U.S. President Barack Obama is preparing to deliver an important speech regarding the Iran nuclear deal on Wednesday, with the White House saying the president is going to compare the congressional vote on the deal to the vote to begin the Iraq War.
The head of an archaeological excavation in Israel has reported the recent finding of a major biblical city that was considered a metropolis at its time in the ninth century B.C.
Israeli police have reported that a Christian tourist was attacked by Muslims this week when he attempted to raise the Israeli flag at Jerusalem\'s Temple Mount.
The World Health Organization announced this week that an Ebola vaccine has had a 100 percent success rate when tested in Guinea.
A watchdog group has recently warned that the Islamic State terrorist group is quickly advancing in Afghanistan, an issue that could further slow peace talks between the Afghani government and the Taliban.
The speculation of possible debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues Thursday after a piece of luggage washed up on the French island of La Reunion, near where a fragment of an aircraft wing washed up days earlier.
The White House has confirmed reports from the Afghani government that well-known Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar died two years ago.
Israel's Transport Minister has spoken out in regard to recent comments made by GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee regarding the recent U.S.-Iran nuclear deal, saying that although he believes the politician is "genuinely concerned" about the wellbeing of the Israeli people, he should not have ...
Turkey began its first round of airstrikes against the Islamic State on Syrian soil this week, with Turkish leaders vowing a more aggressive approach to defeating the terrorist organization.
A recent poll indicates that Pope Francis\' approval rating in the United States has dropped down to 59 percent, almost 20 percent lower than his approval rating in 2014.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said this week that recent comments by a top Iranian religious leader regarding the recent nuclear arms deal reached between world powers and the Middle Eastern country prove \"very troubling.\"
A bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators called on President Donald Trump to raise China’s persecution of Christian pastors and other religious minorities during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington this week. Led by Sens. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., the lawmakers thanked Trump for diplomatic pressure they said helped secure the July 3 release of Beijing Zion Church founder Ezra Jin after 266 days in detention.
Asbury Theological Seminary plans to leave the federal student loan program and stop processing Title IV loans beginning in May 2027. Title IV governs federal student aid under the Higher Education Act. The Kentucky seminary said the move reflects a desire to reduce student debt and concerns that a future administration hostile to its beliefs could use federal funding as leverage against the school.
Algerian special forces raided a Christian worship gathering at a humanitarian shelter on Sept. 4, detaining all 12 people present on suspicion of holding an unauthorized non-Muslim religious service. Police entered the site and transferred the 12 detained Christians to the Bethioua police station.
Nearly 100 students have been baptized during five periodic worship gatherings held at a Christian high school in Colorado after athletic competitions. Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch launched the 5th Quarter gatherings in fall 2024 and holds the student-focused worship and testimony events twice each academic year.
Two United Nations experts have called on Iran to explain the confiscation of St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and the eviction of Christian families from the property. Reports emerged in July that Iranian authorities had seized the church, described as the country’s oldest Protestant congregation, and removed Christian residents living on the site.