Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Syria’s Christians caught between Iraq and a hard dictator
Posted on Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Although President Bashar al-Assad's counter-insurgency has already claimed the lives of at least 7,000 of his own people, his state represented a diverse society in which minorities and women enjoyed freedoms alien to other Arab nations.
Posters declare ‘Sharia zone’ in east London
Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Islamists have put up posters proclaiming that visitors to their east London borough are entering a "shar'ia controlled zone": smoking, alcohol and music are now unofficially "banned" in the borough of Tower Hamlets, as well as in the…
The “Christian” Terrorist Who Wasn’t Very Christian
Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Anders Behring Breivik's 1,500-page manifesto shows that the Norwegian terrorist's depiction as a "right-wing, Christian fundamentalist" by many in the mass media may be as inaccurate as that of their so-called "Christian" bomber, Oklahoma City terrorist Tim McVeigh.
BREAKING NEWS: Japan Christians Search For Missing Amid Nuclear Crisis
Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011
Churches in areas impacted by Japan's worst earthquake on record and tsunami have reportedly lost pastors and Christians were still searching for other believers unaccounted for Friday, March 18, while Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan warned that a…
Hungary’s Artists Fear Culture War
Posted on Friday, March 11, 2011
Hungarian artists and intellectuals may be forgiven for thinking twice before expressing their thoughts these days. Critics say the center-right government and its allies have effectively launched a "culture war."
Russia’s Missionaries Worried As Suicide Blast Rocks Moscow Airport
Posted on Monday, January 24, 2011
Christian missionaries in Russia expressed concerns Monday, January 24, about the future of the country after an explosion ripped through the international section of Moscow's busiest airport, killing at least 31 people and wounding about 130 others.
Thousands Protest Hungary’s Media Law
Posted on Saturday, January 15, 2011
An estimated 10,000 Hungarians have demonstrated late Friday against what critics describe as Europe's most restrictive media law. Under the legislation, media in Hungary can face heavy fines and sanctions if authorities deem their coverage unbalanced or immoral.
Lithuania Remembers 20th Anniversary of Soviet Crackdown
Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2011
Lithuania is commemorating the 20th anniversary of a deadly clash with Soviet troops that preceded its independence in 1991. The Baltic nation's president, Dalia Grybauskaite, has urged Lithuanians never to forget the freedom battle, which killed 14 people…
Russia Blames Polish Crew In Plane Crash That Killed President
Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2011
A Russian report on last year's plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others says crew members were pressured by high officials, and indirectly the head of state, to land in Smolensk, Russia despite bad…
EU Rushes Aid In Hungary’s Toxic Flooding
Posted on Tuesday, October 19, 2010
European Union crisis response chief Kristalina Georgieva says massive toxic flooding in Hungary that killed nine people and injured more than 120 others has underscored the need for a stronger European disaster response.
Residents Return To Devastated Hungarian Village After Toxic Flood
Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2010
Nearly two weeks after toxic sludge flooding in Hungary killed at least nine people and injured over 120 others, villagers are returning home. The arrivals come shortly after the government ordered the resumption of production at the MAL…
Hungary Releases Toxic Plant Director; Factory To Reopen
Posted on Friday, October 15, 2010
Hungarian authorities released on Wednesday the director of an alumina plant that flooded several towns with toxic waste, killing nine people, injuring at least 100 others. Government officials say production at the metals plant will resume by Friday,…
After 69 Days, All 33 Chilean Miners Rescued
Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2010
Chilean rescuers ended a marathon operation Tuesday and freed all 33 miners trapped underground for more than two months. All of the rescued miners were sent for medical treatment and several of them are expected to undergo surgery…
