QAMISHLI, Syria — Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria have closed private schools administered by the Syriac Orthodox Church, which Assyrian Christians say threatens the survival
BUSHEHR, Iran — An Iranian court has sentenced 12 Christians to one year in prison for holding worship meetings, evangelizing and inviting others to accept
JERUSALEM — In the wee hours of July 19, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed a controversial nation-state law that explicitly defines Israel as the “national
TEHRAN, Iran — Three Christians and a pastor were arrested in an attempt to intimidate the Christian community in Iran, according to advocacy group Middle
KARACHI, Pakistan — Hundreds of newborn babies have been found dumped in the garbage across Pakistan, almost all of them girls, according to humanitarian workers
QUETTA, Pakistan — Christians in Quetta, Pakistan, are living in fear after the second recent attack by suspected Islamist militants. The group killed two Christians
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Authorities in Uzbekistan’s southwestern Navoi Region keep raiding and punishing local Baptists “to stop them meeting for worship and peaceful religious activity,”