Church building demolished in Khartoum North, Sudan on July 8, 2025. (CSW)

Officials in Sudan Warn Church Building Will Be Demolished

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan have warned leaders of a church in Khartoum that their church building could be demolished at any time, sources said. The director of planning of Jebel Aulia District, accompanied by an engineer from the land department, came to the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church site in the […]

Maryam Asif Masih, 13, was abducted in Vehari District, Pakistan on April 23, 2026, her mother says. (Courtesy of family)

Missing Christian Girl in Pakistan Feared To Be Trafficked

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christian relatives of a 13-year-old girl in Pakistan allegedly abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married to an older Muslim man fear she could be trafficked, as they continue efforts to recover her. Maria Asif, mother of Maryam Asif Masih of Chak No. 187 EB in Vehari District, […]

Families of victims of false blasphemy cases protest outside National Press Club in Islamabad, Pakistan on Jan. 10, 2025. (CDI-MSN screenshot of video).

Independent U.S. Body Urges CPC Redesignation for Pakistan

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week urged the U.S. government to redesignate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) over systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom. The independent U.S. federal watchdog in its 2026 Annual Report asserted that religious freedom in […]

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Terrorists Kill Nine Christians, Injure 11 in Northern Nigeria 

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed nine Christians and wounded 11 others in a night attack in Kaduna state, Nigeria on Tuesday (June 16), area residents said. The assailants attacked Angwa Magaji village, Kamaru Ward in Kauru County in the southern part of the state, said Barnabas Chawai. The Rev. Mark […]

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Christians Kidnapped in NE Nigeria, Slain in Plateau State

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Herdsmen Kill Four Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria 

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Independent U.S. Body Urges CPC Redesignation for Pakistan

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week urged the U.S. government to redesignate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) over systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom. The independent U.S. federal watchdog in its 2026 Annual Report asserted that religious freedom in […]