Peace in conflict-affected areas in Southern Philippines remained hanging in the balance as a group of Muslim rebels clashed with members of an elite police force on Sunday, killing at least 49 police commandos and eight rebels.
Malaysia's top court has denied the Catholic Church's final attempt to be allowed to use the word "Allah" in its local language newspaper amid increasing religious tensions.
Pope Francis is encouraging families to learn how to talk to each other again amid the proliferation of modern gadgets.
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration spacecraft is set to start its long-awaited mission of taking photographs of Pluto after nine years of traveling into space.
Google Inc. is set to sell mobile phone plans directly to consumers after striking separate deals with wireless carriers Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc. The move is seen to likely push the wireless industry to lower current prices and improve speeds, The Wall Street Journal reported, based on ...
The Republican Party-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday shelved a controversial legislation prohibiting "late-term" abortions, approving instead a measure denying public funding for the said procedure or insurance policies covering such.
U.S. and Iraqi forces have started to prepare for an assault by summer to retake Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, from its Islamic State occupiers, America's top commander in the Middle East said.
The Doomsday Clock moved to three minutes before midnight on Thursday due to "unchecked climate change and global nuclear weapons modernization."
Lower revenues from decreasing oil prices in the global market could affect Iraq's military campaign against the Islamic State.
Sitting for hours can lead to death, even if you exercise, a new study by researchers from Canada has shown.
Actor Liam Neeson has been criticized by the gun manufacturers that provided the guns for his film "Taken 3" after his remarks against gun proliferation in the U.S.
Two United Nations experts have called on Iran to explain the confiscation of St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and the eviction of Christian families from the property. Reports emerged in July that Iranian authorities had seized the church, described as the country’s oldest Protestant congregation, and removed Christian residents living on the site.
President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to draw attention to the persecution of Christians worldwide, criticizing the U.N. Human Rights Council for giving the issue little attention while condemning some of the world’s most repressive governments. “Christians are being persecuted all over the world; it's not even believable. I never thought I'd say it, but it's been happening for a long time.”
Fulani militia attacks in one county in Plateau state, Nigeria over the weekend killed at least eight Christians, including a Baptist pastor and a church employee on their way to church services on Sunday (Sept. 20), sources said.
Excavations beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem have revealed an ancient garden and burial landscape that archaeologists say is consistent with the description of Jesus’ burial site in the Gospel of John.
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sept. 11.