KENT, U.K. — A magistrate in the United Kingdom who was removed from office over comments he made last year that it is best for adoptive children to be placed with a mother and father has now also been suspended from the board of the National Health Service over the issue. As previously reported, Richard Page, who […]
Mexico (Mission Network News) — God’s Word in audio is proving to be an effective missionary, pastor, and teacher in villages formerly resistant to the Gospel. What follows is a blog post from Jim Loker, Executive Director of Audio Scripture Ministries, on a project in Mexico: “What a joy it is to see evidence of Jesus’ […]
ISLAMABAD (CBS News) – A bomb blast in a park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday has killed 65 people and wounded 300, a health official said. Many of the injured are in a critical condition, Salman Rafiq, a health adviser to the chief minister of Punjab province said. The explosion took […]
SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines — Thousands in the heavily Roman Catholic country of the Philippines looked on as their neighbors engaged in self-flagellation in the streets, while others volunteered themselves to be nailed to the cross for the Good Friday holiday. The tradition, while criticized by local Roman Catholic leaders who would prefer to see “good works” from […]
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, U.K. — A Christian prison worker who was barred from participating in chapel services after quoting a Scripture that references homosexuality has lost his discrimination case before an employment tribunal. As previously reported, Barry Trayhorn has been employed as a gardener at HMP Littlehey since 2011, and since 2012 he has volunteered to help with the […]
(Associated Press) — Thousands of Muslims rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Friday to denounce a court petition seeking to remove Islam as the country’s official state religion. About 3,000 Muslims protested outside the national mosque in Dhaka against the petition, filed by a group of prominent citizens, which is to be taken up by the […]
(Christian Concern) — A law that would allow ‘death on demand’ is to be put before legislators in Belgium. Already the country with the world’s most permissive euthanasia policy, it is now to consider the introduction of a law which would stop doctors from denying euthanasia requests from patients. The law was proposed by the […]
(Morning Star News) – China Aid has confirmed with relatives of Zhang Kai that the human rights attorney was released on Wednesday (March 23) after his arrest in August 2015 for defending churches. Zhang wrote on social media that he returned to his home in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region of China, on Wednesday, the […]
BUDAKA, Uganda (Morning Star News) — Threats from hard-line Muslims and the rape of her 13-year-old daughter forced a Christian mother and her five children to flee their village in eastern Uganda last week, sources said. Amina Napiya, a 42-year-old widow, fled her home in Nakajete village, Budaka Town Council, on Wednesday (March 16). Budaka […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) — Thirty-four people were killed in attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital on Tuesday, according to public broadcaster VRT, triggering security alerts across Europe and bringing some cross-border traffic to a halt. A witness said he heard shouts in Arabic and shots shortly before […]