The recent conviction of three prominent Kashmiri women leaders—Asiya Andrabi, Fahmeeda Sofi, and Nahida Nasreen—by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Delhi underscores a disturbing trend in India’s governance of Jammu and Kashmir: the systematic criminalization of p

Open Doors, an international organization that provides protection to vulnerable Christians around the world, released a World Watch List in 2025, identifying 10 countries in which the lives of Christians are at serious risk. Afghanistan is included in this list.  

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Accepting the Lord Jesus Christ and following His commandments is a difficult and arduous path. Every step of the way is fraught with suffering, persecution, and the fear of death. Although this path is difficult, it leads us to eternal life.

The Lord Jesus Christ had warned the small g

The year 2026 marks an important milestone with only 5 years left for world leaders to deliver on the promise of ending AIDS by 2030 (Sustainable Development Goal 3). With zero new HIV infections and ensuring all people living with HIV are healthy (virally suppressed) and supported we can end AID

The militias associated with the Syrian government are conducting attacks on the Kurdish districts of Sheikh Maqsood, Ashrafiyah, and Beni Zeyd in Aleppo. The violence in Aleppo is the most severe since Syria's Islamist authorities assumed power. The recent outbreak of violence occurred two d

For more than three decades, Kashmir has lived through one of the gravest, yet least acknowledged, human rights crises of our time. Over 150,000 Kashmiris have lost their lives in the past 35 years alone. Between 8,000 and 10,000 people have been forcibly disappeared. More than 2,700 mass graves

Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave the hint that  President Donald Trump  might do U-turn about his initial commitment (given during his speech after arrest of Venezuelan President Maduro by US - Security forces in pursuance to New York Court’s order) to run Venezuela as reported

In the Asian region, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and other countries political parties always use the religion card to increase their popularity and vote bank  while religious extremist political parties gain acceptance among the common people by regularly committing violent acts against min

Christianity and Christmas celebrations have a century-old history in South Asia. From colonial-era churches to missionary schools, Christians have long been woven into the social fabric of both India and Pakistan. Yet Christmas has increasingly become a stress test for religious freedom in the r

Salman Taseer (1944–2011) remains one of the most consequential and polarizing figures in Pakistan’s political history. A scion of the sub-continent’s progressive literary elite, a tycoon who pioneered the country's telecommunications sector, and a combative Governor of the

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