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World News Briefs

World News Briefs

Is Hindu Nationalism Behind Crackdown on India’s Christians?   (WNS)–Christian minorities in central India face a new threat as Hindu extremists in more than a dozen village councils have...
Risking Genocide

Risking Genocide

As the Islamic State has raged from Syria to Iraq, it threatens to wipe out Christians and other religious groups with singular roots in ancient Mesopotamia By Mindy Belz   (WNS)–Sami...
One Day After Canon Andrew White’s Plea for Prayer, ISIS Takes Over Iraq’s Largest Christian Town Forcing Catastrophic Exodus

One Day After Canon Andrew White’s Plea for Prayer, ISIS Takes Over Iraq’s Largest Christian Town Forcing Catastrophic Exodus

By Teresa Neumann “This is a tragedy of immense proportions, impacting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.” -UN spokesman David Swanson (Iraq)—Just this week, Canon Andrew...
Meriam Ibrahim Arrives in the U.S.

Meriam Ibrahim Arrives in the U.S.

Long-awaited homecoming still leaves questions about U.S. efforts to help persecuted Christian woman By Jamie Dean   (WNS)–Meriam Ibrahim and her family arrived in the United States...
Journalist Murdered by IS Was a Man of Faith

Journalist Murdered by IS Was a Man of Faith

By Good News Today Staff Friends, family and country are mourning the loss of freelance war correspondent James Foley, who was beheaded August 19th by the Muslim terrorist group Islamic State (IS) in...
Family Pleads for Detained American’s Release from North Korea

Family Pleads for Detained American’s Release from North Korea

By Rachel Lynn Aldrich   (WNS)–The family of an American man detained in North Korea for “anti-state” crimes apologized to the country yesterday and pleaded with officials to show...
China’s Crackdown on the Cross Spreads

China’s Crackdown on the Cross Spreads

By June Cheng   (WNS)–Three months after Chinese officials ripped down the gigantic Sanjiang Church in Wenzhou, the number of churches facing persecution—whether that means demolition,...
Women Ordered To Stop Praying Inside Mall

Women Ordered To Stop Praying Inside Mall

By Todd Starnes “The security guard came running toward us and said, ‘You are not allowed to pray at the mall. That’s against the policy.'” (Georgia)—It’s not uncommon...
Obama Admin. Forges New Ways For Objecting Employers to Cope with Contraception Mandate

Obama Admin. Forges New Ways For Objecting Employers to Cope with Contraception Mandate

By Tom Howell Jr.   (The Washington Times) – The Obama administration proposed new workarounds Friday for religious nonprofits and closely held corporations that had objected to insuring...
New York Farmers Ordered to Host Gay Weddings

New York Farmers Ordered to Host Gay Weddings

By Sarah Padbury   (WNS)–An administrative law judge in New York has found a couple guilty of discrimination because they refused to allow two lesbians to rent their farm for a wedding...