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.
Sweden has officially announced that it is pulling away from providing transgender treatment to minors.
Pope Francis visited the 95-year-old pope emeritus after his Wednesday general audience.
A Christian organization is working to fulfill the wishes of 100 family members of 21 Egyptian martyrs murdered by the Islamic State terrorist group by providing them with a trip to the Holy Land ...
“It was a personally moving experience,” said Amy Brown after visiting the house where her great uncle spent 36 years as a general surgeon in Jordan. Amy, married to the secretary general of Baptist World Alliance Elijah Brown, visited just one month after the passing of the elder Lovegren, who would have been 101 years old on Dec. 11.
Fulani herdsmen on Dec. 17 killed three Christians as they worked on their farm in Benue state, Nigeria, sources said.
Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed several laws Monday in an all night session, clearing the way to seal agreements for Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition to form a government. Swearing-in for the new government is scheduled for Thursday, although opposition members plan to filibuster and delay the proceedings for as long as possible. Temporary Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin also resigned and is slated to become justice minister in the new government.
Tourists are slowly returning to the Holy Land, but it will be some time before the region is back on its feet after the pandemic, says Friends of the Holy Land's Brendan Metcalfe.
Israel s Christian population grew slightly, with Arab Christians comprising most of the country s Christians, according to a new report released on Christmas Day
A suspected North Korean drone is viewed in 2017 in Seoul, South Korea Associated Press/Photo by Lee Jung-hoon, Yonhap, file North Korean drones crossed the So...
Russian military officials said Monday that their forces shot down a Ukrainian drone headed for the Engels airbase deep in Russian territory. Debris from the downed drone killed three servicemen, acco...
