Thousands of villages were ordered to evacuate and ports shut down, officials said on Nov. 11, as the disaster-weary ...

Vietnamese authorities arrested a pro-democracy activist, state media said, the latest in a crackdown on political dissidents ...

Cambodian authorities have conducted their second raid within two weeks on human trafficking cartels and detained more than ...

An Indian court lifts a decades-old ban on 'The Satanic Verses' after officials couldn't find the original restriction ...

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles' $880 million abuse claims settlement, announced Oct. 16, brings the total payouts of U.S.

Pope Francis tells visitors experiencing homelessness, 'We all need each other and are called to enrich each other' ...

Maronite Catholic bishops in Lebanon have expressed “deep concern” about Lebanese victims of the ongoing conflict with Israel ...

Armed gang looted and burned convent and hospital operated by Missionaries of Charity in capital Port-au-Prince Oct. 26 ...

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted again on Nov. 9, sending a giant ash tower nine kilometers (more than five miles) into ...

Akash Bashir heroically stopped a suicide bomber from entering St. John's Catholic Church in Lahore's Youhanabad area on the ...

The claim by a Hindu leader that churches are involved in drug trade in India’s northeast region has sparked widespread anger ...

Leader of Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jharkhand state says political endorsement is against Church rules ...