In the Middle East and North Africa, where religion is often ingrained in daily life’s very fabric, rejecting faith can come with consequences
October 05, 2023
In parts of the world, religiously unaffiliated people are increasing in numbers, and can safely and publicly be an atheist or agnostic
October 05, 2023
In the pope’s homeland of Argentina, Catholics have been renouncing the faith and joining the growing ranks of the religiously unaffiliated
October 05, 2023
The Vatican next year will publish a collection of never-before-seen homilies delivered by the late Pope Benedict XVI
December 23, 2023
Sweden has reportedly withdrawn the residence permit of an Iraqi man who staged a series of public desecrations of the Quran this year but has put his deportation on hold, saying his life would be in danger if he were returned to Iraq
October 26, 2023
Fishing communities in Fukushima feared devastating damage to their businesses from the tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant’s ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea
November 03, 2023
Arab leaders who met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jordan are pushing for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war
November 04, 2023
Russian attacks in Ukraine have wounded at least 14 civilians as the president of the European Union's executive returned to the Ukrainian capital to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
November 04, 2023
Thousands of Iranians gathered on the streets to mark the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran
November 04, 2023
A diver who spotted something metallic not far from Sardinia’s coast has led to the discovery of tens of thousands of ancient bronze coins
November 04, 2023
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators calling for a halt to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza have marched in Washington, Paris, Berlin and other European cities
November 04, 2023
Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza will likely go on for many months, the country's military chief said on Tuesday.
December 26, 2023
NASA is set to delay its next few missions to the moon under a key program as technical hurdles mount with the various spacecraft it intends to use to get there
January 09, 2024
Western countries have used a regular U.N.-backed review of China's human rights record to press Beijing to do more to allow freedom of expression, protect the rights of ethnic minorities, repeal a national security law in Hong Kong and to implement other changes
January 23, 2024
Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors are still living across more than 90 countries
January 23, 2024
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, inviting him to Budapest to discuss Sweden’s accession into the NATO military alliance
January 23, 2024
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Tuesday will urge a U.S. judge to appoint him a new lawyer and delay his drug trafficking trial, after arguing the
January 23, 2024
"Oppenheimer," the epic film about the World War Two race to build the first atomic bomb, landed a leading 13 Oscar
January 23, 2024
A peace group with close ties to the Vatican said on Tuesday it will appeal to European businesses and tourists to boycott the U.S. state of Alabama if it went
January 23, 2024
Chanel’s Spring Couture show transformed Paris’ Grand Palais Ephemere into a stage of fashion fantasy
January 23, 2024
Puerto Rico legislators are holding a public hearing on a bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination against certain hairstyles in the racially diverse U.S. territory, sparking a heated debate
January 23, 2024
Donald Trump cruised to victory in New Hampshire's Republican presidential contest on Tuesday, marching closer
January 24, 2024
Iran's hardline Guardian Council has banned former pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani from standing again in an election in March for the Assembly of Experts, which appoints and can
January 24, 2024
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has offered to meet his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban in Brussels next week to discuss the Swedish NATO application and other
January 25, 2024
Case of Mexico's 43 missing students persists among tens of thousands of disappearances
Regional victory brings Germany's Scholz brief respite from growing pressure within party
Australian central bank reforms stall as Greens demand rate cuts
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel's air force launches dozens of airstrikes on southern Lebanon
Japan, China foreign ministers to meet in New York
Australia sues grocery giants Woolworths and Coles over 'illusory' discounts
China's central bank injects cash, lowers 14-day reverse repo rate
As fast as it comes down, graffiti returns to DC streets. Not all of it unwelcome
Mahomes throws 2 touchdown passes and the Chiefs' defense preserves a 22-17 win over the Falcons
Reds fire manager David Bell after 6 seasons, name bench coach Freddie Benavides interim manager