GWEYR, Iraq (CNN) — “Nasir” is one of the blessed ones. He managed to escape from the grasp of ISIS, which was training him to be a suicide bomber. He is just 12 years old. The boy is now reunited with his mother at the Esyan refugee camp in Kurdistan, home to almost 15,000 Yazidis fleeing ISIS. […]
(CNN) — Fierce battles continue around the strategic city of Deir Ezzor in northern Syria between regime forces and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to human rights groups. Hundreds of combatants and civilians have been killed over the past week, and Russian aircraft have been dropping supplies to beleaguered army units. The […]
(The Malaysian Insider) — The Bishop of the Anglican Church’s Kuching Diocese in Sarawak has joined in the furor over PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang’s remarks against Christian missionaries in Sarawak and Sabah. Datuk Bolly Lapok, who is also the Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Southeast Asia, said the Islamist party president […]
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — An American pastor who was imprisoned in Iran for over three years and was among four U.S. citizens released on Saturday in a prisoner swap has now landed on American soil. Saeed Abedini flew into North Carolina on Thursday afternoon, where he met his parents at the Billy Graham Training Center in Asheville. […]
(The Independent) — A Kenyan man who was shot while shielding Christians from an attack by al-Shabaab militants has died of his injuries in hospital. Salah Farah was among a group of Muslim bus passengers who refused to be separated by the al-Qaeda linked terrorists last month. Knowing that the Christians would be massacred as […]
China (Mission Network News) — The Chinese government, which hasn’t actually banned religion, is atheist itself. This has resulted in an entire generation literally following the leader and ignoring Christ. Yet, Bibles for China has noted a pattern over the last few years. Young people have started abandoning the atheistic beliefs of their parents and […]
NEW YORK — The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has released a report on the suffering of civilians in Iraq, outlining gruesome details surrounding the violence committed by the barbaric Islamic group ISIS and others in the region. The report found […]
(AFP News) — A 95-year-old former medic at the Auschwitz death camp will go on trial next month on at least 3,681 counts of accessory to murder, German authorities said Monday. Hubert Zafke was a medical orderly at the camp from August 15, 1944 to September 14, 1944. During this time, 14 trains carrying prisoners […]
NEW YORK (Associated Press) — The Islamic State group has acknowledged the death of the masked militant known as “Jihadi John,” who appeared in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages, in an article in its online English-language magazine Dabiq. A “eulogizing profile” of Jihadi John appeared in the magazine which was shared online […]
WASHINGTON — The presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopalian “Church” is refusing to recant the apostate denomination’s support for “gay marriage” despite the sanctions placed on its fellowship with the Anglican Communion. “They heard from me directly that that’s not something that we’re considering,” Michael Curry told reporters. “They basically understand we made our decision, […]