Four dead, eight injured in US Mormon church shooting

A man who crashed his vehicle through the front doors of a Mormon church in Michigan opened fire with an assault rifle and set the church ablaze, killing at least four people and wounding at least eight others before dying in a shootout with police, officials said.

Under ‘immense pressure’, Israeli PM Netanyahu admits church in Gaza hit by shell fire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put out a statement after the military’s deadly attack on the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli police with weapons enter French-owned church compound in Jerusalem

Israeli police entered the French-owned Eleona church compound in Jerusalem, on Thursday, briefly detaining two gendarmes and prompting French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot to abandon a scheduled visit, an AFP journalist reported.

Israeli armed forces destroy Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza, there are wounded

The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrios in the Gaza Strip was destroyed by Israeli bombing, and there were casualties, Greek public television ERT reported, citing the Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip.

At least 11 dead, 41 injured in Indonesia church attacks

At least 11 people, including a suicide bomber, were killed, and 41 were injured on Sunday in bomb attacks on three churches in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, the police said.

FBI Warns of Possible Threat to Holiday Gathering Sites

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning local law enforcement agencies across the United States that Islamic State militants are calling for attacks on churches and other sites where holiday crowds might gather.

Identity of Cairo suicide bomber revealed

Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, has revealed the identity of the suicide bomber who blew himself up inside a church during Sunday mass in Cairo.

At least 25 killed in Cairo cathedral explosion

Egyptian state television has reported that 25 people, mostly women, have been killed in an explosion near Cairo's Coptic cathedral.