(Newsweek) — A team searching for the remains of Noah’s Ark in a boat-shaped formation in Turkey are testing samples from the 515-foot structure to see if any of them are wood, the group’s founder has exclusively told Newsweek. The international group of archaeologists, geologists and soil scientists started drilling into the famous Durupınar Formation […]
Location of Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. (TUBS, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A protest in Indonesia against a restaurant specializing in pork dishes reflects a trend of Muslims pressuring Christian-owned businesses serving food forbidden in Islam, sources said. The protest by dozens of Muslim residents in Tondo Urban village, Palu, Central Sulawesi Province […]
Fulani herdsman in north-central Nigeria in screenshot from video obtained by Morning Star News. (Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Following attacks on Sunday (Sept. 20) that left a church pastor and others dead, Fulani herdsmen killed at least 15 more Christians in the same county in Plateau state, Nigeria from Monday […]
Ampel Mosque in Surabaya, Indonesia. (Consigliere Ivan, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims who have long opposed a proposed church building in East Java Province are using an administrative error as a pretext to halt its approved construction, sources said. Claiming to have the backing of the entire area Muslim community, Muslim residents […]
Soldiers amid gunfire by Fulani militia in Dorowa Babuje, Plateau state, Nigeria on September 20, 2026. (Masara Kim, Truth Nigeria) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani militia attacks in one county in Plateau state, Nigeria over the weekend killed at least eight Christians, including a Baptist pastor and a church employee on their […]
Christians facing persecution around the world are finding fewer pathways to safety in the United States as the country’s refugee resettlement program remains effectively suspended, and new asylum procedures change how some claims are initially reviewed. A new report from World Relief and Open Doors U.S. found that fiscal year 2026 is on track to […]
Beach front in Oran, Algeria. (L’Algérie Pays du Soleil et de Beauté, Creative Commons) (Morning Star News) – Special force police in Algeria raided a worship service at a residential building on Sept. 4, arresting all 12 Christians present on suspicion of holding an unauthorized, non-Muslim religious service, sources said. The building in L’Ayaida, 36 kilometers […]
Plateau state Gov. Caleb Mutfwang. (Screenshot from Arise News interview on YouTube) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed more than 30 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria in the past month, sources said. The latest attack in Mangu County took place on Saturday (Sept. 5), where three Christians were […]
Body of Saba Mehboob after Sept. 3, 2026 shooting. (Tariq Chaman for Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A married, 21-year-old Christian woman was shot dead inside her home in Rawalpindi last week by a Muslim neighbor whose advances she had rejected, reflecting an attitude among many Pakistan Muslims […]
EU Ambassador to Pakistan Raimundas Karoblis. (Screenshot from Voicepk.net podcast) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s continued access to a lucrative European Union trade preference could be jeopardized if Islamabad fails to demonstrate meaningful progress in protecting human rights, including the rights of religious minorities, the EU ambassador to Pakistan warned. Raimundas Karoblis […]