The mosque’s loudspeakers began wailing early in the morning on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. Christians in the Jaranwala colony immediately felt a chill of fear, knowing something was about to happen. In Pakistan, anything was possible. Christians are an unprotected...

Imagine going through life as a second-class citizen, denied many basic rights and with no opportunity to ever better your situation. That is where many Pakistani Christians find themselves in daily. They are given the worst jobs, unable to access good education and...

Yemenis have been living in a war zone since 2015, with the country’s rule being divided between the Internationally Recognized Government (IRG), backed by Saudi Arabia, and Iran-affiliated Houthis. Each year, it seems the conditions grow worse. The humanitarian...

Things in Yemen may seem bleak. But workers there report that the Gospel’s light is growing there as people turn to Christ amidst crisis.

Life for Afghan refugees in Pakistan is not easy, but it is about to get even harder. ICR has been caring for Afghan refugees in Pakistan since the 2021 Taliban take-over in Afghanistan. Many of those who fled left because they knew that as converts to Christianity,...

Persecution can be beautiful for the church in Cuba.

More people fled Cuba in 2022 than ever before in the country’s 64-year history as a communist regime. According to U.S. government data, 250,000 Cubans, or two percent of the country’s population, migrated to the United States in 2022. After decades of heavy-handed...

Manipur is a small state in the far eastern part of India. It is one of a handful of Indian states separated from the rest of the subcontinent by the countries of Bangladesh and Nepal. Manipur is home to 3.3 million people. More than half of the state's population...

Manipur Christians were caught in the middle of horrendous violence in 2023. ICR is helping displace Christians with your partnership.

Islamic extremists, including Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province, want to Islamize northeastern Nigeria. For decades, extremist groups have attacked Christians with impunity. Often, whole villages are wiped out and entire communities are displaced....

Philip Amasham wept as he told his story. His wife, Comfort, was killed by Fulani militants in northern Nigeria. Despite the persecution and the challenging times ahead, Philip declared that he was not discouraged and that his faith was “cement solid.”

Local residents object to use of house for worship. By Our Indonesia Correspondent SURABAYA, Indonesia – Muslim residents objecting to house-church worship in western Indonesia on Sunday (March 17) compelled the pastor to discontinue using her home for services,...

Assailants injure three other evangelists from Uganda. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, March 22, 2024 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists on March 8 ambushed and killed an evangelist from Kenya and severely injured three others from Uganda near a...

Muslim father fulfills threat to kidnap Christian's daughter, dad says. By Christian Daily International-Morning Star News LAHORE, Pakistan, March 21, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Two months after a Muslim told a Christian in Pakistan he...

Tribal villagers expel couple for refusing to renounce Christ. By Our India Correspondent NEW DELHI, March 20, 2024 (Morning Star News) – A Christian couple in central India have not seen their two young children for more than a month after an attack by followers of...

Body found with note in arabic saying he was warned. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, March 19, 2024 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in eastern Uganda on March 8 killed a Christian for leading Muslims to faith in Christ, sources said. Kiisa...

Former classmate accused him for not converting to Islam. By Christian Daily International-Morning Star News LAHORE, Pakistan, March 15, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – An 18-year-old Christian charged with blasphemy was released on bail on...

LAHORE, Pakistan, March 12, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – A former classmate of an 18-year-old Christian in Pakistan accused him of blasphemy after failing to convert him to Islam, impeding the accused’s college studies and his family’s...

LAHORE, Pakistan, March 11, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – The Christian parents of a 10-year-old girl in Pakistan who was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam last month fear she could be sold to sex traffickers, sources said. A month...