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Pakistan Christian Nurse Tabitha Nazir Gill Beaten, Stripped By Hospital Mob Over False Blasphemy Accusation After Reminding Colleague Not To Accept Patient Tips

Medical Staff Joined Attack At Sobhraj Maternity Hospital In Karachi, Police Forced To Register Death Penalty Charges After Hundreds Surrounded Station Demanding Justice A Christian nurse was beaten, stripped and tortured by a mob at a Pakistani hospital where she worked for nine years after a Muslim colleague falsely accused

Africa

Churches Must Address Embryo Screening Ethics As 75% Of US Fertility Clinics Offer Sex Selection Testing

Theologian Calls IVF "Pro Life Consequentialism" Where Ends Justify Means, 73% Of Clinics Allow Parents To Discard Embryos Based On Gender, Genetic Testing Raises Eugenic Concerns Silence from Scripture on new technologies is no excuse for silence from the church, Christianity Today argued in a January 2026 article

Orthodox News

Iran Imprisons Christians Over Christmas For "Zionist Christianity": Woman Sentenced 5 Years, Brothers Get 4 Years Each For Attending Church

Islamic Republic Jails Converts For Celebrating Christmas, Attending Turkey Seminar, Holding House Church Prayers As Iran Ranks 9th Worst Persecutor Worldwide Two Christians in Iran sentenced to prison for their faith were locked up on December 16 and 20, and a Christian woman was summoned to begin serving her five

Middle East

Islamic Republic Deploys Drones as 538+ Protesters Killed, Mosques Torched Across Nation With World's Fastest Growing Underground Church

Largest Uprising Since 1979 Islamic Revolution Sees Christians Converts Targeted While Millions Take Streets Against 47 Year Theocracy Iran entered its third week of nationwide protests against the Islamic Republic with over 538 people killed according to US based Human Rights Activists News Agency. The demonstrations that began December 28,

Protestant News

ISIS Attacks Against Christians Accross The Globe Foiled

Syrian Security Forces Foil Islamic State Suicide Attacks Targeting Christians, Churches and New Year Celebrations Syria's Interior Ministry thwarted an Islamic State terror plot to attack churches and civilian gatherings on New Year's Eve, deploying heightened security measures that prevented what could have been a massive

Oceania

73 MILLION MURDERED - Abortion Remains Leading Cause of Death Worldwide in 2025

More than 73 million abortions were performed worldwide in 2025, making abortion the leading cause of death globally for another year, according to statistics compiled by Worldometers based on World Health Organization estimates. The figure far exceeded all other causes of death, including cancer at 10 million deaths, infectious diseases

Middle East

"We Are Not Asking to Be Protected": Syrian Patriarch Declares Christians Partners in Rebuilding Nation

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, John X Yazigi, declared during New Year's Mass at the Mariamite Cathedral in Damascus that Syrian Christians are not seeking protection from others but are instead partners with fellow citizens in protecting and building their homeland. Speaking on January

USA

Pray like a girl, fight like a girl

My body aches as I say this: you should not enjoy fighting and violence. Yet, I’ve always loved martial arts. I started young, enjoyed striking and kicking a little too much, and nearly got a black belt. My sensei even encouraged me to enter speed competitions, right before I

Catholic News

Former Muslim Leads 100,000 to Christ: "Hunger in Muslim World to Hear About Christ"

Harun Ibrahim, a former Muslim born in Israel to Arab Muslim parents, has led over 100,000 Muslims to faith in Jesus Christ through Al Hayat Ministries, which he founded in 2003 to boldly preach the Gospel and challenge Islam across the Arab world. Ibrahim was raised Muslim, studied in

Middle East

Iranian Christians Face Death And Arrest as Economic Protests Sweep Nation - 6 Killed

Mass protests have erupted across Iran as the country's economy collapses, with demonstrators chanting "death to the dictator" while facing violent crackdowns from security forces, raising concerns about persecution of Christian protesters among those demanding basic rights. Protests began in Tehran and spread to university campuses

Middle East

Iran Sentences Five Christians to 50 Years in Prison for Prayer and Bible Sharing as Islamic Regime Intensifies Persecution

Five Christians in Iran have been sentenced to a combined 50 years in prison for the crimes of praying together and sharing Bibles, marking another escalation in the Islamic regime's systematic persecution of believers who refuse to abandon their faith. The believers were convicted under charges related to

Middle East

Pakistani Muslim Rapist Muhammad Uzair Riaz Dogar and Family Pressure Christian Family to Drop Charges After RAPING a Six Year Old Girl

A Pakistani Muslim man who sexually assaulted his Christian neighbor's six year old daughter is pressuring her family to withdraw their police complaint and reach a settlement, with his family threatening to make the Christians' lives miserable if they pursue justice. Muhammad Uzair Riaz Dogar, a Muslim