The 200 girls rescued by the Nigerian military from a Boko Haram stronghold on Tuesday are not the same girls kidnapped by the terrorist group in Chibok last year, a spokesperson said.
Nigeria\'s government on Tuesday claimed that it had rescued nearly 300 women and girls from a Boko Haram stronghold in the country\'s northeast Borno State.
The United Nations announced this week that 1.4 million people are in need of food following the massive 7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday.
Pope Francis has led thousands of people in prayer on Sunday for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal and asked for aid for the survivors.
The death toll following this weekend\'s severe earthquake in Nepal has risen to beyond 4,000 as aid workers scramble to find survivors and provide assistance.
Three Americans were among the thousands killed when a massive earthquake on Saturday triggered an avalanche near the Nepal's Mount Everest base camp.
At least 940,000 children in areas struck by the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal are "in urgent need of humanitarian assistance," according to UNICEF.
Three people are in the custody of the French police after they were suspected of being the accomplices of an Algerian man, who is the prime suspect in a plan to attack a church.
Ten people were arrested Friday by Italian police on suspicion on planning to target the Vatican and launch attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, prosecutors said.
Following reports that the leader of the Islamic State terror group had been seriously wounded in a recent U.S.-led airstrike, sources close to the terror group claim a replacement has been found to take over the leader\'s duties.
One day after President Barack Obama revealed the accidental drone death of Al Qaeda hostage Warren Weinstein, details emerge regarding the mysterious letter sent by the terrorist group to the hostage\'s family.
National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School may continue pursuing plans to become the nation’s first religious charter school while its legal challenge to an Oklahoma law moves forward, a federal judge ruled. According to Baptist Press, the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation is challenging provisions of the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act that bar religious organizations from operating publicly funded charter schools because of their religious character.
Former President Joe Biden received an award from Planned Parenthood of Delaware on Thursday and used his remarks to defend his abortion-rights record while encouraging supporters to continue their efforts. Biden spoke at Planned Parenthood of Delaware’s 22nd Annual Chocolate & Champagne Gala in Claymont, where former first lady Jill Biden presented him with the Sonia Schorr Sloan Service Award.
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.