NEWS ALERT: Thailand Missionaries Prepare For Upheaval
Posted on: Thursday, May 20, 2010
A U.S. based mission group said Thursday, May 20, that its employees in Thailand have taken "increased precautions" as anti-government violence in Bangkok has spread to areas where missionaries work.
BREAKING NEWS: Saudi Forces Free Kidnapped Christian Girls In Yemen
Posted on: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Saudi Arabia's security forces freed two German Christian girls kidnapped nearly a year ago in neighboring Yemen but the fate of their abducted parents, their infant brother and a British engineer remained unknown, officials and Christians said Tuesday, May 18.
Iraq Bombings On Christian Students Kill Four
Posted on: Friday, May 7, 2010
The leader of the Syrian Catholic Church in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul condemned Friday, May 7, a deadly bombings targeting Christian students that killed four and reportedly injured up to 180 others.
NEWS WATCH: Smaller New Government To Tackle Hungary’s Economic Crisis
Posted on: Tuesday, May 4, 2010
The incoming prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, has introduced ministers of what observers say will be the smallest Cabinet since the country's communist regime collapsed in 1989. His incoming center right government will have to lift the European Union…
Somalia Militants Kill Christian As Attacks Spread
Posted on: Monday, May 3, 2010
Fighters of Somalia's feared Islamic militant group al-Shabab have killed another Somali Christian as part of an apparent crackdown on "non-Islamic culture," rights activists said.
Trial Postponed Of Alleged Killer Of Christians
Posted on: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Christian rights activists have condemned a decision to again postpone the trial of Mohammed al-Kammuni, who has been charged with killing six Christians in Upper Egypt. The trial was adjourned for the third consecutive time "without any reason being issued"…
Pakistan Christian Entrepreneur Dies After Bank Raid
Posted on: Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Police have arrested a local branch manager of Pakistan's Khushali Bank Limited (KBL) in Punjab province for allegedly using force to recover a bank loan from a Christian entrepreneur, who later died of a heart attack, leaving behind a wife…
NEWS WATCH: Hungary’s Right Wins, Socialists Lose Elections
Posted on: Monday, April 12, 2010
Thousands of Hungarians celebrated in downtown Budapest late Sunday, March 11, as official election results showed that the center right Fidesz party had won Hungary's parliamentary elections with at least 206 of the 386 seats in parliament -- ousting the…
Raped India Nun To Testify In Different Court
Posted on: Thursday, April 8, 2010
An Indian nun who was raped during India's worst anti-Christian violence in recent memory will testify about her ordeal in another court after complaining about intimidation, Worthy News established Thursday, April 8.
Pakistan Court Fines Police For Detaining Christian
Posted on: Sunday, April 4, 2010
A Pakistani court has fined police for "illegally" detaining and "torturing" a Christian young man in a case that rights activists hope will encourage "persecuted" Christian families to continue seeking justice and prosecute abusers.
BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan Armed Group Attacks Church; Hostages Freed
Posted on: Friday, April 2, 2010
Pakistani security forces freed hostages held in a church compound by over a dozen armed men and women on Friday, April 2, and detained several suspects, police officials and Christians told Worthy News and its partner agency BosNewsLife.
Pakistan Christian Maid Burned To Death
Posted on: Thursday, April 1, 2010
A young Christian maid was raped and burned to death by the son of her Muslim employer in the industrial city of Sheikhupura, the second murder of a domestic servant in Pakistan's Punjab province in less than two months, investigators…
