Since Narendra Modi become prime minister of India in May 2014, a nuisance of cow politics and vigilante "cow protectors" have moved to the forefront across India.
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There have been tears, but Copts still fill their churches. "There is sadness in their hearts, but they still hold to the responsibility that God has given: We are not afraid. We love. And we ask for justice," Bishop Thomas told TMP.
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The Philippines scored a major victory on its unrelenting war on terror, killing 37 Islamic terrorists, including four foreigners during four days of fierce fighting in Mindanao.
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The defeat of Jakarta’s Christian governor (Ahok) on April 19 after an ugly campaign featuring mass rallies by hardline Islamists and a trial for blasphemy revealed the extent to which Saudi-inspired Salafis have made inroads into Indonesia.
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INDIA -- Swinging wildly from chemical dependency to religious fervor is a dilemma for counselors who aim to prevent risks of substituting addiction to chemicals with a dependence on religion.
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In his first statement related to gay rights, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said a definitive no to same-sex marriage, to the delight of the Catholic Church.
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Neha Dixit exposed Hindu nationalist groups' trafficking of tribal children. But mainstream media didn't support her when she got pushback for reporting the story.
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MANILA, Feb. 28 – “Now he’ll kill me,” were the final words uttered by 70-year old German hostage Jurgen Gustav Kantner before he was beheaded by a knife-wielding Abu Sayyaf terrorist on the island of Sulu in the southern Philippines on Monday.
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The Poynter Institute today announced the creation of a monthly newsletter dedicated to the future of local news and the reporters who produce it.
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With corruption eating into every fabric of Kenyan society, and with those appointed to head the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) failing in their task, the Kenyan government recently turned to the immediate former head of the Anglican Church, Archbishop Eliud Wabukala to lead that fight.
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An international exhibition about Anne Frank had already toured over 20 schools across Croatia when it ran into trouble last month in the coastal city of Sibenik, spotlighting the nation's struggle to resolve its dark World War Two past.
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Three years after a car bomb devastated the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo, Egyptian culture is thumbing its nose at Islamic terror.
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We took a look back this week at some of our readers' favorite stories from the past year.
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MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - The widow of a radical Muslim preacher was charged on Friday of helping three other women attack a Kenyan police station.
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