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89 kidnapped Nigerian Christians released
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» KADUNA (NIGERIA) - The last 89 Christians held captive since criminal gangs attacked three churches in northern Nigeria in mid-January were released on Thursday, following a spate of mass kidnappings in the country.
Chinese Christians detained in Bangkok
Published on 01/04/2023
» More than 60 self-exiled Chinese Christians who were arrested in Pattaya for overstaying their visas are now at a police facility in Bangkok awaiting the authorities’ next move.
Christians mark sombre Easter in Jerusalem
AFP, Published on 10/04/2020
» JERUSALEM: Eggs on the table and a toy rabbit on the dresser -- with a few decorations, Palestinian Christian Sawsan Bitar attempts to salvage some normality from an Easter overshadowed by coronavirus.
Pakistan's Christians face Easter vulnerable and jobless
AFP, Published on 11/04/2020
» ISLAMABAD - Days after the coronavirus crisis took hold in Pakistan, Aamir Gill, a cleaner and member of the country's Christian underclass, was fired with no warning or severance by the wealthy family he had helped look after.
Sudan's persecuted Christians eye long-sought freedom
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» KHARTOUM - Sudan's Christians suffered decades of persecution under the regime of Islamist general Omar al-Bashir. Now they hope his downfall will give the religious freedom they have long prayed for.
Syria's de facto leader meets minority Christians
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» DAMASCUS - Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met with senior Christian clerics on Tuesday, amid calls on the Islamist chief to guarantee minority rights after seizing power earlier this month.
Pope calls for Christians to 'spread the word'
Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 22/11/2019
» NAKHON PATHOM: Pope Francis on Friday urged priests, nuns and the faithful to find new ways to "spread the word".
Turkey not 'hostile' to Christians, Constantinople patriarch says
AFP, Published on 28/11/2025
» ISTANBUL - Muslim-majority Turkey, which is hosting Pope Leo XIV on his first overseas trip as pontiff, is not "a hostile environment" for Christians, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople told AFP in an interview.
Malaysian Christians can use 'Allah' in publications: court
AFP, Published on 10/03/2021
» Christians in Muslim-majority Malaysia can use the word "Allah" in publications, a court ruled Wednesday, overturning a decades-old ban after a lengthy legal battle that fuelled religious tensions.
Chinese Christians ‘to be sent to third country’
Published on 07/04/2023
» More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were arrested in Pattaya a week ago for overstaying their visas are expected to be sent to a third country next week, says a senior police official.