As police looked on, Muslims in West Java Province, Indonesia on Dec. 14 formed a human wall to block Christians from attending a Christmas service, according to local media.
MIXCO, Guatemala (RNS) — As you arrive at the public school in Terra Nueva, a neighborhood in this city connected by bridges to Guatemala City, the high-pitched babble coming from the other side of the school wall, if you close your eyes, could be coming from happy, excited children anywhere.
Chinese authorities on Sunday released Pastor John Cao from prison in southern China after he finished his seven-year sentence, religious freedom advocacy group ChinaAid reported Tuesday. Authorities ...
The British Embassy in Yemen announced two civilian deaths after Houthi rebels attacked a commercial vessel on Wednesday. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said the crew abandoned th...
Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on Wednesday said the Chinese vessels in the incident “showed disregard for international law.” The State Department said Tuesday that the Chinese vessels en...
The Lahore High Court’s recent directive to strictly enforce anti-child marriage laws has raised hope among Pakistan’s Christians of some protection against their underage girls being forced to convert to Islam and wed their kidnappers, sources said.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has dropped a case against two street preachers who were arrested after refusing to stop preaching on Glastonbury High Street.
France became the first nation to enshrine abortion in its national constitution in an overwhelming vote that prompted a standing ovation from the French Parliament in Versailles on Monday
Gang members in Haiti on Monday tried to take over the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince. In a video recently posted to a private social media group, gunfire can be heard ne...
The commitment falls short of demands from some campaigners for institutions that benefited from slavery to pay compensation to descendants of the enslaved.