The black boxes for crashed AirAsia Flight 8501 may have been located inside the plane\'s tail, according to latest reports from the Indonesian government. The two recorders from the downed aircraft contain cockpit conversations and flight data, which would help officials establish why the plane ...
Data published in the Wall Street Journal on January 2 revealed startling information from the most recent European Social Survey database about the ongoing death of Christianity.In highlighting the extraordinary number of churches that have been abandoned due to absent congregations, the Wall ...
Authorities have traced the Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra leone, with more than 7,800 deaths -- to a 2-year-old they believe was infected with Ebola virus after playing in a bat-infested hollow tree about 50 meters from his home. He died Dec. 28, 2013 and within days, his mother, ...
A seemingly innocuous Pew survey question provided valuable data on the mood of individuals in 44 countries. Simply asking \"How would you describe you day today?\" of 48,643 people helped compare trending attitudes in regions around the world.
One week after AirAsia 8501 crashed into the Java Sea, many families of the victims met for a worship service in Surabaya.Scores of relatives were among the 2,500 or more people who attended a Sunday service at Mawar Sharon Church which included prayer for passengers, crew and their families. ...
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of an evangelical church in Nigeria\'s northeastern city of Gombe during a New Year\'s Day service, wounding eight people, an official for the country\'s Red Cross said.
A stampede killed at least 36 people during New Year\'s Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said, possibly caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building.
Heavy seas stopped divers reaching the possible wreck.
On Wednesday, Pope Francis condemned administrators and criminals in Rome who allegedly pocketed public funds meant to help poor migrants. The pontiff said that the city needs a \"spiritual and moral renewal\" during the New Year\'s Eve vespers service at St. Peter\'s Basilica.
India\'s Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to convey ambivalence about forced conversions of religious minorities to Hinduism as he dismisses claims and concerns about the issue. Suspicions have heightened since the government imposed a new law requiring ministers and bureaucrats to work on ...
The first two bodies from the AirAsia plane have arrived in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, where relatives have gathered to await news of their loved ones.
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations opposed a resolution the 15-member UN Security Council ultimately rejected Tuesday. The plan called for Israelis and Palestinians to strike a peace deal within a year and for Israel to withdraw to its 1967 borders within three years—surrendering control of ...