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Christians in Nigeria are living in constant fear of the next deadly attack, a priest in the country has said.

"My people should know that there is a pastor in Qamishli helping the people in need," says Pastor George Moushi, who has stayed in Syria despite years of war and now coronavirus.

Catholic priests in Hong Kong have been warned over the content of their sermons after the implementation of the National Security Law.

Chinese officials are offering citizens financial rewards to snoop on "illegal religious activity venues."

The release is understood to be contingent on the submission of property deeds making their guarantors liable for their future actions.

A Christian father-of-four has been sentenced to death in Pakistan for allegedly sending blasphemous text messages seven years ago.

With millions in need in Sudan and South Sudan, the Diocese of Salisbury is sending over £78,000 to help the efforts of Anglicans on the ground in the two countries.

The Pakistani Government is being urged to help Christian girls abducted, raped and forced to marry their captors.

North Korea has been pushed to the brink by Covid-19, an economic meltdown and famine, says a defector.

A Christian man has been sentenced to two years in internal exile in Iran.

British people are largely supportive of the UK Government spending more on overseas aid to combat Covid-19 as fears abound of a second wave, a World Vision poll has found.

A grand palace dating back to the time of the Kings of Judah has been discovered by archaeologists in Jerusalem.

There were dozens of prosecutions for "missionary activity" in the first half of 2020 in Russia.

A naturalized American citizen and pastor's son has been charged with "inciting secession" and "colluding with foreign powers" under Hong Kong's new national security law.

One person has been killed in a rampage by gunmen in Kaduna State, Nigeria, in which several children were kidnapped.