Christian Persecution
North Korea Urged To Release American Christian Amid War GamesRights investigators expressed concerns Monday, July 26, about the plight of a jailed American Christian in North Korea, while U.S.and South Korean warships practiced anti-submarine maneuvers off the Korean peninsula to warn Pyongyang against aggression.
BREAKING NEWS: Murdered Christian Men Quickly Buried After Gunfire (Exclusive)
Two Christian evangelists who were shot and killed by suspected Islamic militants were quickly buried around sunrise Tuesday, July 20, in the Pakistani city of Faisalabad after a night of sectarian clashes, officials told Worthy News and its news partner BosNewsLife.
BREAKING NEWS: Gun Battles Rock Pakistan City After Militants Kill Christians (Exclusive)
Gun battles broke out in a predominantly Christian neighborhood of the Pakistani city of Faisalabad Monday, July 19, shortly after two Christian evangelists were shot and killed by suspected Islamic militants, witnesses told Worthy News and its news partner BosNewsLife.
BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan Christians Shot Dead By Pakistan Militants (Exclusive)
Suspected Muslim militants shot and killed two Christian men who were due to appear in court on charges of blasphemy against Islam in Pakistan's Punjab province, trial observers confirmed Monday, July 19.
Muslim Lawyer Apologizes For Anti-Christian Leaflets
A Muslim lawyer has apologized for thousands of anti-Christian leaflets distributed in Pakistan at a reconciliation meeting with Christian leaders who said they forgave him because they are followers of "the Prince of Peace," according to delegates attending the gathering.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Nearly Half of Israelis Want Temple RebuiltNearly half of Israelis wants the Temple to be rebuilt in Jerusalem according to a poll commissioned by Israel's Knesset Television Channel, Worthy News learned on Monday, July 19th.
BREAKING NEWS: Hamas Founder's Christian Son Granted Asylum in U.S.
Masab Hassan Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader who became a Christian and spied for Israel will be granted political asylum after the Department of Homeland Security dropped its objections, Worthy News learned late Wednesday, June 30.
Iran Warns Of Military Strike As U.S., Israeli Warships Cross Suez
Iran has warned of a military confrontation with Israel and the United States after at least eleven American warships, including an aircraft carrier, and an Israeli vessel passed through the Suez Canal, the largest fleet of ships to cross the volatile, strategic waterway, in recent years.
Hamas Leader's Christian Son Faces Deportation From U.S.
Masab Hassan Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader who became a Christian, is facing a deportation hearing on June 30 in San Diego because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security views him as "a threat to Americas national security", Worthy News learned Monday, June 14.
Israel Charges Extremist With Attempted Murder Of Messianic Family (Worthy News Focus)
Israel has charged a Jewish-American extremist with shooting to death two Palestinians and trying to kill others, including a Messianic Jewish family, who he received a booby-trapped package in March 2008 that left their son critically injured.
U.S. News
BREAKING NEWS: Call2all Co-Founder Avery Willis Dies At 76Missionary Avery Willis, the co-founder of one of the world's largest evangelistic movements 'Call2all', has died after losing his battle with leukemia, his family and the movement's president confirmed Friday, July 30. He was 76.
NEWS WATCH: Thousands Mourn Srebrenica Massacre Victims, Criticize UN
anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since World War II in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. Survivors have expressed frustration over the United Nation's perceived failure to prevent the killing of more than 8,000 Muslims by Serb forces in July, 1995.
BREAKING NEWS: American Christians Among Victims In Uganda Bomb Blasts, 64 Killed
Bomb attacks killed at least 64 people, including an American aid worker, and injured several American Christians among others at two sites in Uganda's capital, Kampala, where people gathered to watch the World Cup, Worthy News learned early Monday, July 12.
BREAKING NEWS: Hamas Founder's Christian Son Granted Asylum in U.S.
Masab Hassan Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader who became a Christian and spied for Israel will be granted political asylum after the Department of Homeland Security dropped its objections, Worthy News learned late Wednesday, June 30.
BREAKING NEWS: Obama Accepts General McChrystal Resignation
United States President Barack Obama has accepted the resignation of General Stanley McChrystal as the U.S. commander in Afghanistan and is replacing him with General David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command, The Associated Press (AP) news agency reports citing senior officials.
World News
BREAKING NEWS: Call2all Co-Founder Avery Willis Dies At 76Missionary Avery Willis, the co-founder of one of the world's largest evangelistic movements 'Call2all', has died after losing his battle with leukemia, his family and the movement's president confirmed Friday, July 30. He was 76.
Germany Stampede Kills 19 At 'Love Parade'
Officials in western Germany say at least 19 people have been killed and 80 injured in a stampede at the famed Love Parade techno music festival in the German city of Duisburg. The annual event is meant to celebrate music, love and peace.
ICJ: Kosovo Independence Does Not Violate International Law
The United Nations International Court of Justice has ruled that Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 does not violate international law.
NEWS WATCH: Experts Exhume Bodies of Romanian Dictator, Wife
Forensic analysts have exhumed what are believed to be the bodies of late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, who were executed in 1989. It comes after relatives raised doubts that the couple was really buried in Romania's capital Bucharest.
BREAKING NEWS: Iran Pastor Facing Execution, Church Official
A well-known Iranian pastor faces execution after two judges agreed to make him "liable to capital punishment," as part of a crackdown on the growing Protestant church movement in the Islamic nation, Worthy News and its parner agency BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, July 13.
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