The theologically conservative Global Methodist Church is appealing a ruling from a Nigerian court in a legal battle over the registration and resources of the United Methodist Church
Police officers guard at the door to a building housing Zion Church after the church was shut down by authorities in Beijing, Sept. 11, 2018. Associated Press / Photo by Andy Wong, fil...
American and Mexican law enforcement this week arrested a leader of the Sinaloa cartel as he fled a drug raid in Juarez, Mexico. Leonardo Daniel Martinez Vera, also known as El Pato or The Duck, is a ...
The Philippines remains one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, with floods posing the gravest and most frequent threat, according to the recently published WorldRiskReport 2025. The findings come as the country has seen nationwide protests against corruption and church-led calls for transparency in the government’s flood-control projects.
The Canadian government appears to have paused any consideration of removing charitable status for faith-based organizations after the chair of the House of Commons Finance Committee said there are “no plans to change that.” The assurance comes after months of concern among churches, legal advocates, and religious groups over controversial parliamentary recommendations that could have stripped faith-based and pro-life organizations of their charitable status.
Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., continues to push for the Trump administration to designate Nigeria as a country of particular concern over rising religious persecution. Moore described systematic persecut...
A pastor who has been tortured in a prison in Kyrgyzstan, according to U N special rapporteurs, has since suffered traumatic brain injuries that have left him cognitively impaired
Lumber piles are stacked in Richmond, B.C., Canada, March 20, 2002. Associated Press / CP / Photo by Richard Lam, file The Canadian city of Richmond, British Co...