A Christian woman abducted by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) fighters in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) in 2022 has been rescued by Ugandan soldiers after more than four years in captivity.
Christian leaders and a religious freedom researcher in Russia have been fined under laws targeting alleged links with organisations declared “undesirable” by the authorities, according to the rights group Forum 18.
Two Catholic priests in Nigeria’s Benue State have been targeted in separate incidents, with one injured in a gun attack and another released after five days in captivity.
A 20-year-old Egyptian Christian has been killed by Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in Libya after reportedly refusing to give up his faith in Jesus Christ and convert to Islam.
Three students have died and six others have been injured after Myanmar's military reportedly carried out an air and drone attack on a Christian Bible school in Karen State.
A congregation in Omdurman, Sudan, fears its church building could be demolished at any time after local authorities issued a warning over the property, while the church’s ownership documents remain caught in government bureaucracy.
The secretary general of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has visited a village in southern Jordan where nine Christians were killed during a church funeral last month. The Rev. Botrus Mansour laid a wreath at the victims’ graves and met with a bereaved family during the visit, according to a WEA statement released on 2 November.
Church leaders, human rights advocates and social workers from across Asia have called for stronger child protection measures and closer cooperation to combat trafficking and exploitation, following an international consultation in Thailand.
A former Muslim who was rejected by his father, beaten by his wife’s relatives and imprisoned after becoming a Christian continues to share his faith despite losing his home and much of his family life.
Senior church leaders in Britain have pledged their support for Christians in South Sudan as renewed violence raises fears that the country could descend into another full-scale civil war.
ChatGPT receives about 70 million religion-related questions every week, with Christianity and Islam accounting for most of the interest, according to figures released by OpenAI.
The brother of Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian human rights advocate and former Pakistani government minister who was assassinated in 2011, has called for a British parliamentary inquiry into the treatment of religious minorities in Pakistan and other parts of the world.
