(Open Doors USA) — “Monday, February 19, is a date I will never forget in my life.” For 19-year-old Affodia Andrawus, a Christian classmate of Leah Sharibu, the night evokes feelings of fear and horror. In her own words, Affodia recounts the events leading up to the attack on the Government Girls School in Dapchi […]
(Mission Network News) — It is common in Iran for Christians to go to prison for their faith. However, it seems that the stakes have been rising for those following Jesus. Miles Windsor of Middle East Concern says it can be very challenging to be a Christian in Iran. “That notwithstanding, it’s a place where […]
(The Times of Israel) — An Israeli startup is in the final stages of developing a revolutionary handheld ultrasound device that will allow pregnant women to check on the health of their baby using only a smartphone. PulseNmore LTD. says its device can connect to any smartphone, displaying the images on its screen and sending […]
(Open Doors USA) — The death toll in Nigeria’s Benue State continues to rise. Over the last week, Christians have been massacred in what has turned into a spree of violence by Muslim Fulani militant herdsmen. Only a day after Fulani militants stormed a church service in the Christian village of Mbalom, killing 19 worshippers […]
(World Watch Monitor) — The body of a pastor was found beheaded on the shore of a reservoir in eastern India on May 2, hours after he was abducted by around 25 masked men whom police believe to be Maoists. Residents of Kubasal village, in the Tamar area of Jharkhand state, identified the body lying […]
(Jerusalem Post) — Since their discovery between 1946 and 1956, archaeologists and historians have pored over the Dead Sea Scrolls in a bid to decipher their meaning and further understand the Jewish people. Hidden in 12 caves 2,000 years ago in Wadi Qumran near the Dead Sea – dating to the Second Temple period – […]
(National Geographic) — Evidence for the largest single incident of mass child sacrifice in the Americas— and likely in world history—has been discovered on Peru’s northern coast, archaeologists tell National Geographic. More than 140 children and 200 young llamas appear to have been ritually sacrificed in an event that took place some 550 years ago on […]
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – The Burma (Myanmar) military in April bombed predominantly Christian, ethnic Kachin civilians and restricted aid to displaced villagers trapped in the wilds, sources said. Burma government forces fired artillery and dropped bombs on Awng Lawt village in mid-April near the northern town of Tanai, Kachin state, sending 2,000 villagers […]
(BreakingNews.ie) — A coroner has criticized “repeated failures” at a high-profile abortion clinic following the death of a mother of one, hours after she had her baby aborted. Dr. Sean Cummings said the case involving Aisha Chithira, 31, who traveled to England from Ireland to have a termination at a Marie Stopes clinic in Ealing, was “desperately […]
(Mission Network News) — May is National Foster Care Month, which is “a time to recognize that we each can play a part in enhancing the lives of children and youth in foster care,” the Children’s Bureau says. While National Foster Care Month focuses on the foster children in America, millions of children worldwide are […]