A Christian sewer worker, who fell unconscious while cleaning a manhole in Umerkot, Pakistan, died at the hospital after doctors, who were fasting for Ramadan, refused to treat him until his body was washed.
The Islamic State terror group has released a new video showing jihadists destroying a church believed to be located in the city of Marawi, Southern Philippines.
U.S.-backed Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State will announce the start date for the final assault on Raqqa city on Tuesday, aiming to oust the militants from their de facto capital in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Monday.
Chinese authorities in China's central Henan province have reportedly demolished a church that was under construction and arrested more than 40 of its members.
A former Taliban fighter has revealed that the Islamic terror group has been raping young men and filming the acts on camera in order to blackmail them into carrying out terror attacks.
The Australian government has announced plans to reassess the asylum applications of Coptic Christians who have been targeted in recent Islamic State attacks in Egypt.
The Canadian province of Ontario has passed a legislation that has been described by critics as "totalitarian" as it allows the government to seize children from families who do not accept gender ideology.
A Christian lawyer who was imprisoned in China for almost two years has revealed that he wanted to commit suicide due to the "sadistic torture" he suffered at the hands of the prison guards, but he was kept alive by his faith in Jesus Christ.
The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for three separate bombings that killed at least 35 people in Baghdad and in a city to the west of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday.
A Catholic priest who was abducted by an Islamic terror group in the Philippines has called on the government to stop the military offensive against his abductors for fears that he and the other hostages might be used as "human shields."
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.