• Christian Author Diagnosed with Brain Tumor Confesses Family Is Going Through ‘Momentous Trial’

  Christian author N.D. Wilson (Nathan David Wilson) was recently diagnosed with brain tumor and said his family is going through a difficult phase in their lives.

  

• Saeed Abedini Recounts Torture in Iranian Hospital: ‘They Beat Me in Front of My Mom’

  Pastor Saeed Abedini said that when he was still detained in Iran, he was taken out of prison and brought to Day Hospital in Tehran to be tortured while his mother watched. “They attack me and they grabbed me and they throw me to their car like a lamb,” he recounted, “and when hospital nurses came to help me they punched them to their chest and throw them to the wall.”

  

• Ahok Leads Polls Ahead of Jakarta Runoff Election

  Jakarta’s Christian governor Ahok, or Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, led the polls by a slim margin a few days ahead of the runoff election. Experts say it's difficult to predict who will win.

  

• Gay Lifestyle Drug Gets Approved in Scotland

  The Scottish Medicine Consortium gave its approval for the use of the controversial gay lifestye drug, making Scotland the first in the U.K. to legally allow its use.

  

• Pakistani Mob Shouting 'Allahu Akbar' Beat Student to Death Over Alleged Blasphemy

  An angry mob of Pakistani students shouting “Allahu Akbar” beat a fellow student to death on campus Thursday for alleged blasphemy against Islam. The student was reportedly stripped of his clothes and beaten with wooden planks until his skull collapsed.