Taraba state Gov. Agbu Kefas. (Agbu Kefas Media) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Saturday (May 24) killed 42 people in three predominantly Christian communities in Taraba state, northeast Nigeria, sources said. In Karim Lamido County, the assailants invaded Munga Dosso, Munga Lelau and Bandawa villages, destroying […]

Session of National Assembly in Pakistan. (Voice of America) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s parliament on Monday (May 19) passed a significant bill aiming to curb, discourage and eventually eradicate child marriages in the federal capital by raising the legal age of marriage for both boys and girls to 18 years. Sharmila […]

Scar on one of the Christians assaulted in Durandarbha village, Sukma District, Chhattisgarh state, India on April 24, 2025. (Evangelical Fellowship of India) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Villagers practicing tribal religion who assaulted Christian families and drove them from their homes in central India for practicing their faith have threatened to kill them if […]

Jerry John, killed by Fulani herdsmen on May 7, 2025 in Otukpo County, Benue state, Nigeria. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed two Christians in central Nigeria on Wednesday (May 7) after killing 10 others in the same area the previous month, sources said. The herdsmen killed two Christian farmers […]

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) – Fulani herdsmen on Saturday and Sunday (May 3-4) killed six Christians and injured dozens of others in raids on two Christian villages in Plateau state, Nigeria. In the state’s Barkin Ladi […]

Location of Mbale District, Uganda. (Jarry1250, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamists killed an evangelist after he led several Muslims to faith in Christ at an open-air event in eastern Uganda last month, sources said. David Washume of Manga cell, Mungoma Ward, Nabumali town council in Mbale District was stabbed to death on […]

Forced conversions and abductions in Pakistan in 2024 were recorded in the Annual Human Rights Observer report on blasphemy accusations. (Center for Social Justice chart) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A rights watchdog chronicled a record 344 new blasphemy cases in Pakistan in 2024, highlighting increased abuse of the country’s condemned blasphemy laws. […]

Hindu extremists confront church members in Raipur, India on March 9, 2025. (Morning Star News screenshot of video) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian charged under India’s anti-conversion law after Hindu nationalists attacked a church is seeking anticipatory bail from the Supreme Court of India. Rajesh Sharma said his plea for anticipatory bail was […]

Trailer truck rams Easter procession in Billiri, Gombe state, Nigeria on April 21, 2025. (Screenshot from video on Instagram guts104.9fm) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Investigators have concluded that a trailer truck driver intentionally crashed into an Easter procession in Nigeria, killing six Christians, sources said. More than 30 Christians were hospitalized when […]

Boko Haram insignia is blacked out on walls in Bama, Borno state Nigeria. (Ifeatu Nnaobi, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Boko Haram terrorists on Monday (April 28) attacked a predominantly Christian community in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, killing seven Christians and setting homes and church buildings ablaze, residents said. The militants […]