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.
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for its first attack targeting Syria s transitional government, saying it killed or injured seven members of what it described as the apostate Syrian
The Canadian city of Victoria has been called more English than the English
Despite fierce opposition from Islamist groups in Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday (May 30) signed into law a landmark bill to curb child marriage, setting the minimum age for marriage for both genders at 18 years in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).
One of the most spectacular mosaics ever found in Israel is now on display to the public for the first time
U.S. political science lecturer Paul Chambers, left, of Thailand's Naresuan University, stands outside the police station in Phitsanulok, Thailand. Associated Press ...
The State Department will begin aggressively revoking the visas of Chinese international students, especially those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said...
A watchdog group condemned the United Nations and multiple media outlets for promoting the claim that 14,000 babies in Gaza would die within 48 hours unless they received humanitarian aid, a figure
One of two Christian workers kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on May 21 was freed this week, ministry leaders said.
One of two Christian workers kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on May 21 was freed this week, ministry leaders said.
This issue of A Public Witness explores a monument that upsets the political and historical stories being told (or not told) and challenges the religious claims we often make.
