U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in Baghdad on Saturday to meet with Iraqi Prime Minster Haider al-Abadi and assess the campaign in Mosul.

A woman who was incarcerated at a North Korean prison camp has revealed that people living under the regime are taught to hate Christians and told that Christians kill people in order to sell their victims' blood.

Pakistani authorities have ordered the closure of house churches in the city of Bahawalpur in southern Punjab after Muslims complained that they were disturbed by the prayers of Christians.

Israeli archaeologists have discovered the site where the Romans breached walls to capture Jerusalem and destroy the Second Temple almost 2,000 years ago.

Over 500 churches across the world have been ringing their bells at 5 p.m. daily to protest the brutal siege in the Syrian city of Aleppo and demand an end to the ongoing killings of civilians.

As an Iraqi-led coalition fights to free Mosul from ISIS, many displaced Christians are hopeful they can return home soon. But some are not eager to go back, fearing that they would not have a home to return to.

Two members of a Protestant house church in southern China are currently on trial for spying while another is being tried for "illegal business activities" as part of an ongoing crackdown on unofficial churches.

Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese has announced that his the long awaited film "Silence" will be released in theaters on Dec. 23.

Christian advocacy group Open Doors U.K. reported that more than 80 percent of Christians have fled Iraq since the war broke out in 2003. In Syria, about half of the Christians have left the country since 2010.

Turkish authorities recently detained an American pastor for his alleged missionary activities.

Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front (FN), said that she will ban all religious symbols in all public places in France if she is elected president next year.