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."
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.