• Taliban Renews Threats to Kill Hostages; Warns of More Kidnappings

  The Taliban issued fresh threats to kill the remaining Korean Christian hostages and warned that the insurgents intend to continue to kidnap foreigners in Afghanistan.

• Hostage Families Visit Mosque to Plea for Help

  The families of the 21 remaining South Korean Christians held by the Taliban in Afghanistan visited an Islamic mosque in Seoul Saturday to plea to Muslims for help in the release of the hostages.

  

• America's Pro-Gay Culture and Its Effects on Iraqi Christians

  Debates over Iraq and whether the United States should immediately pullout or should have even gone in the first place have raged on for years. Yet Christian leaders are increasingly calling attention to the too-often overlooked Iraqi people.

• S. Asia Monsoon Kills Over 1000, Displaces 19 Million

  The heaviest monsoon rain said to hit South Asia in over three decades has killed over 1,000 people and driven some 19 million locals from their flooded homes.

  

• Hostage Families May Head to U.S. to Plea for Help

  Options are running out for the group of 21 remaining Korean Christian hostages - who have entered their third week of captivity. Negotiations are stalled and Afghanistan has publicly refused to submit to the Taliban’s main demand – the release of rebel prisoners in exchange for the captives.