Great Mosque of Banten, Banten Province, Indonesia. (Wibowo Djatmiko Wie146, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Officials in Indonesia sealed a prayer hall on Saturday (April 19), prohibiting the congregation from celebrating Easter, according to local sources. Citing a lack of permit – though officials have failed to respond to a church application filed […]
Burial of Pastor Subhash Baghel on Jan. 27, 2025 in Bastar District, Chhattisgarh state, India. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Ramesh Baghel has become the face of a struggle for securing dignity in death for Christians across Chhattisgarh state, India, as he prepares a new petition to the Supreme Court of India. […]
4/16/2025 South Africa (International Christian Concern) — Following an intense gun battle, South African police have rescued U.S. missionary and pastor Josh Sullivan from his kidnappers. His rescue comes less than a week after masked armed men took him hostage at gunpoint as he preached a sermon last Thursday at Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, […]
Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe of the Diocese of Makurdi, Benue state, Nigeria, testified of Fulani atrocities before a U.S. House panel on March 12, 2025. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News screenshot from YouTube) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani attacks on predominantly Christian areas of Benue state, Nigeria have killed dozens of Christians […]
Location of Plateau state in Nigeria. (Himalayan Explorer based on work by Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Following the killing of more than 60 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria earlier this month, the death toll of a dawn attack today (April 14) on a predominantly Christian community in the […]
In a significant move that continues to raise concerns among Christians and conservatives, President Donald Trump appointed Scott Bessent as treasury secretary in January 2025. Bessent, an openly homosexual man with a background in hedge fund management and strong financial ties to liberal financier George Soros, now plays a central role in shaping the administration’s […]
4/11/2025 South Africa (International Christian Concern) — Josh Sullivan, a U.S. Baptist missionary, was kidnapped at gunpoint as he preached Thursday evening at Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, South Africa. According to police, four masked gunmen entered the church late last night during a prayer meeting with about 30 attendees. The assailants robbed two […]
Central Mosque in Jos, Plateau state, Nigeria. (El-siddeeq lame, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani terrorists killed nine Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria in the past month, after killing 19 in another area of the state in March, sources said. In Bassa County, Fulani herdsmen attacked Hwrra village […]
Plateau state Gov. Caleb Mutfwang described Fulani attacks as genocide to Arise News. (Screenshot from Arise News interview on YouTube) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani terrorists on Wednesday and Thursday (April 2-3) killed more than 60 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria in what the governor called a “genocide,” sources said. The attacks […]
Nasiimu Mirembe was killed for her faith after an attack on March 23, 2025. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A mother of six children was stabbed to death by her Muslim husband in Uganda after she attended her first church service on March 23, sources said. Nasiimu Mirembe, whose children range in […]