Authorities in Algeria Seal Shut another Church Building

Authorities in Algeria Seal Shut another Church Building

TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria, July 17, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Church leaders didn’t get an explanation for why the seventh worship building to be closed in Algeria since November was sealed last week, but they suspect lack of registration was the pretext. It is virtually...
Iran: Pastor’s son receives verdict

Iran: Pastor’s son receives verdict

HYDERABAD, India, July 16, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Three church buildings were set ablaze in six weeks in the state in southern India with the most attacks against Christians this year, sources said. In one case, a church building in southern India’s Tamil Nadu...
3rd Hearing of Andrew Brunson

3rd Hearing of Andrew Brunson

​JUBA, South Sudan, July 12, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Khartoum, Sudan have handed back a church building that they had padlocked four years ago and threatened to seize, Christian leaders said. A Sudanese church leader involved in the return of the...
Pressure on Christians Heats Up in Nepal

Pressure on Christians Heats Up in Nepal

​NEW DELHI, July 11, 2018 (Morning Star News) – In a rash of recent actions against Christians in Nepal, an alcoholic who became violent during an intervention had Christian leaders arrested on forcible conversion charges, and a foreign couple was deported. Isak...
Iran: Mohammadali Yassaghi freed from detention

Iran: Mohammadali Yassaghi freed from detention

JOS, Nigeria, July 5, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Thousands of people attended the funeral yesterday of a pastor, his wife and another church leader, all killed by suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen on June 27 in central Nigeria. The three Christians were ambushed and...
Algeria: Another church re-opens

Algeria: Another church re-opens

​HYDERABAD, India, June 28, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Falsely accused of running a brothel, a badly beaten pastor in Tamil Nadu state jumped out of a moving car to save himself from Hindu extremists who were threatening to kill him. The hard-line Hindu mob had...