Barnabas Aid
One Christian was killed and another injured as bandits attacked a church service in Kaduna State, Nigeria, on Sunday 31 October.
The bandits also abducted an unconfirmed number of worshippers from Emmanuel Baptist Church in Kakau Daji, Chikun Local Government Area.
The deceased...
The Myanmar military shelled the town of Thantlang, Chin State, on 30 October, causing fires that destroyed or damaged more than 160 homes and three church buildings.
The town had already been largely evacuated owing to the threat from the military...
Two Muslim brothers known for their hatred and harassment of Christians have been jailed for life by Alexandria Criminal Court for the killing of Egyptian Christian shopkeeper Ramsis Hermina, 47.
Under Egyptian law, it means that Nasser and Ali al-Sambo must serve...
Egypt is to lift its nationwide state of emergency imposed four years ago following bomb attacks against churches, which left dozens dead and more than 100 wounded.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced his decision in a Facebook post on 25 October, stating...
United Nations human rights experts called on 21 October for the urgent release of Stephen Masih, a mentally disabled Pakistani Christian arrested more than two years ago for alleged “blasphemy” in Punjab province.
The team’s four members insisted that all charges...
Two Christian brothers were shot dead and three of their brothers were among several others injured after armed Muslims opened fire in Punjab, Pakistan in a dispute over the irrigation of fields.
Yaqoob Masih died at the scene as he...
A group of 17 Christian missionaries, including five children, were abducted by an armed gang in Haiti on 16 October while returning from a visit to build an orphanage.
The missionaries, who travelled to the country with the US-based Christian Aid Ministries,...
Three Kachin pastors imprisoned and awaiting trial for organising prayers for peace in March have been released by the Myanmar military government.
The pastors, from the Kachin Baptist Convention, were set free on 18 October along with over 5,600 political prisoners as...
The Pakistan Taliban (the Tehrik-e-Taliban or TTP) has increased its activity in the areas bordering Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover of Pakistan’s neighbour.
The TTP is separate from the Afghan Taliban, though the two organisations are allied and share a common extreme...
Two Christian sanitation workers died saving a Christian colleague tasked with clearing a sewer, known to be poisonous, in Sargodha, Punjab province, Pakistan.
Michael Masih was sent to work on the dangerous sewer at 9 p.m. on Sunday 3 October...
