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A Hungarian Methodist pastor who faces prison on what he views as trumped-up charges and a government crackdown on dissent told thousands of supporters in Budapest that he would remain faithful to his Christian mission.

More than 50 prominent Christian leaders are calling on President Trump to directly confront Syria’s new president about the ongoing persecution of religious minorities when the two leaders meet Monday at the White House, marking a historic first for U.S.-Syria relations.

A Christian widow in Pakistan’s Punjab province is devastated after her married daughter went missing, while elsewhere in the region, a mother of four and a mother of six have also disappeared following alleged abductions by Muslim men, Worthy News learned Saturday.

South Korea, long seen as the democratic opposite of its authoritarian-ruled northern neighbor, faces growing scrutiny for what critics call a widening crackdown on Christian leaders and churches.

Hungarian prosecutors have requested a two-year suspended prison sentence for Gábor Iványi, a 76-year-old Methodist pastor, once a close confidant of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and several opposition politicians, in a case widely viewed as politically charged.

Poland will mark the 17th annual Day of Solidarity with the Persecuted Church on Sunday, November 9, dedicating this year’s observance to Nigeria, where being a Christian often means risking one’s life.

Nigeria’s government rejected on Wednesday its designation by the United States as a “country of particular concern” over alleged religious freedom violations, saying the move was based on misinformation and faulty data — despite reports that Islamic fighters killed nine Christians and a pastor in the past week as part of a deadly campaign against Christians in the nation.

Concerns are mounting about the future of Indonesia’s predominantly Christian Papua region, where the army claims to have recaptured a village in deadly clashes with separatist rebels amid reports of civilian suffering and long-standing grievances over Jakarta’s rule.

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has indicated openness to meet U.S. President Donald J. Trump after Washington warned it is reviewing military options in response to continuing attacks on Christians in Nigeria, his office said Sunday.

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) say they have detained several of their own fighters following global outrage over this month’s alleged massacres in the besieged city of El Fasher, but church monitors and human-rights advocates warn that civilians — including Christians — remain in grave danger.

A sweeping new Barna report reveals a historic shift in American Christianity: for the first time in modern history, men are attending church more frequently than women. The change marks a dramatic reversal of decades-long patterns in which women consistently led in spiritual participation and church involvement.

A former underground Chinese house church pastor who now leads a U.S.-based advocacy group has urged U.S. President Donald J. Trump to raise the issue of reportedly persecuted Christians during his talks Thursday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, following a fresh crackdown on independent churches in the Communist-led nation.

In the weeks following the assassination of Christian political activist Charlie Kirk, Americans have turned to Scripture in record numbers — a striking indicator of renewed spiritual hunger across the nation.

Eight police officers in northern India’s Jammu and Kashmir region have been suspended “for their failure” to stop an attack on Christian missionaries by Hindu nationalists last week, according to Christian human-rights investigators.

A tense calm returned Tuesday to a rural area in southern Egypt’s Minya Province after sectarian violence broke out following online accusations that a young Christian man was in a relationship with a Muslim girl, several Christian sources told Worthy News.