Ugandan religious leaders are urging calm as the country prepares for elections on Jan. 15, following a nationwide internet shutdown that has cut major communications networks. Authorities blocked internet access on Jan. 13, just days before President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, seeks his seventh term in office.
Benedict XVI’s coffin will be carried to the crypt under the central part of St. Peter’s Basilica for interment after his funeral Mass on Jan. 5.
A new report by a congressionally mandated watchdog committee in the United States warns that an alarming development is underway affecting religious freedom in Saudi Arabia, challenging the ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem, one of Judaism's holiest sites, with his wife Sarah Sunday to pray and celebrate the swearing-in of Israel's 37th government. He also slammed the UN for its vote Friday to refer the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the International Criminal Court at The Hague for advice on Israel's "occupation" of Judea and Samaria.
A pastor has lost nearly all his vision after Muslim extremists lured him into an ambush in Uganda's capital city and sprayed him with acid, sources said.
A pastor has lost nearly all his vision after Muslim extremists lured him into an ambush in Uganda s capital city and sprayed him with acid, sources said
U S forces and their allies killed at least 686 Islamic State operatives in Iraq and Syria in 2022 to degrade the terror group s ability to direct and inspire destabilizing attacks in the region and ...
Revelers are celebrating the traditional ball drop in New York City’s Times Square, ushering in 2023 in the largest New Year’s celebration in the United States. Thousands gathered in and around the iconic landmark to ring in the new year as millions more celebrated throughout the globe. The dazzling Saturday night spectacle anchored celebrations across the U.S. and the world.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s address to the nation usually is rather anodyne and backed with a soothing view of a snowy Kremlin. Putin lashed out at the West and Ukraine this year with Russian soldiers in the background. The conflict in Ukraine cast a long shadow as Russia entered 2023.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who will be remembered for being the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to resign in 600 years, died on Saturday (Dec. 31) at his home at the Vatican.
Christians who campaigned for the rights of the Windrush generation are among the more than 1,100 people to be recognised in the King's New Year Honours List.
