Asia

Pakistan hangs bodyguard who killed ex-governor

Originally published in Fox News Pakistan on Monday (February 29, 2016) hanged the convicted killer of a former governor, shot in 2011 by his bodyguard who accused him of blasphemy, officials said. The execution triggered protests in several cities denouncing the hanging after some religious and political leaders, as well […]

Pastor of China’s largest church jailed for opposing removal of crosses

The Christian Post The pastor of China’s largest official Protestant church has been detained amid an ongoing government initiative to remove and destroy crosses on religious establishments. Pastor Gu Yuese, the leader of China’s Chongyi Church, was reportedly jailed as part of the government’s cross removal campaign. However, rights groups […]

N Korea sentences Canadian pastor to life imprisonment for ‘crimes against the state’

Originally published in Christian Examiner North Korea’s highest court sentenced 60-year-old Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim to a life term of hard labor today for committing “crimes against the state.” Although the pastor has South Korean origins, he lives in Toronto and has traveled to North Korea on humanitarian missions for […]

Chinese Christians in China targeted as members of ‘evil cults’

Originally published in The Gospel Herald Chinese authorities are increasingly targeting Chinese Christians in their hunt for “evil” cults. The growing number of Christians in China claimed that authorities are just using the crackdown on dangerous cults as an excuse, and in reality, curtailing momentous growth in their number.  China […]

Indonesia closing churches, yet faith still grows

Originally published in CBN News Radical Muslims are pressuring officials to close churches and jail pastors in Indonesia. And that’s not all. The extremists stir up violent mobs to destroy the buildings and threaten believers. But that’s not stopping the Church from growing in the world’s largest Muslim-populated nation. Recently, […]

Britain: ISIS likely brought down Russian plane

Originally published in Charisma News Britain said on Thursday there was a significant possibility that Islamic State’s Egyptian affiliate was behind a suspected bomb attack on a Russian airliner that killed 224 people in the Sinai Peninsula.  Russia said such theories were speculation at this stage and only the official investigation can […]

China replaces one child policy with two child policy

Originally published in Life Site News The world’s most restrictive population control policy has been relaxed – but human rights advocates say they will not rest until all forced and sex-selective abortions are abolished. Chinese Communist Party officials have announced they will change the terms of the nation’s 35-year-old one […]