Nepali President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has approved a Criminal Code Bill that includes a provision that outlaws religious conversion and the "hurting of religious sentiment."

Marie Stopes International, one of the largest abortion providers in the U.K., has been accused of pressuring its staff to encourage women to abort their babies.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that Iranian militias, who helped defeat the Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq, should depart the country as the battle against the terrorist group comes to a close.

The Philippine House of Representatives has failed to renew the license of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to operate its radio network, prompting concerns that it may be an attempt to censor the Church.

Churches in Egypt have denounced the killing of at least 16 police officers who died in an ambush during a raid on a militant hideout in the southwest of Cairo on Friday.

A group of Muslims in Queensland, Australia has reportedly received terrorist-style threats after announcing plans to buy a church hall and turn it into an Islamic community center.

A family has reportedly discovered an ancient complex of underground stables while they were digging in their garden in the Galilean village of Eilabun, Israel.

Christians in Brazil are reportedly calling on the government to ban a controversial play that depicts Jesus Christ as a transgender woman.

Port authorities in Sudan have detained a shipment of Arabic Bibles for two years without providing an explanation, according to a representative of a Bible society.

The Azerbaijani government has rejected several appeals of a pastor who was fined in January for leading a worship service at a house church without state permission.

Nigerian police have arrested 14 suspects in connection with the abduction of four British nationals serving as missionaries and medics in the southern part of the country.