Enforcing a new law on standards for houses of worship authorities in Rwanda have conducted another round of inspections of churches and have closed down 70% of those they inspected, Baptist Global News (BGN) reports. Most churches targeted by the Rwandan government are smaller prayer houses affiliated with independent Pentecostal ministries.
A peaceful village that is home to both Christians and Muslims in Rambo, Burkina Faso, survived a massive attack by al-Qaeda-affiliated militants earlier this month because residents had prepared to defend their home against surprise terror attacks, Global Christian Relief (GCR) reports.
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati hopes for a ceasefire with Israel in the “coming hours” after Hezbollah “agreed to withdraw beyond the Litani River,” several sources say.
Saudi Arabia has hosted the first high-level gathering of a new global coalition to press for a Palestinian state after Iran urged the world to stand up against Israel.
The U.S. military confirmed Wednesday that American airstrikes hit several Islamic State group camps in the Syrian desert, killing up to 35 fighters.
Islamophobia may make headlines in mainstream media, but it’s “Christianophobia” that is spreading like wildfire, with hundreds of churches being attacked across Europe and North America.
Amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and increasing closeness to the Islamic jihadist regime of Iran, the Russian military on Tuesday test-fired long-range missiles to simulate a “massive” nuclear response to an enemy first strike, Reuters reports.
An American first-time missionary to Angola was killed on Friday, October 25, amid intensifying hunger and violence in the troubled West African country, the Christian Post reports.
Spanish King Felipe VI has expressed his condolences and sadness after officials said at least 95 people died in Spain’s deadliest flooding in three decades.
Booed by protesters, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated Georgia’s Russia-leaning Dream Party on its declared election victory despite international concerns about reported voting fraud and violence.