100 Students Injured in Stampede Over False Terror Scare at Kenyan University

100 Students Injured in Stampede Over False Terror Scare at Kenyan University

NAIROBI — One Kenyan student is dead and approximately 100 others were treated at a local hospital on Sunday following a stampede driven by fear of a second Islamic terror attack that turned out to be only an electrical problem. According to reports, at approximately 4:30 a.m., an electrical transformer blew up at the University of Nairobi-Kikuyu, […]

‘I’m So Glad We Didn’t Listen:’ Mom Refuses Abortion as Doctors Deem Child ‘Incompatible with Life’

‘I’m So Glad We Didn’t Listen:’ Mom Refuses Abortion as Doctors Deem Child ‘Incompatible with Life’

LONDON — A mother in the UK is expressing thankfulness that she refused to listen to doctors who advised her to obtain an abortion two years ago after asserting that her then unborn daughter was “incompatible with life.” Michelle Macaulay and her husband learned in late 2012 that they were pregnant with their second child. […]

UK Tribunal Rules Against Christian Suspended for Sharing Faith with Muslim Co-Worker

UK Tribunal Rules Against Christian Suspended for Sharing Faith with Muslim Co-Worker

LONDON — An employment tribunal in the United Kingdom has ruled against an occupational therapist who was suspended for nine months after her Muslim co-worker alleged that she was trying to convert her. Victoria Wasteney, 38, had developed a friendship with her colleague Enya Nawaz, 27, as they worked at the St. John Howard Center in London. […]

Filipinos Whip Their Backs, Have Themselves Nailed to Crosses in Effort to Atone for Sins

Filipinos Whip Their Backs, Have Themselves Nailed to Crosses in Effort to Atone for Sins

SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines — Hundreds in the heavily Roman Catholic country of the Philippines engaged in self-flagellation activities yesterday during the Good Friday holiday in an effort to atone for their sins or obtain miracles from Heaven. The tradition, while criticized by local Roman Catholic leaders who would prefer to see “good works” from followers rather […]

South Korean Pastor Detained in North Korea for ‘Espionage’

South Korean Pastor Detained in North Korea for ‘Espionage’

SEOUL (Voice of America) — One of two South Korean men detained in North Korea on charges of espionage is a pastor, a Seoul-based Protestant association said Monday. Last week, the communist country said it is holding two South Korean men it identified as Kim Kuk Gi and Choe Chun Gil on charges of espionage. South Korea’s […]