NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The father of a young Muslim woman in east Uganda on Thursday (Nov. 12) tried to beat her to death after she became a Christian, but community leaders intervened and limited him to disowning her, sources said. Kibida Muyemba learned that his 21-year-old daughter, Namusisi Birye, had put her faith […]
RAQQA, Syria — French fighter jets dropped 20 bombs on key ISIS targets in Raqqa, Syria on Sunday in retribution for the deadly massacre in Paris on Friday that killed over 130. The airstrike, carried out in conjunction with the U.S. from the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, struck an ISIS command center, a jihadist training center […]
PARIS — French President Francois Hollande is vowing a “merciless” response to the multiple terror attacks that rocked the nation on Friday after the barbaric Islamic group ISIS claimed responsibility for the massacre that killed over 100 innocents. The attacks were “committed by a terrorist army, the Islamic State group, a jihadist army, against France, against the […]
Chad (Mission Network News) — Lake Chad has been the source of enough problems. Boko Haram attacks on Sunday and Monday left little choice other than to crack down. Todd Nettleton, a spokesman for the Voice of the Martyrs USA, explains, “The government of Chad has declared a state of emergency in that region right […]
PARIS — The country of France is under a state of emergency as several terror attacks are unfolding in the country, with at least 150 believed dead. The first attack occurred outside of a soccer game late Friday. Reports state that suicide bombers blew themselves up at Stade de France stadium during a France-Germany soccer match. Two explosions were […]
Philippines (Mission Network News) — For World Mission, 2015 has been a year of success. As the year winds down, the ministry is on track to accomplish the largest annual Treasure distribution in the ministry’s history: 30,000. The Treasure is a handheld, solar-powered audio Scripture device. World Mission has access to over 5,000 languages and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John” on Thursday, according to American officials. Whether the strike killed the British man who appears in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages was not known, officials said. Mohammed […]
(The Telegraph) — A Chinese man was dying of terminal cancer, but wanted to experience the joy and splendor of a wedding. However, he did not want to have to leave behind a widow, so he married a lifelike sex doll. This resulted in a series of surprisingly tender images including hugging in front of […]
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — A blasphemous play depicting Jesus Christ as a transgendered woman is set to be performed at a homosexual festival in Northern Ireland. “The Gospel According to Jesus Queen of Heaven” is scheduled for showing on Nov. 15 at the Outburst Queer Arts Festival in Belfast. It was created by Jo Clifford, a […]
ZUNYI, Guizhou (China Aid) — Guizhou officials from various organizations, including Communist Party Secretaries from 14 villages, raided a training held by a house church on Oct. 28. Members of the Tongzi County police, the local religious affairs bureau, and the public security bureau interrupted the morning training session in an attempt to disperse the […]