International Christian Concern (ICC) has released its 2026 Global Persecution Index (GPI), offering an in-depth analysis of the persecution Christians face in more than 20 countries, including personal testimonies from believers, titled Faces of the Persecuted. The comprehensive report reveals what it means to follow Christ in each of these countries through in-depth analysis, relevant […]
Document signed by Muslim clerics pardoning family of Pastor Sajeel Robin. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – More than two dozen Christian families were forced to flee their homes in Pakistan last week after allegations of blasphemy against a pastor living in the United States triggered fears of mob […]
Uwem Cosmos, national general director of the Scripture Union of Nigeria. (Scripture Union of Nigeria) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Three weeks after the kidnapping of Scripture Union Nigeria’s national general director in southeast Nigeria, he and seven other fellowship leaders remain missing, according to reports. Gunmen abducted Uwem Cosmos and the seven others […]
Pastor Prakash Singh (L), Pastor Puran Shafri (center) and Jatinder Masih Gaurav of the Punjab State Minority Commission. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The wife of a pastor falsely named in a criminal case in India this week sought the arrest of a Sikh man suspected of setting their church […]
Nadeem Masih and wife Nadia Nadeem plead for recover of daughter Amber Nadeem. (Screenshot from video) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan has ordered a medical examination to determine the age of a Christian girl abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married to a Muslim, sources said. Amber Nadeem, 13, […]
Christian woman attacked in Sadrapal village, Chhattisgarh state, on May 31, 2026. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Nine tribal people in India have been released on bail after they sent 13 Christians to the hospital with severe injuries, sources said. The followers of traditional tribal religion were released on bail on June […]
The Rev. Markus Nyam, killed by Fulani terrorists in Kawel village, Plateau state, Nigeria on June 22, 2026. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen guided toward Christian leaders on Monday (June 22) killed 28 Christians, including a pastor, in a raid on a village in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The Fulani […]
Great Mosque of Central Java. (Chris Woodrich, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims on June 11 protested a second time against plans for a church building in Central Java, Indonesia, sources said. Citing lack of construction permits, few Christians in the area and fear of proselytizing, the Muslims spread banners rejecting the plans […]
Location of Plateau state in Nigeria. (Himalayan Explorer based on work by Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Monday (June 22) killed more than 20 Christians in an attack in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The assailants raided predominantly Christian Kawel village, Bokkos County, […]
Church building demolished in Khartoum North, Sudan on July 8, 2025. (CSW) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan have warned leaders of a church in Khartoum that their church building could be demolished at any time, sources said. The director of planning of Jebel Aulia District, accompanied by an engineer from the […]