NEWS WATCH: Olympic Champion Becomes Hungary’s President
Posted on: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Hungary's parliament has elected the country's new president, amid opposition concerns he will be too accommodating to plans of the ruling center right Fidesz Party, which include changing the nation's constitution.
Hamas Leader’s Christian Son Faces Deportation From U.S.
Posted on: Monday, June 14, 2010
Masab Hassan Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader who became a Christian, is facing a deportation hearing on June 30 in San Diego because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security views him as "a threat to America’s national…
NEWS WATCH: Slovakia Heading Towards Center Right Government
Posted on: Sunday, June 13, 2010
Slovakia's president has requested Prime Minister Robert Fico to form a government, despite a center-right opposition coalition winning more seats in Saturday's parliamentary vote. President Ivan Gasparovic said Sunday, June 13, he would will give Fico the first chance to…
NEWS WATCH: Kyrgyzstan Leaders Urge Calm Amid New Bloodshed
Posted on: Friday, June 11, 2010
New clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan have killed dozens of people and wounded more than 500 in the city of Osh, a little over two months after the uprising that toppled the Central Asian nation's former government. The United States and…
BREAKING NEWS: Turkish Man Charged In Murder Bishop
Posted on: Friday, June 4, 2010
A Turkish court on Friday, June 4, charged a Turkish man with murdering a Roman Catholic bishop -- the latest in a series of violent attacks against the country's tiny Christian minority.
NEWS ALERT: Somalia Christians Observe Pentecost Amid Gunfire, 14 Killed
Posted on: Monday, May 24, 2010
Somalia's minority Christians observed Pentecost amid gunfire Sunday, May 23, as witnesses reported that at least 14 people died in clashes between pro-government troops and Muslim militants who have killed Christians and pledged to turn Somalia into a strict Islamic…
NEWS ALERT: Morocco Expels 100 Christian Foreigners
Posted on: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Morocco has expelled 100 foreign Christians since March because they allegedly tried to convert Muslims, the harshest crackdown in decades, Worthy News learned Saturday, May 22.
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…
