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.
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.