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After decades, the Communist Party’s central committee relaxes rule, allowing two children per family. After 35 years and untold millions of babies aborted, China has agreed to end its one-child policy and ...

Christianity is fast disappearing from entire regions, most notably a huge chunk of the Middle East, and could vanish from Iraq within 5 years, according to a new report by Catholic charity ...

Millions of India’s online movie-browsers met a mysterious information blockade as laptops glowed with a cryptic message: “This site has been blocked as per the instructions of Competent Authority.” India’s government required ...

Six American presidential candidates made their pitch on Israel and the Middle East to thousands of prospective Christian voters on Monday at the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Washington Summit. CUFI said ...

Declining United Church of Christ’s Israel divestment might not pack any punch The United Church of Christ (UCC) last week became the latest mainline Protestant denomination to approve a resolution calling for ...

A group of 30 youths from 13 countries on five continents will stop in Kansas City on their 3,300-mile bicycle journey across the United States. Their mission: to call attention to plight ...

By Mollyanne Gibson |   I traveled with Trash Mountain Project to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to build an aquaponics system at Amor Fe y Esperanza school for a week in February. It was ...

JERUSALEM, Israel — As stories of new beheadings of Christian children in Iraq come to light, many wonder – who will speak out against it? Now Jews and Christians are banding together ...

Are the world’s oldest Christian communities on the verge of extinction?  A state of emergency declared for Middle East Christians could bring their plight to a wider world audience as  evangelical and Protestant ...

‘One week’ deadlines for Iraqi Christians to convert or ‘face the sword’ By World Watch Monitor   An Iraqi Christian Mikha Qasha, fleeing from Qaraqosh, has given a personal account of members ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. |Christian News Service| — The condition of Nancy Writebol, a missionary who recently contracted Ebola while serving in Liberia, has worsened, according to SIM (www.simusa.org), the Christian missions organization with ...

By Gregory Tomlin MOSUL, Iraq (BP) — Iraqi Christians came under fire again as the bloody campaign of Islamic militants spilled over from Syria into Iraq’s northern cities last week. An estimated ...

By Andrew Branch   (WNS)–As his native Brazil hosts the month-long World Cup tournament, soccer star Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite wants you to know that he is a Christian. Ricardo, better known ...

Making sense of Pope Francis’s whirlwind Mideast trip By Alex Traiman/JNS.org After two intense days of religious ceremonies in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials, unscheduled photo opportunities, and ...

In Israel, Pope Francis to witness oasis of stability in chaotic region for Christians    By Sean Savage | JNS.org   Following in the footsteps of his two immediate predecessors, Pope Francis ...

Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a 27 year old Sudanese doctor due to have her second baby next month, has been condemned to death by hanging, after refusing to renounce her Christian faith, despite ...

‘Holy desperation’ in Ukraine, says preacher By Diana Chandler | KIEV, Ukraine (BP) — The Ukrainian crisis has kindled an interdenominational prayer movement in the nation, said a Southern Baptist evangelist who ...

KADUNA, Nigeria (BP) — Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed more than 100 Christians and destroyed homes in Kaduna state in North-Western Nigeria Friday (March 14), Morning Star News reported. Scores of the herdsmen ...

A Christian graphic designer who sued a hotel claiming he was denied a job there because of his faith has settled out of court. The case is drawing interest from groups that ...

Under American Pressure, Ukraine Lost the Ability to Defend Itself (Examiner.com) –Despite a handful of Western media outlets claiming a relatively unknown treaty binding the United States and Great Britain to the ...

By Ava Thomas CAIRO, Egypt (BP) — When Egypt’s government abruptly stepped down Feb. 24, the action made only small ripples in a nation now accustomed to major political upheaval. Army chief ...

Ukraine’s violence escalates; churches share Scripture & pray By Staff |   KIEV, Ukraine (BP) — Scripture portions helped provide a flicker of faith as violence escalated in Ukraine on Feb. 18. ...

While ranking considered “acceptable” America now on par with El Salvador, Botswana From Reporters Without Borders |   The 2014 World Press Freedom Index spotlights the negative impact of conflicts on freedom ...

Violence threatens to engulf previously tranquil northern State of Katsina   By World Watch Monitor | A pastor has been killed and a church set on fire in Nigeria after the body ...

Opens Doors releases its annual list of persecutors   By J.C. Derrick | (WNS)–A U.S.-based group tracking persecution around the globe has named North Korea the worst country in the world for Christians. ...