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.
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) marked its 180th anniversary with online gatherings. Founded in London in 1846, the WEA represents more than 650 million evangelicals through nine regional alliances spanning 160 countries. Hundreds of participants from more than 20 countries joined two Zoom events on Sept. 23, scheduled at different times to accommodate multiple time zones.
A public forum titled “Seeking the Essence of the Church” was held on the 25th at Queens Central United Methodist ...
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.