Stefanik, Cotton urge Trump administration to probe CAIR over ‘potential ties’ to Hamas

By Caitlin McCormack | New York Post | Published Oct. 14, 2025 Republican lawmakers are calling on the Trump administration to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ sources of funding — including “potential ties” to Hamas. New York Rep. Elise Stefanik and Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on…

Terrorists committing premeditated acts of genocide in Plateau – CAN

By Nathaniel Gbaoron | BusinessDay.ng | April 17, 2025 Daniel Okoh, an Archbishop and the national President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has described the recent attacks in Bokkos and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau State as “premeditated vicious acts of genocide” against indigenous Christian communities. Okoh stated this on Thursday in…

Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Slain after Ransom Payment

The Rev. James Audu Issa, ECWA pastor in Ekati, Kwara state, Nigeria, was found dead on Oct. 2, 2025. (ECWA church, Ekati) By Christian Daily | Morning Star News | October 8, 2025 ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani criminals in western Nigeria kidnapped and killed a Christian pastor despite receiving 5 million naira…

BREAKING: U.S. State Department Confirms President Trump’s Support for Returning Artsakh Refugees, Releasing Armenian Hostages & Protecting Christian Holy Sites

By Zartonk Media | X |Oct 4, 2025 In a major development following months of grassroots Armenian-American advocacy and bipartisan Congressional engagement, the Trump-Vance Administration has, in an unprecedented move, formally announced its commitment on the following issues regarding Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh): – Supporting the return of Artsakh’s displaced ethnic Armenian population to their indigenous homeland…

Armenian Archbishop Decries International ‘Indifference’ to His People’s Plight

Solène Tadié | National Catholic Register | October 3, 2025 Archbishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan of Artsakh said the Christian world is particularly silent towards the world’s oldest Christian nation. YEREVAN, Armenia — Archbishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan has become one of the most visible witnesses of the ordeal of the Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh. Displaced in 2023 along with the…

Save the Persecuted Christians Urges Immediate U.S. Action to Halt Genocide of Christians in Nigeria

Christian Newswire | Oct. 2, 2025 WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2025 /Christian Newswire/ — Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC) calls for accountability and intervention in the ongoing persecution and genocide of Christians in Nigeria, drawing from recent remarks by President Dede Laugesen at key events in Washington, D.C. Speaking at a Capitol Hill press conference on September 3 and…

Press Conference on Nigeria: Dede Laugesen, Save the Persecuted Christians

(Washington, DC; September 3, 2025) — Dede Laugesen, president of Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), gives remarks at a Capitol Hill press conference on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. Press conference hosted by our coalition partners Equipping the Persecuted, Truth Nigeria, and the International Committee on Nigeria. Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2200, Washington,…

Xi calls on religions in China to adapt to Chinese context

News.cn | Sep 29, 2025 BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday emphasized the importance of ensuring that religions in China further adapt to the Chinese context. Xi called for providing active guidance to religions so that they can adapt to socialist…

RSVP: Fortifying Religious Freedom in Syria

Save the Persecuted Christians in partnership with Shai Fund and The Nazarene Fund are pleased to invite you to attend our upcoming event, “Fortifying Religious Freedom in Syria: Keys to a Stable & Peaceful Syria.” It is scheduled to take place on Wednesday September 10 from 3:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. in SD-B48 in the Dirksen Senate…

PRESS CONFERENCE: U.S. and Nigerian Human Rights Leaders to Expose Cover-Up of Christian Persecution in Nigeria

Christian Newswire | Sept. 2, 2025 • Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2200, Washington, D.C. 20515 • Wednesday, September 3, 2025 • 1:00 PM EST Speakers: Dr. Gloria Samdi Puldu, President, Leah Foundation / ICON Judd Saul, Executive Director, Equipping the Persecuted Doug Burton, Senior Editor, TruthNigeria.com Dede Laugesen, Executive Director, Save the Persecuted Christians Robert…

Egypt’s War Against the World’s Oldest Christian Monastery

The state’s suppression of St. Catherine’s is a microcosm of Egypt’s broader campaign against the country’s Christians—including my family. By Mariam Wahba | The Free Press | Aug 17, 25 St. Catherine’s Monastery, 275 miles from Cairo in the depths of the Sinai desert, is the world’s oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery. It is also one of…

National Suicide Is Better Than Rudeness

Would Europe rather be polite than alive? By Daniel Greenfield | FrontPage Mag | August 15, 2025 “A Small European Nation Has a Big Explosions Problem,” a New York Times story recently reported. The story clarified that the small nation was the Netherlands, it never did clarify who was behind the over 700 bombings so…

Prospect of Peace has Armenia Dreaming of Economic Growth, Stability and Prosperity

By Save the Persecuted Christians | ChristianNewsWire | Aug. 7, 2025 WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2025 /Christian Newswire/ — On Friday, President Donald J. Trump will host Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev at the White House to sign a memorandum of understanding as the two countries move to end decades of strife and…

Pray for Armenia: Refugees from Artsakh Find a New Home

By Dede Laugesen | STPC | Jul 31, 2025 I’m in the Sunik region of Armenia touring a border village site being developed for voluntary resettlement of refugee families from the ancient Armenian Christian lands of Nagorno-Karabakh, known to Armenians as Artsakh, following the September 19, 2023 ethnic cleansing of the region. We met with…