The ASSIST NEWS SERVICE (ANS) provides a wide variety of national and international stories that goes to 2,600 media around the world. The news service is headed by veteran journalist Dan Wooding and has a string of experienced journalists and writers that include Michael Ireland, Mark Ellis, Jeremy Reynalds, Elizabeth Kendal, Rolland Baker, Bill Ellis, Maurice Rowlandson, Gordon Bailey, Herbert Eze, and many others.
Two Pakistani Christians accused of desecrating Quran
A Pakistani Christian man and his daughter have been arrested by the police after they were accused of desecrating the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in Gojra, a famous village of Tehsil Jhumra in district Faisalabad in Punjab province in Pakistan.
Billy Graham Returns Home Following Hospital Observation
Evangelist Billy Graham has returned to his mountain home in Montreat, N.C. upon his release this afternoon (Saturday, October 11) from Mission Hospital in nearby Asheville following a brief stay...
Pastor in Pakistan Suffers Police Attacks, Death Threats
A Pakistani pastor and his family in Punjab province have been living in fear for months after death threats from a murder suspect and repeated attacks on their house by police squads.
Evidence Concocted against Christians in Murder of Hindu Leader
After police in the eastern state of Orissa confirmed this week that Maoists killed Hindu nationalist leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, a Hindu extremist group circulated allegedly forged documents in an attempt to implicate a local church...
Pakistan 2005 quake tragedy commemorated
Commemorating the devestating 2005 earthquake tragedy on October 8, 2005, the people of Pakistan expressed solidarity with the survivors of the horrendous earthquake that killed some 80,000 people and rendered another 3.5 million people homeless.
No Experience Needed, Inspiration Mandatory for $50,000 Kairos Prize
While Hollywood often recycles the same scripts year after year and the television industry struggles with falling ratings on its heavily laden reality slates, the Kairos Prize, sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation...
Welsh Bishop chosen after secret ballot
After two-and-a-half days locked in a cathedral, members of the Church in Wales have named their choice for the next Bishop of Bangor, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports.
