Pope Francis flew back to Rome on Monday after completing an epic five-day visit to the Philippines where he made history by drawing nearly 7 million people in his closing Mass amid stormy weather in Manila. It was the "largest event of the history of the Popes," according to Vatican spokesman ...
The dispute between Lebanon and Israel has spilled over to the Miss Universe beauty pageant, which will be held on Jan. 25 in Miami. Miss Lebanon Saly Greige was severely criticized in her home country when a selfie photo of her and Miss Israel Doron Matalon was posted on social media, creating a ...
Greek authorities have taken several people into custody over alleged links to a suspected jihadist terror plot targeting the Belgian police, BBC News reported.
Japan vowed on Saturday to give $200 million in non-military aid to countries fighting against the Islamic State (ISIS), with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saying the world will suffer an "immeasurable" loss if terrorism in the region is not halted.
Twenty years after a devastating earthquake killed and injured thousands and flattened buildings and houses in Kobe, Japan, survivors painfully remember the tragedy.
Five foreigners and one local woman convicted for drug-related crimes have been put to death in Indonesia through a firing squad as one of the remaining two of the so-called "Bali Nine" awaits clemency from President Joko Widodo.
The International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) has opened a preliminary examination of the situation in Palestine even as Israel and the U.S. expressed their disagreement.
At least 10 people have been killed in Niger in the two days of violent protests over Charlie Hebdo's latest caricature featuring the Prophet Muhammad.
Four detained student leaders who led the recent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong were released without charge on Friday after participating with the ongoing police investigation on the mass demonstrations that paralyzed the financial district last year.
Indonesia executed by firing squad on Sunday, Jan. 18, six drug convicts – one Indonesian and five foreigners – whose death sentences had been confirmed by the courts and whose petitions for clemency had been rejected by President Joko Widodo.
A Malaysian man believed to be the leader of an Islamic State (ISIS) terror cell in Australia has been deported to his home country on Wednesday after he was arrested last month.
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.