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…
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.
Church leaders are among the voices condemning the agreement reached with the Rwandan government.
The Biden administration on Monday appeared to reject a key Iranian demand to unilaterally remove the country’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from a terror blacklist to salvage the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal.
Israel has successfully tested a new defensive laser system that experts say will enhance the country’s border protection.
Israel hit Hamas targets inside the Gaza Strip overnight after terrorists fired a rocket into Israel for the first time in months. The attack represents the latest incident in a wave of terror attacks that many wonder if it puts Israel on the brink of another war.
The Kremlin previously announced the capture of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine as its main goal, and military analysts reported Russia has been advancing its heavy artillery there. Ukrainian Pre...
The fast-food chain Burger King in Spain has withdrawn and apologized for an offensive ad campaign that sparked outrage among Catholics during Holy Week.
The former leader of the Church of England joined a group of religious leaders in the United Kingdom in telling British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that becoming transgender is "a sacred journey."
In his Urbi et Orbi address on Sunday, Pope Francis, who had called for an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, made yet another impassioned appeal for an end to the fighting, urging leaders to demand peace "from our balconies and in our streets."
The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Alexandria has declared a priest who was stabbed to death on April 7 a martyr, while Egypt's most influential Islamic institution condemned the attack.
