An organizer of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West (PEGIDA) has denied that the group is "xenophobic" after its rally in Dresden was cancelled earlier this week following threats against its main organizer, Deutsche Welle reported.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed disagreement with Pope Francis over the latter's comment that free speech has limits and his warning against provocation of religions.The Pope told reporters in a news conference aboard a plane bound for Manila from Colombo last week that freedom ...
Around 100 people staged a protest outside a theater in Denver on Saturday as Bill Cosby, accused of sexual assault by at least 15 women, performed back-to-back shows.
The number of cases of the measles outbreak that started in Disneyland during the holidays has now reached 51 as the disease appeared to have spread beyond patients who visited the park, according to health officials.
Greek authorities have taken several people into custody over alleged links to a suspected jihadist terror plot targeting the Belgian police, BBC News reported.
Japan vowed on Saturday to give $200 million in non-military aid to countries fighting against the Islamic State (ISIS), with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saying the world will suffer an "immeasurable" loss if terrorism in the region is not halted.
U.S. President Barack Obama is set to promote his proposed reforms to tax the wealthy more in order to pay for cuts for the middle class on his State of the Union Address amid criticisms from the Republicans.
Silicon Valley giants Apple Inc., Google Inc., Intel Corp., and Adobe Systems Inc. have agreed to pay $415 million in an attempt to resolve a class-action suit alleging that they created an illegal cartel to keep their workers from taking better-paying jobs from other companies.
Five foreigners and one local woman convicted for drug-related crimes have been put to death in Indonesia through a firing squad as one of the remaining two of the so-called "Bali Nine" awaits clemency from President Joko Widodo.
The International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) has opened a preliminary examination of the situation in Palestine even as Israel and the U.S. expressed their disagreement.
At least 10 people have been killed in Niger in the two days of violent protests over Charlie Hebdo's latest caricature featuring the Prophet Muhammad.
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.