Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he and his defense forces will not agree to a cease-fire that prevents his country from continuing to destroy underground tunnels built by the Hamas group that often run from Palestine to Israel.
Republican lawmakers pushed a lawsuit against President Barack Obama in a divided House on Wednesday, urging legislators to approve the legal action before they take a five-week summer recess.
A county council in Washington State has become the latest local government to approve the religious phrase "In God We Trust" to grace their chamber walls.
A family scavenging off the coast of Florida has discovered a "priceless" and "unique" piece of jewelry worn around priests' necks in the 1700's in Spain.
Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that pro-Russia rebel forces have reportedly placed mines at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, therefore making it impossible for investigators from the Netherlands to reach the site.
A North Carolina man has recently been arrested for allegedly posing as a pastor to con people out of money.
A man found guilty of raping a 92-year-old nursing home patient has been described as a "gift from God" by his mother.
The top doctor for Sierra Leone's fight against the ebola virus died from the disease Tuesday, country officials announced.
The U.S. military has reportedly found a teen stowaway who died while hiding in the landing gear of one of its C-130 Air Force aircrafts, used as a a cargo plane.
The French government announced this week that it would be offering asylum to persecution Christians being forced out of Iraq by the Islamic State, a jihadist group.
Nearly 80,000 people gathered with Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell and 2819 Church at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday for a large-scale evening of prayer and worship. Ed Newton, senior pastor of Community Bible Church in San Antonio, attended the event, known as “ACCESS — That Powerful Hour of Prayer.” Free tickets for the gathering were claimed within eight hours.
A South Carolina judge is preparing to dismiss lawsuits filed by the United Methodist Church’s South Carolina Conference against nearly 70 congregations seeking to leave the denomination while retaining their properties. The conference said Tuesday that Circuit Court Judge Brian M. Gibbons had informed the parties that he intends to dismiss the cases.
A Christian pastor who has spent years building relationships with Muslims and a historian who has studied Islamic history and doctrine debated whether Islam’s theological and political teachings allow the religion to coexist with Western society. Roberts said he once feared things like Sharia, or Islamic law, but realized the U.S. Constitution wouldn’t allow it.
A Christian teacher with 28 years of experience has filed a discrimination claim against a school in northeast England after being dismissed following a pro-life response to a student’s question about abortion. Anita Meston, 63, is suing Biddick Academy, a state-funded secondary school in Washington, Sunderland, according to ADF International, which is supporting her case.
A Christian pastor is facing a criminal charge after refusing to leave a sidewalk outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington while protesting China’s treatment of religious minorities. The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, leader of the Christian Defense Coalition, said in a Sept. 28 Facebook post that he was “arrested by the United States Secret Service for peacefully praying on a public sidewalk in front of the Chinese Embassy.”