The Swedish government has welcomed hundreds of Islamic State militants who returned from Iraq and Syria and gave them "protected identities" to keep locals from finding out who they are, according to a report.
A mob of Buddhists reportedly attacked Christian villagers in Myanmar for holding late-night church services to celebrate and welcome new converts.
A Christian magistrate, who was fired from his role as a health director for speaking out against adoption by same-sex parents, is filing a discrimination lawsuit against Britain's National Health Service (NHS).
A report from the Institute for Contemporary Affairs has indicated that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is spending half of the money it receives in direct foreign aid to pay stipends to convicted terrorists and their families.
Israeli archaeologists have recently discovered 2,600-year-old artifacts that could provide concrete evidence for the destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of Babylonians.
A Christian convert, who was sentenced to 15 years in jail, has been released on bail, several weeks after he threatened to go on a hunger strike.
A Coptic Christian soldier has been beaten to death by three officers just a month after he completed his training at a military camp in Egypt.
The Sudanese government has ordered Christian schools to conduct classes on Sundays in order to comply with the working week of the Muslim-majority.
The number of Russians who identify as atheists has dropped by half in just three years, according to a recent study.
The Somali-based militant group al-Shabaab has reportedly killed seven Christians during door-to-door raids in Kenya earlier this month.
A Yazidi girl has recently recounted the horror of being kidnapped by Islamic State fighters at the age of 14 and how she was raped daily for six months by one of the militants she described as a "beast."
A federal appeals court has handed a legal victory to churches, synagogues and other religious organizations challenging the Trump administration’s decision to permit immigration enforcement operations at places of worship. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision rejecting the religious groups’ request for a preliminary injunction.
Soaring food costs are jeopardizing the health and futures of millions of children worldwide, with families in vulnerable communities increasingly unable to afford nutritious meals, according to a new report from the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision. The report found that approximately 35.5 million children experienced acute malnutrition worldwide in 2025, including nearly 10 million who suffered from severe acute malnutrition.
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.