Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi set free by Supreme Court
Asia Bibi, a mother of five from Punjab province, was convicted of blasphemy in 2010 and sentenced to hang after she was accused of defiling the name of the Prophet Muhammed during an argument the year before with Muslim colleagues.
US backs creation of new Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Calls within Ukraine for an independent Orthodox Church came largely in response to the 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimea province by Russia.
Pak orders ActionAid to wind up ops and leave country in 60 days
A letter from Pakistan´s interior ministry sent to ActionAid, and shared with AFP by the group, said it must cease its work within 60 days.
12 Pak Hindus held in Rajasthan for flouting visa rules
They entered India using a valid visa, via Wagah Border. Police said that the group visited Haridwar and then, instead of going back to Pakistan, went to Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan, to meet their relatives.
Imran Khan takes oath as member of Pak parliament
Khan and other prominent leaders including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and former president Asif Ali Zardari also took oath.
Over 430 dead in Indonesia earthquake
Lombok, a popular but less developed tourist destination than neighboring Bali, was hit by three strong quakes in little over a week and has endured more than 500 aftershocks.
Christians not your enemies, Franklin Graham tells North Koreans
Graham believes the North Koreans are a prideful people and that the Trump administration has engaged them well.
South Korean church hopes for peace after Trump-Kim meeting
Pope Francis prayed last Sunday for the success of the US-North Korea summit, saying he hoped it would lead to lasting peace.
You can’t have a church here: Muslims tell Pak Christians
Most of the Christians are poor labourers. The church belongs to Full Gospel Assemblies, an evangelical group working in Pakistan, and was built on land belonging to 70-year-old Christian named Rafiq Masih.
Burmese military cleansing minority Christian Kachin people
Human rights activist San Htoi, the joint secretary of Kachin Women's Association Thailand, warned that an "invisible war" is taking place, and accused international media of focusing solely on the Rohingya crisis, and ignoring the grim situation in Kachin.
The happiness of suffering
Suffering for our own mistakes tends to be a source of shame. But to suffer for the sake of righteousness (because we are followers of Jesus) is a cause for joy in the Lord.
Have faith in God: Smith Wigglesworth
It is grand to see people believe God. God knew all about this leg and that it was broken in two places. I said to the woman, "When I pray, something will happen." Her husband was sitting there; he had been in his chair for four years and could not walk a step.
Churches petition Murmu to save Christians in Manipur
An estimated 35,000 Meitei Christians face “total cleansing and obliteration" in all the valley districts of the hilly state, according to their memorandum submitted to Murmu on June 26.
