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Photo Credit: Alexas Fotos/Pixabay (Christian Aid Mission) — Neighbors who came to help a 48-year-old refugee widow from Syria thought she was 70. The mother of seven children, Ranim* showed the signs of affliction from the suffering she’d…

Photo Credit; Vidal Balielo Jr. (The Christian Institute) — Nicola Sturgeon has announced that she intends to trial censorship zones around abortion clinics in Scotland. Speaking at a summit on abortion in Edinburgh, the First Minister…

(Article 18) — A Protestant Church-owned retreat center appropriated four years ago by an institution headed by Iran’s Supreme Leader is now in the process of being repurposed, Article18 understands. The Garden of Sharon in Karaj, which has…

Photo Credit: Q Gardrian/Pixabay (International Christian Concern) – A month after Beijing’s crackdown of online religious activities, many wonder how the Christians in China are doing in terms of virtual worship and gathering. Are they…

(Church in Chains) — Geng Zejun, a house church pastor from Ningxia Autonomous Region in northern China, is due to go on trial on July 13. He has been detained since January 25 on a charge of “organizing illegal gatherings.” Geng Zejun was…

Photo Credit: Klaus Dieter Vom Wangenheim/Pixabay Egypt (International Christian Concern) – On Thursday last week, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) warned that a Yemeni Christian is in immediate and severe danger due to…

Photo Credit: Nicola Stockton/Pixabay (Christian Aid Mission) — Church members and community leaders had gathered for prayer following a series of murders in their town in western Kenya when a young man burst in and confessed to raping and…

Photo Credit: Keith Johnston/Pixabay (The Christian Institute) — The prime minister has supported the decision of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) to keep men out of women’s competitions. Boris Johnson said he agreed with the…

Photo Credit: FancyCrave/Pexels (Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — Approximately 12,000 Christians participated in protests across the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on June 18, demanding that the state government acts swiftly to resolve…