U.S. President Barack Obama warned Monday that the country of Venezuela poses a national security threat to the U.S. while setting sanctions on seven officials from the Latin American country.
Nigeria\'s Boko Haram terrorist group pledged allegiance to the Syrian-based Islamic State over the weekend, making it one of the most recent groups to offer its support to the Middle Eastern terrorist organization.
An American missionary who was kidnapped in Nigeria last month has been released
Iraqi forces successfully pushed Islamic State militants from their terrorist stronghold near a U.S. military base in Iraq on Friday, officials reported.
A new counterterrorism law proposal in China is drawing criticism from the U.S. government, human rights groups and western tech companies, who argue that the law uses terrorism as an excuse to impose tougher security measures on foreign businesses.
Thousands of protesters reportedly stormed a prison in India's remote Nagaland state on Thursday evening, forcibly removing a rape suspect and severely beating him before nearly lynching him in town.
U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert, who was injured in a knife attack in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, has tweeted that he is in "good spirits" following the violent incident.
A U.S. Ambassador was injured in South Korea on Thursday when an attacker slashed him with a 10-inch blade in the face and wrist while claiming that North Korea and South Korea should be reunited.
The father of Londoner Mohammed Emwazi, suspected of being the Islamic State militant \"Jihadi John,\" has said there is no proof that his son is the same man who has appeared in several videos created by the terrorist organization, beheading people.
The U.S. and Iran have resumed talks Wednesday over Iran\'s nuclear program shortly after Israel\'s Prime Minister encouraged Congress and the Obama administration not to trust Iran.
Archaeologists recently claimed that a house in Nazareth in Israel was where Jesus was raised by Mary and Joseph.
Chinese authorities have detained multiple pastors and church workers from Beijing Jiaquan Church, an independent house church that has operated in the capital for more than two decades. ChinaAid founder and President Bob Fu said his organization is “urgently concerned for the safety, health and legal rights of every Jiaquan pastor and church co-worker who has been taken away.”
A planned church in East Java Province in Indonesia is facing renewed opposition from Muslim residents who argue that an address discrepancy in permit documents should halt construction. Residents in the Dukuh Kukun area of Babat Jerawat Urban Village, Pakal District, Surabaya, say the address listed on the official permit does not match the church site in the CitraLand housing complex.
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.