Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Series on Jesus Pulled from Lebanese TV After Uproar
Posted on Monday, August 16, 2010
Two Lebanese channels one of which is linked to Hezbollah stopped broadcasting an Iranian-made television series depicting the life of Jesus after receiving complaints from Christians.
“Temple Hair” Discovered to Be a Multi-Million Dollar Industry
Posted on Saturday, August 14, 2010
India's "Temple" hair trade has grown into a multi-million dollar industry, Worthy News has learned. Each year, thousands of Hindu worshipers make pilgrimages to temples in order to offer their hair to the 'gods'. Little do the worshipers…
Christian Watchdog Rejects Burma Elections
Posted on Saturday, August 14, 2010
Christian rights investigators have urged the international community to reject plans by Burma’s military rulers to organize parliamentary elections on November 7.
Iranian Nuclear Power Plant to Launch in a Week
Posted on Friday, August 13, 2010
Russia's state atomic corporation (Rosatom) announced that it will load fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant next week, Worthy News learned on August 13.
Russia Sits Under Potential Radiation Cloud
Posted on Thursday, August 12, 2010
Fires in Russia have scorched forests contaminated with radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, but it was unclear how dangerous the toxic smog might be according to Russian officials, Worthy News monitored on August 12.
Taliban Condemned Pregnant Woman to Be Flogged and Executed
Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Three Taliban mullahs condemned a pregnant Afghan widow sentencing her to being publicly flogged and then shot three times in the head in a remote part of Western Afghanistan, Worthy News learned on August 10.
Iran to Inaugurate Nuclear Plant in September
Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Iranian nuclear power plant located in Bushehr will be inaugurated in late September, despite international concerns the project is part of a wider nuclear program, according to Russian Foreign Ministry officials, Worthy News learned Tuesday, August 10.
Floods in Pakistan Worst in UN History
Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Recent flooding in Pakistan has been called the worst in UN history, with the death toll reaching as high as 1,600 people, and millions more impacted by the devastation, Worthy News has learned.
NEWS WATCH: Experts Exhume Bodies of Romanian Dictator, Wife
Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Forensic analysts have exhumed what are believed to be the bodies of late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, who were executed in 1989. It comes after relatives raised doubts that the couple was really buried…
NEWS ALERT: Niger Christians Starving, Group Says
Posted on Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Christians in this vast, drought-prone country on the edge of the Sahara desert, were among those facing starvation Tuesday, July 6, after aid groups described the food situation in Niger as "extremely desperate".
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.
Iran Warns Of Military Strike As U.S., Israeli Warships Cross Suez
Posted on Monday, June 21, 2010
Iran has warned of a military confrontation with Israel and the United States after at least eleven American warships, including an aircraft carrier, and an Israeli vessel passed through the Suez Canal, the largest fleet of ships to…
Pope Calls For “World Political Authority”
Posted on Monday, June 21, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI has urged the creation of a "true world political authority" to "guarantee the protection of the environment" and to manage the global economy, Worthy News learned on Monday, June 21.
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…
NEWS WATCH: Slovakia’s Government Fighting For Survival (Special Feature)
Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010
Slovakia's three-party leftist governing coalition is fighting for survival in a parliamentary election Saturday as it is challenged in a tight race by the center-right opposition. The election campaign has been overshadowed by scandals, nationalism and tensions with…
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…
