Cuba has released some of the 53 people the United States regards as political prisoners after relations between the two countries thawed after half a century, the US State Department said on Tuesday.
Nepal has joined several countries that recognize the third gender, announcing the issuance of passports to sexual minorities by adding a third gender category.
Syrians have become the largest refugee population with more than 3 million or about 23 percent of people escaping war in their home countries all over the world, the United Nations said.
Myanmar's first Catholic cardinal has warned against religious extremism, saying it can hinder the reform process in the Buddhist-majority nation.
The European Union and the United States have opposed Israel's move to halt the monthly transfer of revenues to Palestinians following the latter's bid to join the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.).
The US has removed travelers from Mali from the list of those required to undergo enhanced airport screening due to Ebola
Two United States carriers have formally launched their bids in the nick of time for control of a crucial slot in Tokyo's Haneda Airport from the hands of Delta Air Lines, according to a Reuters report on Monday.
The U.S. State Department warned Americans on Monday against traveling to eastern Ukraine amid the continuing conflict between Ukranian forces and Russia-backed separatists.
Around 18,000 people joined anti-immigration rallies in Dresden, Germany, on Monday despite appeals by Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders for Germans to stay away from such protests.
As scientists and pharmaceutical companies around the world continue the race to develop the first approved Ebola vaccine, Johnson & Johnson announced this week that it is beginning clinical trials for its vaccine.
As the search for fragments of the missing AirAsia 8501 flight continues, an expert is suggesting that the commercial airliner was horizontal when it crashed into the Java Sea over two weeks ago.
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.