Police have reportedly zeroed in on a small, rural village east of Paris after witnesses claim to have spotted the two suspects involved in Wednesday\'s terror attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper.
Search and rescue teams in Indonesia are reportedly having a difficult time recovering the discovered tail wing of AirAsia 8501 due to strong currents in the Java Sea.
Police in France zeroed in on a small town about 40 miles north of Paris Thursday after witnesses reported seeing two suspects, matching the description of those involved in the Charlie Hebdo attack on Wednesday, at a local gas station.
Salman Rushdie, an award-winning author who once received a death fatwa from an Iranian clergy, has expressed his support for the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo following an attack that left 12 people dead in Paris, France, on Wednesday.
More than 80,000 Haiti nationals are still living in more than 100 refugee camps five years after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake destroyed the country's capital Port-au-Prince, an international rights group said.
.Almost 5,000 Christians were killed while more than 1,000 Christian churches were attacked due to faith-based ideologies, with several Africa countries seeing the largest increase in Christian persecution, an annual report on religious freedom said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday offered help to Prime Minister David Cameron in tackling abuses of Britain's welfare system by migrants in the European Union, but remained firm in her conviction that freedom of movement in the bloc should not be touched.
Palestine is set to formally become a member of the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) on April 1 amid Israel's earlier move to suspend the transfer of crucial tax revenues to the former.
Prosecutors have reportedly charged Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-ah, also known as Heather Cho, with violating aviation safety law and interfering in government investigation over a "nut rage" incident on a flight from New York to Seoul last December.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa asked voters to elect him for the third time as presidential polls on Thursday bring the country to crossroads.
Following the deadly Paris terrorist attack that killed 12 on Wednesday, well-known atheist Richard Dawkins took to Twitter to speak his mind about Islam and terrorism.
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.