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(Business Insider) Following yesterday afternoon's announcement that London would suddenly be put on lockdown, crowds of people made a last-minute attempt to escape the capital. Train stations were mobbed as desperate Londoners tried to flee Tier 4 restrictions. Those trying to leave the city had a deadline of midnight before the tougher restrictions came in. Trains out … [Read more...] about Chaotic Scenes as Londoners Try To Escape the City Before Midnight Lockdown. Police Deployed To Prevent Non-Essential Journeys.

(Al-Monitor) In 2009, Iran began a crackdown on its religious community that led to the arrest of Dabrina Bet Tamraz. The government eventually shuttered her family’s Assyrian Pentecostal church. Today, Evangelical and Protestant Christians in the country are largely restricted in worship, and the pressure to remain silent is only increasing. In 2014, the Tamraz home in … [Read more...] about Iran’s Christians Face Renewed Fears Ahead of Christmas

(Morning Star News) A 38-year-old mother of three in eastern Uganda had secretly put her faith in Christ for three months before her Muslim husband found two Bibles in her suitcase. On that day, Nov. 21, in Bugiri District’s Matovu village, Zubeda Nabirye’s husband asked her why she had the two Bibles, one in English and the other in their tribal language. Her husband, Umar … [Read more...] about Muslim in Uganda Forces Christian Wife to Drink Pesticide

(The Christian Post) Tens of thousands of house church pastors and evangelists across China have gone into hiding as the Communist Party prepares for what seems like a "final assault" on Christianity in an attempt to eradicate it from the country, according to missions group Asia Harvest.  In its final newsletter for 2020, Asia Harvest said pastors have disconnected from … [Read more...] about Thousands of Pastors Go Into Hiding Amid China’s Rising Persecution, Attempts to Eradicate Christianity

by Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Christians traveling on buses for Christmas holiday close to the border with Somalia have recently become targets of the Somalian militant group, al-Shabab. According to Christians in the region, traveling has become a risky endeavor, as the militants have seized buses on remote roads. Locals in the mostly Muslim communities in the … [Read more...] about Christmas Holiday Bus Attacks in Kenya Bring Condemnation From Christian and Muslim Leaders