The Islamic State recently released a propaganda video vowing to attack the United States with another terrorist attack that mirrors the catastrophic September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.
Russia this week lifted a ban on supplying advanced S-300 missile systems to Iran after the Middle Eastern country lifted an interim deal with world powers regarding its nuclear production program.
A 64-year-old Japanese man, who served as junior high school principal, was arrested Wednesday by authorities in Japan for filming sex acts with minors and producing child porn.
The mother of recently convicted 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said that the U.S. will \"pay\" after a jury found her son guilty of all 30 counts related to the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.
Indonesian authorities freed 550 fisherman slaves in the island village of Benjina after a report revealed they had been forced to fish for seafood that was then sold in major food markets around the world, including the U.S.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria calls on women to be a part of its fledging caliphate as a way to attract women into its ranks, according to an academic from King's College London.
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.