By Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent Nate "Oteka" Henn was aming those killed in the blasts, his group said Monday, July 12. KAMPALA, UGANDA (Worthy News)-- Bomb attacks killed at least 64 people, including an American aid worker, and injured several American Christians among others at two sites in Uganda's capital, Kampala, where people gathered to watch the World Cup, Worthy News established early Monday, July 12. The attacks at a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant were believed to have been ... Read More

By Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief Workers preparing the 'Pillar of Shame' in Berlin, a monument of over 16,000 shoes representing Srebrenica victims in a protest against the U.N.'s perceived failure to protect the enclave.SREBRENICA/BUDAPEST (Worthy News)-- Tens of thousands of people have commemorated the 15th anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since World War II in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. Survivors have expressed frustration over the United Nation's perceived failure to prevent the killing of more than 8,000 Muslims ... Read More

 By Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief  SREBRENICA/BUDAPEST (Worthy News)-- Preparations were underway Saturday, July 10, for the 15th anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since World War II. On July 11, 1995 the killing began of about 8,000 Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica during the Balkan conflict that broke up Yugoslavia. Activists of the group Women in Black creating a memorial to the over 8,000 Muslim men and boys who are believed to have been killed in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. Old ... Read More

By Worthy News Americas Service HAVANA, CUBA (Worthy News)-- Cuba will release 52 political prisoners as part of the communist-run Caribbean island's largest release of dissidents since Pope John Paul II visited in 1998, the Cuban Catholic Church said comments monitored by Worthy News Thursday, July 8. The church said five of the prisoners would be freed by Thursday, July 8, and allowed to go to Spain, while the remaining 47 would be released over the next few months and permitted to leave if ... Read More

By Worthy News Africa Service ABUJA, NIGERIA (Worthy News)-- Christians in two states of Nigeria were mourning Wednesday, July 7, the killings of at least eight Christian believers, after Muslim militants reportedly attacked several villages. "On the night of July 3, several Muslims attacked Kizachi village in Kaduna State and killed five Christians, including a primary school teacher and mother of six children. The Muslims also burned down five Christian homes," said International Christian Concern (ICC), a well-informed advocacy group. ICC quoted Nigerian sources as ... Read More

By Worthy News Africa Service NIAMEY, NIGER (Worthy News)-- Christians in this vast, drought-prone country on the edge of the Sahara desert, were among those facing starvation Tuesday, July 6, after aid groups described the food situation in Niger as "extremely desperate". Save the Children warned that up to 380,000 children under five are at risk of death by starvation. Christian aid and advocacy group Barnabas Fund told Worthy News and its news partner BosNewsLife that Christians are "particularly vulnerable during this time of ... Read More

By Worthy News Asia Service with reporting by Worthy News' Johan Th. Bos in the Netherlands and Stefan J. Bos at Worthy News Europe Bureau in Budapest AMSTERDAM/JAKARTA (Worthy News)-- The Dutch far right Party for Freedom (PVV) says the Netherlands should demand that Indonesia improves protection of Christians amid reports that hard-line Muslims prepare for a religious war with that country's Christian minority. In a petition, PVV-leader Geert Wilders and party representative Raymond de Roon ask the government to summon the ambassador of ... Read More

By George Whitten, Worthy News Jerusalem Bureau Chief JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (Worthy News) -- The son of a founder of the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas, who became a Christian and spied for Israel, will be granted political asylum in the United States as the Department of Homeland Security dropped its objections, Worthy News learned late Wednesday, June 30. Judge Rico Bartolemei ruled that Masab Hassan Yousef, 32, will be granted political asylum August 26 after he is fingerprinted and passes a routine background check. His attorney, Steven Seick welcomed the decision. "For 10 years, ... Read More