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.Read More
To curb "violent and terrorist activities," China further tightened its grip on its Muslim-majority Xinjiang region last year, almost doubling the number of arrests authorities made the previous year amid the continuing ethnic tensions between Uighurs and Han Chinese, state-run China Daily has ...Read More
The Doomsday Clock moved to three minutes before midnight on Thursday due to "unchecked climate change and global nuclear weapons modernization."Read More
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.Read More
Nigeria's national security adviser has called his own country's soldiers as "cowards" after they failed to protect civilians from Boko Haram extremists, denying suggestions that soldiers were not properly equipped to fight.Read More
Pope Francis is set to visit New York City as part of his three-city trip to the U.S. in September, according to Vatican officials. The highest leader of the Roman Catholic Church will be travelling to the U.S., his first-ever visit, to attend the World Meeting of Families, which will be held in ...Read More
U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for a revamp in how the National Health Service (N.H.S.) handles suicides, urging hospitals to adopt a successful approach in Detroit in a mission to end such.Read More
Islamic authorities in Malaysia have asked three teenage girls to present themselves in the investigation in Kuala Lumpur over their behavior with K-Pop stars B1A4.Read More
Mali's minister of health has announced that the country is now free of Ebola, as 42 days have passed since its last patient tested negative for the deadly virus.Read More
As more than 1,300 civilians have been killed in Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, evangelist Franklin Graham is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to agree on a ceasefire during the 10 days of Easter observances.
Suspected Fulani herdsmen shot to death four people, including a pastor and two women in two separate attacks in Benue State on Tuesday, according to Nigerian media reports.