjab Province Assembly in Pakistan on Monday (April 27) passed a landmark bill aimed at curbing child marriage following a heated debate between government and opposition lawmakers. The Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2026 was approved by […]

Punjab Assembly building in Lahore, Pakistan. (Sunni Person, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian lawmaker in Pakistan filed a motion in the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday (April 21) seeking an explanation from the provincial government on why courts were not consistently accepting official age records in cases of abducted and […]

Uganda National Mosque in Kampala. (Tusk media, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Muslim extremists posing as moto-taxi drivers on April 9 killed an evangelist in central Uganda shortly after he preached at a gospel event, sources said. Alfred Kitenga was beaten and stabbed at about 9:30 p.m. along the Northern Bypass in […]

Purported Islamic marriage certificate of Sidra Bibi lacks her national ID number, which is a legal requirement. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan have declined to recover a 15-year-old Christian girl who was abducted at gunpoint, forcibly converted to Islam and married to the kidnapper, according […]