C Joseph Vijay, a 51-year-old film star-turned-politician, was sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, becoming the first Christian to hold the office in the second-most-populous southern
Zurich prosecutors recently indicted city politician Sanija Ameti for shooting an air pistol at a poster of a 14th-century painting of Jesus Christ and Mary. Ameti last September posted a photo of her...
Attacks from the religious right on Marina Silva, a Pentecostal and longtime environmentalist, expose the rifts within Brazil’s evangelical movement as the Amazon’s future hangs in the balance.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday said he would remain in his position to continue negotiations with the United States. The country has an Aug. 1 deadline to reach a trade agreement wit...
The news that eight babies with the DNA of three people have been born in the U K has been greeted by some as a great step in the fight against genetic diseases, but others are concerned about the
The federal government of Pakistan was ordered by one of the nation’s high courts to investigate the abuse of blasphemy laws.
As terrorism-scarred Christians in Nigeria await help from the government and the international community, within and outside of the country they prayed for God’s intervention this month.
U S Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, blasted the Israeli interior ministry for continuing to restrict visas issued to Christian organizations working in Israel in an exceptionally harshly worded
United Kingdom officials aimed to lower the voting age from 18 to allow 16- and 17-year olds to cast ballots in the 2029 general election. UK countries like Wales and Scotland already allow 16- and 17...
An Israeli military strike hit the Compound of the Holy Family in Gaza on Thursday morning, killing three people sheltering there and injuring nine, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said on Thursda...
In what attorneys in Pakistan termed a “huge ray of hope,” a federal high court on Tuesday (July 15) directed the government to form an inquiry commission within 30 days to investigate blatant abuse of blasphemy laws.
