Bridge over the White Nile that connects Omdurman with Khartoum. (Bertramz, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A congregation in Omdurman, Sudan fears their church building could be destroyed at any moment due to government targeting and bureaucratic delay, sources said. Local land authorities arrived unannounced at the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) […]
Villagers meet in Bhandardigi, Kanker District, Chhattisgarh state, India to decide fate of families who refuse to renounce faith. (Area resident) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A family in India has decided to leave their ancestral home rather than renounce Christ after police allowed a mob of more than 150 Hindu extremists intent on killing […]
(Christian News) — A team of international researchers claims to have unearthed fragments of charred and uncharred wood 30 feet beneath the surface of Eastern Turkey’s Formation. The controversial site—a 538-foot-long, ship-shaped geological structure situated near Mount Ararat—has captivated biblical scholars, archaeologists, and Ark hunters since its discovery in 1959. The investigation, led by the research […]
Location of Namayingo District, Uganda, on Lake Victoria. (Map data © 2026 Google) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A judge in Uganda this month sentenced five Muslims to death for killing two Christian evangelists in 2024, sources said. Three other Muslims also received death sentences for being present at the assault and failing to call […]
Mercy Simon and daughter after Nov. 9, 2025 abduction in Borno state, Nigeria. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Receiving a large ransom demand last month, a pastor in northeastern Nigeria learned that his wife and daughter, missing since November 2025, were kidnapped by Islamic terrorists, sources said. Mercy Simon and toddler daughter Talita Simon […]
Coptic Christian Sherif Wagih Fahmi was arrested in Egypt on Oct. 5, 2026 for his Facebook posts. (Screenshot from Coptic Solidarity video) LONDON (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Egypt arrested a Coptic Christian this month for Facebook posts criticizing forced Islamic education of non-Muslims, while six young Copts detained over a TikTok video have been […]
As president of International Christian Concern (ICC), I am calling on governments around the world to adopt and enforce robust measures to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the financial networks that sustain terrorist organizations and extremist movements. ICC’s new report, The Khorasan Terrorism Economy: Islamic State’s Operations Against Christians, shows why this matters. The report examines […]
Christian rights activists and parents of Maria Shahbaz after Oct. 21, 2026 hearing at Federal Constitutional Court. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) ISLAMABAD (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s top constitutional court on Wednesday (Oct. 21) adjourned a hearing on a Christian couple’s petition seeking recovery of their daughter after learning that the Muslim accused […]
A new report by International Christian Concern (ICC) examines the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) and the international financial networks that enable the systematic targeting of Christian communities. Written by ICC Fellow Daniel St John, “The Terrorism Economy: Islamic State’s Operations Against Christians” focuses on how ISKP generates income and targets Christians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, […]
Benjamin Kule Mayani was killed in western Uganda on Sept. 29, 2026. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian returning from an evangelistic outreach was killed on Sept. 29 in western Uganda when he and a colleague were attacked by three Muslims, including one upset that his sister had converted to Christianity, […]