World Watch Monitor

The Middle East, the historic cradle of Christianity, is today witnessing an accelerated "targeting" of its remaining Christians, according to a...

Details have now emerged about the conditions of release of the 21 Chibok girls.

One place which has sheltered those fleeing already is one of the oldest Christian monasteries in existence: St Matthews (Mar Mattai), built in...

Boko Haram has released 21 of the girls kidnapped in Chibok in April 2014 to the Nigerian Army in Maidugiri, capital of Borno state.

In the volatile province of North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a father of three has described how Islamist militants...

Thanks to its promotion by figures from Hollywood and Silicon Valley, Buddhism in the West presents a ‘peaceful’ face. Yet Christians in...

The six people killed in this morning’s attack in north-east Kenya by Al Shabab were Christians, according to the militant group’s own radio...

Boko Haram insurgency threatens future of Lake Chad Basin.

Hungary has become the first government to open an office specifically to address the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and Europe.

Three Iranian Christian converts have been charged with “acting against national security” and illegal consumption of alcohol during Holy...

Fifty religious leaders from the Christian and Muslim minorities in India met together last week to discuss the religious freedom challenges facing...

An Uzbek church leader has said he fears life will be even harder for minority Christians after the death of Islam Karimov, the country’s President...

As for Baghdad’s once full churches, some had already been bombed a number of times over. Now the empty buildings are a screaming depiction of...

Five Iranian Christians were arrested on Friday during a trip to the Alborz Mountains north-east of Tehran – the latest in a recent spate of...

The trial of two Sudanese church leaders has started in Khartoum. They are among four Christians accused of trying to tarnish the image of Sudan’s...

A Christian in Algeria has been sentenced to five years in prison – the maximum term – and given a heavy fine for blasphemy against Islam and its...

Forced out of their home city, Iraqi Christians are acting out their emotions on stage.

After nearly eight months of legal limbo, a Sudanese court has finally seen three detained Christian leaders, while charges against them remain...