A California school district is defending itself against claims by an atheist group that it violated the separation of church and state by allegedly reading the Bible during school board meetings.
The Islamic State terror group recently released 200 Yazidi hostages that it had been holding for several months in Iraq.
Saudi Arabia has reportedly halted the public flogging of a liberal blogger following international outcry.
Retired neurosurgeon and potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is receiving criticism for recent comments he made regarding patriotism and the Islamic State.
A Virginia school district has done away with a \"religious exemption policy\" that allowed school officials to question Christian homeschooled students about their religious beliefs.
Recent satellite images taken over northern Nigeria show the recent destruction wreaked by the Boko Haram terror group that left 2,000 dead.
An international human rights watchdog group has condemned the recent ruling in Egypt that sentenced a student to three years imprisonment for expressing his atheist beliefs on Facebook.
A skidding prison bus\'s collision with a train killed 10 and injured 5 in Texas on Wednesday, local authorities report.
The mayor of Atlanta, Georgia has sparked a religious freedom debate after firing the city\'s fire chief for distributing Christian pamphlets to his co-workers that describe homosexuality as a sin.
The Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris has already released its new issue, less than one week after a terror attack that killed 12 of its key employees.
Two Mississippi lawmakers have created a bill proposing to make the Bible the official book of the southern state.
Algerian special forces raided a Christian worship gathering at a humanitarian shelter on Sept. 4, detaining all 12 people present on suspicion of holding an unauthorized non-Muslim religious service. Police entered the site and transferred the 12 detained Christians to the Bethioua police station.
Nearly 100 students have been baptized during five periodic worship gatherings held at a Christian high school in Colorado after athletic competitions. Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch launched the 5th Quarter gatherings in fall 2024 and holds the student-focused worship and testimony events twice each academic year.
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.