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Jime Kawasi, right, recovers following an attack in Chhattisgarsh, India where her husband, Kosa, was killed. Witnesses said Kosa was targeted for his Christian faith and recent conversion. Photo Courtesy of Global Christian Relief.

Brutal murder of 22-year-old latest incident in escalation of violence against Christians in India

By Peter Lawson and Global Christian Relief – Higher Ground Partner

Muslims offer prayers at a mosque in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 11, 2024. In the mid-1980s, Muslims accounted for 11% of India's population, and had 9% of seats in Parliament; today they are 14% of the population and control about 4.6% of Parliament. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s Parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows

By SHeikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Women stand in a queue to cast their votes during the fourth phase of general election, on the outskirts of Samastipur, in the Indian state of Bihar, Monday, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s mammoth election is more than halfway done as millions begin voting in fourth round

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

Dark clouds hang over during a pre-monsoon thunderstorm accompanied by strong winds and rain in Mumbai, India, Monday, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Collapsing billboard kills 3 and hurts 59 in heavy rains in Mumbai. Scores might be trapped

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Members of British Columbia's Sikh community gather in front of the courthouse in Surrey, British Columbia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Three men accused of murdering temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar made their first court appearance by video. (Chuck Chiang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian police announce the arrest of a fourth Indian suspect in the killing of a Sikh activist

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Buddhists monks clean Buddha statues ahead of the upcoming birthday of Buddha on May 15, at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Buddha’s birthday: When is it and how is it celebrated in different countries?

By Deepa Bharath - Associated Press

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. India has urged pro-China Maldives to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship. The foreign ministers of India and Maldives met in New Delhi on Thursday, a day ahead of a deadline set by the Maldives’ new president for India to withdraw dozens of its soldiers from the archipelago nation. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

India urges pro-China Maldives to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, shows the indelible ink mark on his index finger after casting his vote during the third phase of general elections, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India votes in third phase of national elections as Modi escalates his rhetoric against Muslims

By Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

A banner that shows the late Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar is displayed outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, Sept. 18, 2023, where he was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot. Canadian police said Friday, May 3, 2024, that they have made three arrests in the June slaying. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Canadian police make 3 arrests in Sikh separatist’s slaying that sparked a spat with India

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A banner that shows the late Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar is displayed outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, Sept. 18, 2023, where he was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot. Canadian police said Friday, May 3, 2024, that they have made three arrests in the June slaying. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Police in Canada make 3 arrests in Sikh separatist’s slaying that sparked a spat with India

By Rob Gillies and Jim Morris - Associated Press

President Joe Biden walks to Marine One for departure from the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Washington. Biden is headed to Delaware. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Joe Biden calls Japan and India ‘xenophobic’ nations that do not welcome immigrants

By Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

This image released by A24 shows a scene from "Civil War." (A24 via AP)

A closer look at the novel ‘2034’ and the film ‘Civil War’

By Michael McKenna

Hindu devotees get off from a bus and walk toward a mud volcano, to start Hindu pilgrims religious rituals for an annual festival in an ancient cave temple of Hinglaj Mata in Hinglaj in Lasbela district in the Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Friday, April 26, 2024. More than 100,000 Hindus are expected to climb mud volcanoes and steep rocks in southwestern Pakistan as part of a three-day pilgrimage to one of the faith's holiest sites. (AP Photo/Junaid Ahmed)

A Hindu festival in southwestern Pakistan brings a mountainous region to life

By Adil Jawad and Riazat Butt - Associated Press

A man loads Electronic Voting Machines and other election material on to a truck for distribution on the eve of the first round of voting in the six-week-long national election in Chennai, India, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Ferrying voting machines to mountains and tropical areas in Indian elections is a Herculean task

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda speak during an event organized to release their party's manifesto for the upcoming national parliamentary elections in New Delhi, India, April 14, 2024. India's main opposition party is accusing Modi of hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators" and used some of his most incendiary rhetoric to date about the minority faith. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Modi accused of hate speech for calling Muslims ‘infiltrators’ at a rally days into India’s election

By Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Male, India, Sunday, April 21, 2024. Maldivians are voting in parliamentary elections, in a ballot crucial for President Mohamed Muizzu, whose policies are keenly watched by India and China as they vie for influence in the archipelago nation. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sharuhaan)

Voting begins for Maldives Parliament, watched by India and China vying for control of Indian Ocean

By Mohamed Sharuhan - Associated Press

Women wait to cast their votes during the first round of polling of India's national election in Chennai, southern Tamil Nadu state, Friday, April 19, 2024. Nearly 970 million voters will elect 543 members for the lower house of Parliament for five years, during staggered elections that will run until June 1. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indians vote in the first phase of the world’s largest election as Modi seeks a third term

By Ashok Sharma and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

A woman shows voting slip before she casts her vote during the first round of voting of India's national election in Behror, Rajasthan state, India, Friday, April 19, 2024. Nearly 970 million voters will elect 543 members for the lower house of Parliament for five years, during staggered elections that will run until June 1. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Elections kick off in India, world’s largest democracy

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second right, releases his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for the upcoming national parliamentary elections in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Standing from L to R with him are BJP's senior leaders Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Party President JP Nadda. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s Modi vows to boost social spending, make country into a manufacturing hub ahead of election

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press