Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Ahmadinejad’s UN Speech Triggers US Walkout
Posted on Friday, September 24, 2010
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad triggered a walkout of U.S. and other delegates when he suggested in a U.N. General Assembly speech Thursday that the United States government staged the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. The Iranian leader said…
Pastor Plans Koran Burning on September 11 Despite Controversy
Posted on Wednesday, September 8, 2010
A small evangelical Christian group in Florida on Saturday plans to burn Korans as a protest against violent Islamic extremists on September 11, the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States.
‘Islam Will Conquer Italy and the Entire West’
Posted on Wednesday, September 8, 2010
The Middle East Media Research Institute has released excerpts from a transcript of a televised sermon by Egyptian cleric Salem Abu Al-Futuh. Airing on Al-Nas TV on August 18, Al-Futuh's predicted that Islam would conquer the entire West,…
Petraeus: Planned Koran Burning Endangers Troops
Posted on Tuesday, September 7, 2010
The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan says an American church's plan to burn Korans on September 11 could endanger U.S. troops and damage the overall war effort in that country.
North Korea Releases American Christian
Posted on Friday, August 27, 2010
North Korea released an American Christian Friday, August 27, seven months after he was detained for illegally entering the reclusive state to protest reported human rights abuses.
Ex-President Carter in North Korea to Release Christian
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived in North Korea Wednesday, August 25, to try to win the release of a devoted American Christian who has been jailed for illegally entering the isolated state earlier this year. Aijalon Mahli…
Iran Unveils its ‘Ambassador of Death’
Posted on Monday, August 23, 2010
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled Iran's first domestically built unmanned bomber on Sunday, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies.
Iran Begins Fueling First Nuclear Reactor
Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2010
Russia helped Iran cross a major threshold on Saturday as it loaded its first nuclear reactor with fuel, seen by many as a significant symbol of its rejection of international sanctions designed to prevent it from building a…
Last Full US Combat Brigade Leaves Iraq
Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2010
Two weeks ahead of a schedule set by President Barack Obama, the last large U.S. combat brigade has left Iraq. Pentagon officials stress that some American combat forces remain in the country ahead of an August 31st date…
200,000 Christians In Pakistan Impacted By Deadly Flooding
Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Up to 200,000 Christians are among the millions impacted by deadly flooding in Pakistan Worthy News learned Tuesday, August 17, but the United Nations warned that only a fraction of flood victims have received any help.
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.
