South Korea has dramatically shifted its position regarding talks with North Korea, with President Park Geun-hye expressing willingness to sit with the North Korean leader in the negotiating table without preconditions.
The Islamic State terror group has released a video that allegedly shows a boy shooting and killing two Russian \"spies.\"
The Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris has already released its new issue, less than one week after a terror attack that killed 12 of its key employees.
Cameroon\'s government announced Tuesday that it succesfully killed 143 Boko Haram militants in a recent battle, just days after the terror group reportedly slaughtered 2,000 in neighboring Nigeria.
A week after the terrorist attack on the office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, the British government called for a new anti-terror law in cyberspace.
Indonesian search and rescue teams finally retrieved on Tuesday the cockpit voice recorder (C.V.R.) of the Air Asia passenger jet that crashed of Java Sea more than two weeks ago.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and most of her Cabinet are set to join on Tuesday a rally for an "open and tolerant Germany" arranged by Muslim leaders amid the country's growing anti-Islam movement.
Qantas has topped the list of world's safest airlines released by a website.
Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has surprisingly criticized not the perpetrators but the victims of the deadly attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, becoming the first renowned international figure to do so, The Australian reported.
Israel expects the migration of more than 10,000 French Jews this year, an upward trend over the years that is seen to further accelerate amid the killings at a kosher grocery store in Paris, according to a senior government official.
A student in Egypt has reportedly been sentenced to three years in jail after announcing he is an atheist on social media.
A North Carolina county has argued that its legal battle with former Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear’s The Summit Church over a proposed campus expansion centers on the limits of federal court authority rather than allegations of religious discrimination.
A New Mexico megachurch pastor has publicly backed two Republican candidates in the 2026 midterm elections, renewing debate over federal rules restricting political campaign involvement by tax-exempt religious organizations. Steve Smothermon, pastor of Legacy Church, has reportedly urged members of his congregation to support Republican congressional candidates.
Arkansas has been named the most pro-life state in the United States for the seventh consecutive year in an annual ranking by Americans United for Life (AUL), which also recognized Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill for her legal efforts challenging federal abortion pill regulations. The advocacy organization released its 2027 Life List on Wednesday, evaluating all 50 states according to laws addressing “all bioethical issues from conception to natural death, not just abortion.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected allegations that his government is persecuting Christians, defending religious freedom in Ukraine and criticizing American political commentator Tucker Carlson for making claims about a country he suggested Carlson had never visited. Zelensky addressed the accusations during a Saturday interview with Tony Perkins on “This Week on Capitol Hill.”
More than half of Protestant pastors in the United States say economic conditions are negatively affecting their congregations, as church donations continue to lag behind inflation, according to a new Lifeway Research survey. The annual study found that 54% of pastors believe the economy is hurting their churches, compared with 36% who reported no impact and 8% who described its effects as positive.