Anugrah Kumar

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  Jul 31, 2026

  Marriott Bonvoy accused of 'genocide tourism' after 120K Christians were pushed out of their homeland

  The international hotel chain Marriott is drawing criticism as an international travel company licensed to use its brand name is selling tours through Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of the South Caucasus that Azerbaijan emptied of more than 120,000 ethnic Armenians in 2023, in what prosecutors formerly with the International Criminal Court have called a genocide.

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  Jul 31, 2026

  2,500-year-old coin from Cyprus found on Israeli beach offers clues to biblical-era history

  A 2,500-year-old coin minted in Cyprus that was recently discovered on an Israeli beach is giving researchers new evidence of trade and travel between the two lands during the biblical era.

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  Jul 29, 2026

  Christian leaders skeptical as Iraqi PM calls on Christians to return home after genocide

  Christian religious leaders in Iraq responded with skepticism after Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi urged Christians living overseas to move back home, saying his government has not tackled the problems that pushed them out in the first place.

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  Jul 29, 2026

  Christians in Bengal plan rallies against rising attacks by Hindu nationalists

  The Christian community in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal is planning rallies and conventions after a string of attacks following the recent formation of a new Hindu nationalist government.

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  Jul 27, 2026

  Christian ministries in India threatened by new bill; religious freedom advocates speak out

  A bill advancing through India’s Parliament would tighten restrictions on foreign funding for faith-based organizations, including media outlets, food ministries, schools, clinics, hospitals and churches serving Christian communities. Religious freedom advocates are pressing lawmakers to reject it.

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  Jul 27, 2026

  Berlin pride crowd attacker tried to join ISIS in Syria, authorities say

  A driver rammed a van into revelers at Berlin’s pride festival Saturday, then got out and stabbed people with a machete, violence German officials called Islamic terrorism. One woman was killed and 29 others were injured.

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  Jul 26, 2026

  US condemns brutal murder of pastor’s family in Nigeria who warned ‘fear has become a way of life’

  The United States has condemned the recent killing of nine relatives of Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, a Nigerian pastor whose earlier appeal had warned that “fear has become a way of life” in the country’s Middle Belt.

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  Jul 25, 2026

  Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen files appeal after conviction for quoting the Bible

  Päivi Räsänen, a Finnish member of parliament and former interior minister, filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights this week following her March conviction for expressing Christian beliefs about marriage and sexual ethics in a 2004 church booklet.

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  Jul 21, 2026

  Vietnam penalized 119 Christians accused of alleged separatist activities: reports

  Vietnamese authorities have said that 119 Christians in Gia Lai province, in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, faced “enforcement action” in the first half of 2026 over alleged ties to groups that press for self-determination for religious and ethnic minorities.

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  Jul 20, 2026

  Churches continue to grow in the face of persecution across the globe: report

  Christian congregations are expanding in some of the world’s most hostile countries even as an estimated 380 million believers face persecution each year for their faith, according to a report from the U.S.-based persecution watchdog International Christian Concern.