To curb "violent and terrorist activities," China further tightened its grip on its Muslim-majority Xinjiang region last year, almost doubling the number of arrests authorities made the previous year amid the continuing ethnic tensions between Uighurs and Han Chinese, state-run China Daily has ...
Hamas has reportedly called on the Lebanese Hezbollah to unite with the group in fighting Israel.
Nigeria's national security adviser has called his own country's soldiers as "cowards" after they failed to protect civilians from Boko Haram extremists, denying suggestions that soldiers were not properly equipped to fight.
The two top government leaders in Yemen resigned this week following an ongoing stand-off with Shia Houthi rebels.
American and Cuban officials remained deeply at odds over the exodus of Cubans to the United States during the first day of high-level talks in Havana on Wednesday.
After days of political turmoil and talks of a coup d' etat in Sana'a, Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi agreed on Wednesday to enter into a tentative deal with Houthi rebels who called off their offensive, ending a siege of the President's official residence.
Israeli officials are reporting that seven people were stabbed on a Tel Aviv bus during Wednesday morning rush hour before the Palestinian suspect was shot by local police.
The Islamic State released a video on Tuesday, showing two Japanese hostages whom it threatened to behead unless the Japanese government pays a $200-million ransom by Friday.
Pope Francis is not afraid of China. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church made this clarification during a mid-air news conference aboard the plane carrying him from Manila on the way back to Rome on Monday.
The United Nations expressed grave concern over the deteriorating political and security situation in Yemen on Tuesday following the advances made by Houthi rebels in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a.
Pope Francis is advising Catholics that they should be responsible parents in having children and not to breed "like rabbits."
LANCASTER, Pa. — Four years in the making, the production “David” opened at Sight & Sound Theatres this year and explores the journey of an unassuming shepherd boy who became a king.
The Presbyterian Church in America has voted to leave the National Association of Evangelicals due to the ...
Secular intolerance has a “chilling effect” on Christians who are having to practice “various forms of self-censorship” as they're finding it difficult to express their faith freely in society, according to a new report detailing accounts from four countries.
Gunmen suspected to be Islamic Fulani herdsmen barged into a Catholic Church in southwestern Nigeria, opened fire and detonated explosives while the congregation was celebrating Mass on Pentecost Sunday, killing at least 50 worshipers, including women and children. It's feared that some Christians were also abducted after the attack.
For more than 1,500 days, Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu has been held captive by the Boko Haram terrorist group as Christians continue to be the target of attacks in the West African nation.