Half of the world’s population lives in just seven countries. But some of the world’s religious groups are even more ...

Kidnapping for ransom has a long history in the west African Sahel. In 1979, a rebel group led by Chad’s future president ...

Some 1 million Syrians were welcomed in Germany after fleeing civil war. They are increasingly unwelcome in a country where ...

Human rights defender and Executive Director of Bangladesh Nari Sramik Kendra (BNSK)Sumaiya Islam has been awarded the 2025 Franco-German Award for Human Rights and the Rule of Law.

Analysis of our polls and other data shows no clear evidence of a religious revival among young adults. Read more about ...

Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif urged the United States to guarantee the security of the Druze community in Syria ...

President Trump got what might be considered some good news last week, though most of the major American media ignored it.

On certain Sunday mornings in America, you can still hear a church bell toll across an otherwise silent neighborhood. The sound is familiar, but the congregation it once summoned has vanished. Pews ...

Judges at the International Criminal Court have sentenced a leader of the feared Sudanese Janjaweed militia to 20 years imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the ...

Iraq has shut down the entire oil production at Lukoil's West Qurna 2 oilfield, one of the world's largest, due to a leak on ...

Here are detailed school assembly news headlines for 11 December 2025, covering major national, international, business and ...