U.S. President Barack Obama spoke out on the purported beheading of American journalist James Foley by Islamic State militants, saying \"no just god\' would allow such a brutal killing to take place.
A massive landslide caused by heavy rains struck Japan\'s western city of Hiroshima on Wednesday, killing at least 36, local police report.
As questions continue to swirl around the purported execution of American journalist James Foley by Islamic State militants, the United Kingdom has suggested that one of the militants in the gruesome execution video was from Great Britain.
A Bible translation group has announced its decision to translate the Christian Bible into eight indigenous languages in Uganda.
Pope Francis is reportedly \"deeply grieved\" after learning that three of his relatives were killed in an early morning car crash in Argentina on Monday.
The Islamic State militant group sent a threatening and ominous message to Americans on Monday, threatening to drown westerners \"in blood\" if U.S. airstrikes kill militants in Iraq.
A convoy carrying dozens of Ukrainian citizens, including women and children, was struck by rocket fire Monday while traveling through the eastern city of Luhansk.
A quarantine clinic for Ebola was attacked in Monrovia, Liberia over the weekend, reportedly by weapon-wielding residents who want to eradicate the diseased from their community.
The World Health Organization announced Thursday that the numbers of those stricken with Ebola in West Africa may cause the international community to \"vastly underestimate\" the current health crisis at hand, adding that the West African countries should be prepared to deal with the Ebola outbreak for months onward.
The wife of imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini has spoken out regarding recent reports that her husband is being threatened in prison by Islamic State militants, saying: \"I fear for his life.\"
Witnesses in northeast Nigeria are claiming that the Boko Haram terrorist group has allegedly kidnapped nearly 100 boys and men. This latest crime comes four months after the group kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls, also from the northeastern region of the country.
Religious freedom advocates told a gathering in Texas that armed conflict and state surveillance are undermining the methods Christians have used to defend persecuted believers. They said a divided global church is poorly placed to respond.
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.