Rockets Fired From Gaza As 72-Hour Ceasefire Ends
Rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip Friday as the Hamas group ended its 72-hour cease-fire agreement with Israel.
Rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip Friday as the Hamas group ended its 72-hour cease-fire agreement with Israel.
Nigeria has become the latest country in Africa in recent weeks to declare a national state of emergency over the recent and rapid spread of the Ebola virus.
Kent Brantly, the U.S. aid worker receiving treatment in Georgia for the Ebola virus, released a statement Friday confirming his health was improving.
Cheerleaders in Texas who have been involved in a legal fight for the past two years over Bible verse banners have decided to take their case to the state Supreme Court.
The Islamic State jihadist group has reportedly destroyed churches and forced 200,000 people to flee their homes in northern Iraq overnight, just as the Pentagon announced it had carried out an airstrike on an artillery convoy belonging to the militant group.
The Obama administration is reportedly considering an airstrike and a possible delivery of emergency supplies to religious minorities, including Christians, that have recently been displaced in Iraq by the Islamic State militant group.
Investigators digging a rare Wyoming cave have reportedly discovered the bones of animals that could date back up to 100,000 years, the researchers with the Natural Trap Cave recently reported.
The American Family Association is calling on its supporters to contact RadioShack and express their disapproval of two recent television ads that they say promote sexuality and masturbation for teenage boys.
Archaeologists have found gold and other precious treasures, including silver and jade, in the tomb of an emperor in China's Xuyi County in Jiangsu.
A CNN host recently engaged in a battle over public prayer with comedian and "The View" host Whoopie Goldberg.
Israel and Hamas began their three-day ceasefire agreement Tuesday with Israel withdrawing ground troops from the Gaza Strip and Egypt brokering a longer peace treaty that could mark an end to fighting for an extended period of time.
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.