Pastor Motu Sodi was attacked with wooden sticks in Sukma District, Chhattisgarh state, India on April 13 and 14, 2026. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Two men of traditional tribal religion in central India on April 13 assaulted a pastor and his family for their Christian faith in an attempt to chase […]
In 2024, in Elwak, a town on the Kenya-Somalia border in Kenya’s northeastern region, where survival relies on daily work, David Nzyima, a husband and father of four, experienced an event that transformed his life. One morning, like other men, he went to a nearby field in search of construction work. Employment was never assured, […]
Punjab Province, Pakistan Gov. Saleem Haider Khan. (TheGuyFromPindi, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Punjab Province Assembly in Pakistan on Monday (April 27) passed a landmark bill aimed at curbing child marriage following a heated debate between government and opposition lawmakers. The Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2026 was approved by […]
International Christian Concern (ICC) President Shawn Wright recently shared his vision with more than 70 ministry leaders on ways to work together to serve the more than 388 million persecuted Christians. Wright joined advocates from dozens of organizations at the annual gathering of the Religious Liberty Partnership (RLP) in a European city (not named for […]
Punjab Assembly building in Lahore, Pakistan. (Sunni Person, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian lawmaker in Pakistan filed a motion in the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday (April 21) seeking an explanation from the provincial government on why courts were not consistently accepting official age records in cases of abducted and […]
Uganda National Mosque in Kampala. (Tusk media, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Muslim extremists posing as moto-taxi drivers on April 9 killed an evangelist in central Uganda shortly after he preached at a gospel event, sources said. Alfred Kitenga was beaten and stabbed at about 9:30 p.m. along the Northern Bypass in […]
Purported Islamic marriage certificate of Sidra Bibi lacks her national ID number, which is a legal requirement. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan have declined to recover a 15-year-old Christian girl who was abducted at gunpoint, forcibly converted to Islam and married to the kidnapper, according […]
Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. (Screenshot from YouTube) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 25-year-old Christian woman in Pakistan remains in critical condition after two Muslims raped her on Saturday (April 11), sources said. The survivor, of Chak No. 175-RB Shahkot in Nankana Sahib District, Punjab Province, was assaulted while working as a […]
Punjab Assembly Standing Committee on Local Government and Community Development meeting on April 13, 2026. (Punjab Assembly Facebook) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A key committee of Pakistan’s Punjab Province Assembly on Monday (April 13) reportedly approved legislation that would help protect Christian and other minority-religion girls targeted for forced conversion and illegal […]
Geoffrey Infinity was killed in Jol, Riyom County, Plateau state, Nigeria on April 11, 2026. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani terrorists killed eight Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria from April 3 to Saturday (April 11), including three in a district that had been attacked just days before. The […]