Home where three Christians were burned to death in Budini Nyanza, Kaliro town, Uganda on Dec. 26, 2024. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim couple and their adult son who received Christ in November were burned to death on Dec. 26 in eastern Uganda, sources said. In the Budini Nyanza area […]

Nilesh Kumar was killed for his faith in Satpura village, Bihar state, India, in July 2024. (Morning Star News) (Christian Daily International) – More than 400 Christian leaders in India ended 2024 with a strongly-worded appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put an end to a surge in violence against Christians that was especially […]

Location of Al Jazirah state, Sudan. (TUBS, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Militants of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a church prayer service in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state on Monday (Dec. 30), wounding 14 Christians, sources said. In the town of Al Hasaheisa, the militants mounted the assault as 177 Christians […]

Central Mosque, Jos, Nigeria. (El-siddeeq lame, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on the night of Dec. 22 killed 15 Christians in a village in Plateau state, Nigeria, including a 1-year-old baby and a 13-year-old child, sources said. Clement Chup, president of the Aten Development Association (ADA), condemned the “gruesome […]

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 […]