Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an independent tally, setting a new record for the number of ...

Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities on Jan. 1, with six reported killed, the first deaths since ...

"Several dozen" people are presumed dead after a fire broke out in a bar packed with people celebrating the New Year in a ...

Pope Leo XIV said the world is saved not by violence, but by understanding, forgiveness and welcoming everyone ...

In May 2023, Lorenzo Fazzini, editorial director of the Vatican’s Publishing House, in agreement with Paolo Ruffini, prefect ...

Vatican agency Fides reports 17 Catholic church workers were murdered in 2025, with Nigeria accounting for five deaths.

Israel warned on Dec. 30 that it would suspend from January several aid organizations operating in Gaza for failing to ...

The Iranian rial has dropped against the dollar and other world currencies — when the protests erupted on Dec. 28, the US ...

Christian leaders criticize PM Modi's Christmas visit as hollow amid rising anti-Christian violence. The United Christian ...

Cardinals close the Holy Doors at Rome’s major basilicas, concluding the local celebrations of Jubilee 2025. While the doors ...

Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia, who many believed would sweep elections next year to lead her country once ...

The Thai army claims Cambodia flew over 250 drones into its territory, violating the Dec. 27 ceasefire. Bangkok now threatens ...