Missionaries serving remote island communities across Southeast Asia are discovering new opportunities to share Jesus through social media and digital evangelism. International Mission Board missionary Amanda Clarkston, who has served in the region…

Lahore High Court has ordered the reopening of a police case against a Muslim man accused of abducting, forcibly converting and marrying Christian girl Maria Shahbaz. The court admitted a petition from Maria’s…

Three people have been killed and 36 injured in attacks on two Saudi Arabian airports as fighting intensifies between Yemen’s Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces. One person died and eight were wounded at…

Opposition MPs have intensified protests against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, demanding his resignation over alleged malpractice in the process of revising electoral rolls. On 6 October, lawmakers led by Congress leader Rahul…

Health authorities have denied any epidemic risk following the death of a 28-year-old laboratory employee at the Irkutsk anti-plague research institute in Siberia. Darya Shipilova died last week amid reports of a possible…

At least fifty people have been killed and 58 injured after a military airstrike hit a busy market in a town in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. Local aid workers said the riverside commercial…

Passengers and crew aboard a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv helped prevent disaster after a co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain and attempted to crash the aircraft. Israeli officials said the captain…

The last British and American troops have left Iraq, ending the international coalition’s military mission against IS after more than a decade. About a hundred UK personnel left Irbil alongside US forces, completing…

On 20 September North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea. South Korea’s military said the first missile travelled about 300 miles and the second more than 400 miles. The…

Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have released footage which they claim shows the downing of a Saudi Arabian F-15 fighter jet, amid escalating regional conflict and growing concerns over global energy supplies. The…