U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for a revamp in how the National Health Service (N.H.S.) handles suicides, urging hospitals to adopt a successful approach in Detroit in a mission to end such.
Mali's minister of health has announced that the country is now free of Ebola, as 42 days have passed since its last patient tested negative for the deadly virus.
An organizer of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West (PEGIDA) has denied that the group is "xenophobic" after its rally in Dresden was cancelled earlier this week following threats against its main organizer, Deutsche Welle reported.
The Islamic State terror organization has released a threatening video that warns two Japanese hostages may be executed if demands of the terror group are not met.
The United States announced Tuesday that two Yemeni nationals have been arrested with an alleged plot to murder Americans abroad.
A man died after playing computer games for three straight days in an Internet cafe in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, recently. The 32-year-old man, identified only by his surname Hsieh, was found by a cafe attendant lifeless and assumed he was just sleeping, according to the Taipei Times.
The level of national terrorism threat for all police officers in Australia has been raised from "medium" to "high" for the danger they face as first responders, the country's domestic security agency announced on Tuesday.
Pope Francis has spoken out on the use of birth control in the Phillipines, saying that Catholics must avoid the controversial drug while still practicing "responsible parenthood" and natural family planning methods.
The Islamic State terror group recently released 200 Yazidi hostages that it had been holding for several months in Iraq.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed disagreement with Pope Francis over the latter's comment that free speech has limits and his warning against provocation of religions.The Pope told reporters in a news conference aboard a plane bound for Manila from Colombo last week that freedom ...
A recent poll taken in France indicates a slim majority of French citizens believe newspapers should be able to publish cartoons that are offensive to religion.
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.