Somali militants vowed on Saturday to wage a long war against Kenya and run its cities "red with blood" after the group's fighters killed nearly 150 people during an assault on a Kenyan university.
The United States has strongly condemned an attack by gunmen from the Islamist militant group al Shabaab on a Kenyan university campus and said it was offering Nairobi assistance to take on the group that has links to al Qaeda, the White House said in a statement.
Militant gunmen reportedly stormed a university in eastern Kenya on Thursday, taking hostages and reportedly targeting Christians. The government reports that 15 were killed in the attack.
The co-pilot responsible for allegedly flying a Germanwings flight into the French Alps last week reportedly researched information on cockpit doors and suicide, prosecutors investigating the case announced Thursday.
A militant group claiming to be affiliated with the Islamic State has taken responsibility for the recent Tunisia museum attack that left 22 dead.
A picture of a little girl from Syria posing as if she is surrendering to a photojournalist has gone viral. The four-year-old girl, named Hudea, appeared to have thought that the camera used by the photojournalist was a weapon, according to Buzzfeed.
South Korea formally charged a suspect this week with attempted murder after he attacked U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert at an event in Seoul last month.
The prosecution leading the investigation in the downing of Germanwings Flight 9525 has denied claims from some media outlets that suggest cell phone footage was taken from inside the plane before it crashed in the French Alps early last week.
Coptic Christians in the village of Al Our, Egypt, were attacked by Muslims over a church being constructed to honor those who were beheaded by the militant ISIS group in Libya last month.
A five-day-old girl born in India\'s Uttar Pradesh region is reportedly being worshipped as a Hindu god for being born with a facial protrusion that represents an elephant\'s trunk.
A Thai man was sentenced to 25 years in prison this week for allegedly posting photos on Facebook that insulted the country\'s monarchy.
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.