The Moroccan terror group that was responsible for the recent attacks in Spain is reportedly just a part of a much larger group affiliated with the Islamic State that is poised to launch more attacks in at least six European countries, according to a report from DEBKAfile.
Sudanese authorities have reportedly evicted two church leaders and their families from their homes in the city of Omdurman last week.
Chile's highest court has upheld a measure that is aimed at allowing abortion in cases of rape, fetal disability and danger to the pregnant woman's life.
Lebanon has announced the launch of an operation to drive out the Islamic State terror group from two Christian villages and other areas near the Syrian border.
Pakistani authorities have arrested an 18-year-old Christian on blasphemy charges for allegedly burning pages of the Quran outside a shrine.
Spanish security forces have discovered an abandoned plan to blow up a church in Barcelona during a raid on the headquarters of terrorists believed to be responsible for the van attack in Las Ramblas on Thursday.
Grace Ng Chau-mei, the mother of pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, has written a letter to her son to remind him to be courageous like his namesake Joshua from the Old Testament.
Hillsong Church Senior Pastor Brian Houston has reiterated his support for the Biblical definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman, but he criticized Christians who are quick to condemn homosexuals.
The High Court in Northern Ireland has dismissed two cases challenging a law banning same-sex marriage in the region.
China has decried the U.S. State Department's annual religious freedom report that criticizes the Communist government for its persecution of Christians and adherents of other religions.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned that Islamic State fighters must either "surrender or die" as he announced the launch of the offensive to liberate the city of Tal Afar.
ChatGPT receives approximately 70 million religion-related requests every week, with questions about Islam accounting for the largest share, followed by Christianity, according to a recent analysis released by OpenAI, the developer of the artificial intelligence chatbot.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to review a religious freedom dispute involving an Orthodox Jewish man in Ohio who alleges that local officials violated his constitutional rights by requiring a permit for prayer gatherings at his residence. Daniel Grand filed a lawsuit against the City of University Heights after officials sought to prevent him from holding religious meetings at home.
The Episcopal Church continued to experience declining membership in 2025, with its total number of members falling by nearly half a million over the past decade, according to newly released denominational statistics. An analysis of the denomination’s 2025 Parochial Report showed that membership stood at approximately 1.425 million in 2025, compared with 1.917 million in 2015.
Christian hip-hop artist Hulvey canceled a sold-out concert in Amsterdam just an hour before he was scheduled to perform, citing sexually explicit images and objects displayed inside the venue that he said were inappropriate for his audience, particularly young children. The rapper said he made the decision after learning that venue officials would not fully cover the graphic material, despite requests from his team.
Myanmar’s military has been accused of violating international humanitarian law following separate attacks that destroyed two churches in the predominantly Christian regions of Chin and Kachin states earlier this month. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), two military aircraft departing from an air base in Magway carried out airstrikes on the town of Mindat in southern Chin State at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 9.