Corpses of Christians killed in massacre by Fulani herdmen on Dec. 25, 2024 in Kwande County, Benue state, Nigeria. (Akough Orduen for Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked a cluster of five predominantly Christian villages in Benue state on Wednesday (Dec. 25), massacring 33 people on […]

Arif Masih was one of three Christians wounded on Dec. 25, 2024 gun attack on Pastor Shahzad Siddique’s home in Lahore, Pakistan. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Three Christians were shot and wounded in a Christmas Day gun attack on the home of a pastor and televangelist in […]

Villagers gather where the body of James Mukenye Habiibu was found on Dec. 17, 2024 in Kibuku District, Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists on Dec. 16 killed a Christian father of three children who had fled his home in eastern Uganda due to death threats from Muslim relatives, sources […]

Location of Toba Tek Singh District in Pakistan. (Imagery © 2024 TerraMetrics, Map data © 2024 Google) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Pakistan has been arrested and charged with blasphemy after a Muslim prayer leader accused her of burning passages of Islamic scripture, sources said. Gojra Saddar police in […]

Akash Karamat has been in jail on blasphemy charges in Pakistan since Aug. 27, 2023. (Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 17-year-old Christian who has been incarcerated for 16 months for charges in three blasphemy cases will spend Christmas in jail, but he obtained bail in one of the cases, […]

Baptist church building bombed in Al-Azba area in Khartoum North, Sudan on Dec. 20, 2024. (Morning Star News) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Another church building was targeted in Sudan on Friday (Dec. 20) in an air strike by the Sudanese Air Force (SAF) that also destroyed at least five houses of civilians, the […]

Rhoda Jatau with ADF International attorney Sean Nelson. (ADF International) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian mother of five children in Nigeria who spent 19 months in jail on baseless blasphemy charges was acquitted last week, according to legal advocacy group ADF International. Rhoda Jatau was imprisoned in Bauchi state in May […]

Sudanese family at Gorom Refugee Settlement in South Sudan in July 2023. (Manyang David Mayar, VOA) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese refugee in South Sudan who suffered a knife attack by her Muslim husband four months ago for converting to Christianity faces daily pressure to renounce her faith, sources said. Halima Mohammed […]

Location of West Java Province, Indonesia. (TUBS, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Indonesia on Sunday (Dec. 8) prevented Christians from holding a Christmas service at a pastor’s home, sources said. At the Cipta Graha Permai housing complex on Tegar Beriman street in Cibinong, West Java Province, Muslim residents blocked the road to […]

Woman in traditional attire in Bokkos LGA, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Dotun55, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani terrorists killed a Christian in Plateau state, Nigeria on Dec. 1 after prior attacks in the state left 18 other Christians dead, sources said. A band of six gunmen “believed to be Fulani […]