Beatrice Stockli, an evangelical missionary from Switzerland who was held captive by Islamist extremists in Mali since January 2016, has reportedly been killed, Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs announced.…
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China threatens to detain Americans as ‘hostage diplomacy’ tactic
China’s communist officials are pressuring the U.S. Department of Justice to stop prosecuting suspicious Chinese scholars in American courts by threatening to detain Americans in China, according to a report.…
Samaritan’s Purse deploys emergency field hospital to Bahamas amid coronavirus crisis
After treating hundreds of COVID-19 patients in New York and Italy, Samaritan’s Purse is now building an emergency field hospital in Nassau in the Bahamas at the request of the…
Teacher ‘beheaded’ in France after free speech lesson showing caricature of Islamic prophet Muhammad
France has launched a terror investigation into the murder of a teacher who was shot dead and decapitated near Paris after he showed his class a caricature of the Islamic…
30 Bible translation projects suspended in Nigeria amid pandemic, terrorism
Nigerian Bible translators are seeking help after having to suspend translation projects in 30 languages due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing terrorist violence throughout the country. Read More The…
India: Christian who refused to renounce faith beaten by Hindus, left with hearing damage
A Christian in India is left with permanent hearing damage after Hindu radicals brutally beat him, demanding he renounce Christianity and return to Hinduism. Read More The Christian Post |…
China bans copying of hymns, punishes Christians who print religious materials
China has been tightening restrictions on the distribution of religious materials in recent months by threatening fines, the closure of printing shops, or even imprisonment for selling Christian books or…
People with blood type O less susceptible to COVID-19, new studies suggest
People with blood type O are less likely to become infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 that causes the deadly COVID-19 and are more likely to recover…
China, Pakistan, Cuba elected to UN Human Rights Council; critics speak out
Countries that have engaged in religious freedom violations, such as China, Russia, Pakistan and Cuba, have been elected by the United Nations General Assembly to the 47-member U.N. Human Rights…
Netherlands to expand euthanasia law, allowing doctors to end lives of children under 12
The Netherlands is set to pave the way for legalized euthanasia of very young children. Read More The Christian Post | RSS