When Jonathan and Sarah Alexander met in Central Asia in the early 1990s, most of the countries in the region were a part of the Soviet Union. There were only a handful of Christians and no churches among the people group the Alexanders were working with. In 30-plus years, the existing believers in…
A church in Sudan long harassed by Islamic extremists was attacked on April 10, with three people assaulted including the pastor – who was then charged with disturbing the peace.
Russian forces seized the town of Kreminna in Ukraine’s Donbas region, Gov. Serhiy Gaidai of Luhansk province said Tuesday. The city, about 350 miles east of Kyiv, is the first known to fall to Rus...
A controversial theatre show aimed at children and families and featuring full-frontal adult nudity has been cancelled following a backlash over its content.
The head of the World Council of Churches is urging Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, to call for a ceasefire in Ukraine as Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter this weekend.
Burned notebooks and shoes littered the street after explosives targeted a high school and education center in Afghanistan’s capital on Tuesday. The blasts occurred in rapid succession, killing at ...
Ukraine is known as the world's breadbasket for multiple countries around the world. The wheat fields that feed millions of people have been cut off from regular supply because of Russia's war on Ukraine.
Burger King has apologized amid backlash from Roman Catholics in Spain for using the words of Jesus at the Last Supper to promote its veggie burger during Holy Week.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for a four-day “humanitarian pause” in fighting in Ukraine, starting Thursday to coincide with Orthodox Christians’ Holy Week observances.