A senior Indian government official has said that the Catholic priest who was kidnapped by suspected Islamic militants ignored the advice not to go to Yemen.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has announced that he has set aside 100,000 Egyptian pounds to build the largest church in the country.

Bitcoin and PayPal have been used by Islamic militants in the Middle East to fund members and associates in Indonesia, the country's anti-money laundering agency claimed on Monday.

An Emirates flight from Muscat to Dubai was canceled on Sunday following the discovery of a snake in the plane's cargo hold.

A judge in Alberta, Canada, upheld the decision by the City of Grande Prairie to ban a pro-life banner from its buses because they might cause "psychological harm" to women who have obtained an abortion in the past.

A Christian shopkeeper was killed outside his store in Alexandria, Egypt last week for selling alcoholic beverages. The attacker reportedly yelled "Allahu akbar [Allah is the greatest]!" before cutting the shopkeeper's throat.

Bomb disposal experts trooped to an Israeli museum after a live 90-year-old grenade was discovered inside a cupboard on Thursday.

A cardinal has vowed to challenge the acquittal of two men who were accused of raping a 48-year-old nun at a nursing center run by missionaries in India in June 2015.

A Palestinian group calling itself The Martyr of Baha Alyan Collective has claimed responsibility for the attack that killed four Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Yang Hua, a pastor of Living Stone Church in China's Guizhou province, is seeking to appeal his case after a court sentenced him to 30 months' imprisonment for exposing documents that contained plans for the destruction of his church.

With the new year comes a new hope for medical breakthroughs. And thanks to billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, the international scientific community may soon discover an effective way to conquer HIV and AIDS.