(BBC) — Five children, four girls and one boy, were behind a series of blasts in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Thursday, sources say. Fifteen people, including the bombers, died and more than 35 were injured in the attacks at a mosque and house of vigilante leader, they said. More than 100 people […]
ROME — The Vatican released a statement on Friday providing clarification about the Roman Catholic pontiff’s meeting with Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis last week, remarking that the encounter should not necessarily be considered as suggesting official support for the embattled clerk. “The brief meeting between Mrs. Kim Davis and Pope Francis at the Apostolic Nunciature […]
NEW YORK — In an interview with CNN on Sunday, the president of Iran stated that his country might free Americans imprisoned in the nation—which includes a pastor from Idaho—if the United States first releases Iranian prisoners. “If the Americans take the appropriate steps and set [19 Iranians in the United States who are imprisoned] […]
(Morning Star News) – The Islamic State (IS) has taken responsibility for gunning down the Italian program manager of a Christian-backed aid group on Monday (Sept. 28) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. An online statement claiming to be from the Islamic extremist IS said a “security detachment” from the terrorist organization had followed Cesare Tavella of the […]
JERUSALEM (Jerusalem Post) — Jerusalem police Sunday evening imposed an age restriction on Muslim worshipers entering the Temple Mount complex following violent clashes at site earlier in the day. As of Sunday evening, Israeli security forces were limiting entrance to Jerusalem’s contested holy site to men over 50. Access remained open to women of all […]
Is Noah’s Ark still hiding somewhere today, waiting to be discovered? A documentary coming to theaters nationwide next week explores the ongoing search for the world’s most famous vessel and documents the dangers involved in the centuries-old quest. According to the Bible, Noah constructed an enormous wooden ark to house his family and representatives of […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Three church buildings were set ablaze on Tuesday in an area of northwestern Tanzania where Muslim extremists have issued threats, pastors said. A pastor of one of the three churches whose buildings were gutted, Vedasto Athanas of Living Water International church, said area Christians are worried and frightened as such […]
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Morning Star News) – After years of inaction, federal prosecutors in Argentina are pursuing criminal charges against perpetrators of religious persecution against an evangelical church in Rio Tercero, Cordoba. The prosecution follows a May 29 judicial ruling that declared the long-running campaign of threats, vandalism and violence against the Pueblo Grande Baptist Church “a […]
KVISSEL, Denmark — A Danish teen who allegedly stabbed her mother to death along with her adult Islamic boyfriend last October has been sentenced to serve nine years behind bars. Lisa Borch, then 15, had reportedly been arguing with her mother, Tina Römer Holtegaard, in the weeks leading up to the incident. Holtegaard had urged her […]
Wenzhou, Zhejiang (China Aid) — Authorities in China’s coastal Zhejiang informed the wife of Huang Yizi, a local pastor, that he had been put under criminal detention for “endangering national security” but would not reveal where he was being held. Huang, who was released from prison after a year-long sentence on Aug. 1, was detained […]