Theresa May followed Margaret Thatcher as U.K.'s second woman Prime Minister after rival Andrea Leadsom withdrew from the race to succeed David Cameron in No. 10 Downing Street.
The grieving eldest daughter of the murdered pastor in Nigeria said perpetrators killed her mother like a chicken and just left her for dead.
The U.S. is wary of being perceived as a "Crusader Army" so it continues to ignore the plight of Middle Eastern Christians, said rights activist Nina Shea.
The U.S. and its allies continue to be the prime targets of Al Qaeda militant group, as revealed by Osama bin Laden's son, Hamza, in a recently released audio message.
It has been announced that Prime Minister David Cameron will resign on Wednesday, and Theresa May will officially be installed as the new British prime minister on that same day.
The United States is stepping up its military campaign against Islamic State (IS) by sending hundreds more troops to assist Iraqi forces in an expected push on Mosul, the militants' largest stronghold, later this year.
The United Reformed Church has voted to allow same-sex marriage in its churches, making it the first church in the UK to do so.
Counterterrorism expert Sebastian Gorka believes understanding the real meaning behind the Islamic State terrorist group's name is crucial as this translates to a jihadi end time's ideology.
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell urged U.K. to rethink Pakistani financial aid after the predominantly Muslim country made Quran compulsory in school curriculum amid rising Christian persecution.
An academic friend of detained Christian human rights lawyer Li Heping calls for his release as China marks one year since its nationwide political crackdown against rights defenders.
American whistleblower Edward Snowden calls it a "dark day for Russia" when Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law what Snowden also dubbed as the "Big Brother law".
The leaders of France's two main Protestant umbrella organizations have agreed to create a standing forum for dialogue and cooperation, following a two-day meeting both described as unprecedented. Delegations from the executive boards of the Protestant Federation of France, known by its French initials FPF, and the National Council of Evangelicals in France, or CNEF, met Sept. 3-4 at the Domaine du Lazaret in Sète.
Evangelicals in the United Kingdom are “younger, more ethnically diverse, and more likely to be male than the wider population,” according to a new report from the Evangelical Alliance UK. “Adults under 35 are the age group most likely to identify as Evangelical and to hold Evangelical beliefs,” the report reads. “Approximately a third of the most committed Evangelicals come from ethnically diverse backgrounds, while an estimated 60% of Evangelicals are male.”
President Donald Trump has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch to serve as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, a State Department position focused on promoting religious liberty abroad. The White House announced that the nomination of Jane Lynch, better known as Cissie Graham Lynch, had been sent to the Senate for consideration.
American Bible Society research suggests that Christians who are more active in their faith and Bible reading are less likely to struggle with forgiving themselves and others. Overall, 29% of respondents said “It is really hard for me to accept myself once I’ve messed up” was “true of me,” while 56% said it was “not true of me.”
The Archbishop of Canterbury has withdrawn an interfaith award given to Pakistani Muslim cleric Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi after past remarks praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced, raising questions in Pakistan about why he was recommended for the honor by Church of Pakistan’s Moderator Bishop Azad Marshall.