The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued its annual report highlighting abuses of religious liberty in 33 countries and claiming the level of persecution against Christians in some countries has reached an all-time high.Importantly, the vice chair of the Commission, James ...
The United States and Iran edged closer to confrontation in the waters of the Persian Gulf this week after the Islamic Republic\'s navy surrounded an American freighter and fired warning shots at another vessel, capturing its crew and impounding the ship.
Christians in China are seeing the fiercest persecution in over a decade according to a new report by China Aid, a human rights organization that exposes injustice and defends religious freedom in the communist country.
*Anu just couldn\'t make it out of her home when her village began to fall in on itself April 25, northeast of Kathmandu and close to the epicenter of the 7.8 earthquake that hit the region last weekend. Fortunately, the rest of her family was safe outside when the building collapsed on her. ...
Voice of the Martyrs, which assists persecuted Christians around the world, recently reported more than 30 Hindu extremists stormed a house church meeting when Pastor Arul was in the midst of his sermon.\"They began to beat him in the face, head and chest,\" VOM said. \"Omkar, another church ...
Upwards of 4,000 Nepalese have been found dead; tens of thousands have injuries, overwhelming treatment centers; and aftershocks are still being felt following a 7.8 earthquake in Nepal, Sunday.Southern Baptist disaster response teams were on the ground within 24 hours \"conducting assessments and ...
Childless couples are showing a preference for life experience over parenting, causing a plunge in populations among developed countries.
In 2008, then Sen. Barack Obama said the facts are undeniable, \"and as president I will recognize the Armenian genocide\" -- a 1915 systematic ethnic cleansing that two decades later served as a model for the \"permanent solution\" known as the Holocaust -- but on April 24, the one-hundredth ...
Sources inside the Iranian government claim the writing of the nuclear deal between Iran, the United States and other countries began as the first round of negotiations between the countries ended in Vienna yesterday.
For the first time in history, Pope Francis met with a delegation from the Conference of European Rabbis.
President Obama delivered brief remarks Thursday about American counterterrorism operations in January that killed two American members of al-Qaeda, but that also resulted in the deaths of two hostages – one American and one Italian.
Moderate Muslim leaders are demanding Malaysian officials intervene after a mob of hard-line Muslims forced a small church in Kuala Lumpur, the nation\'s capital, to remove its cross,e adding to religious tensions in the country resulting from some Muslims\' growing intolerance of other faiths in ...