As the U.N. Security Council prepares to meet Monday for an emergency session to discuss the U.S. strike on Venezuela that led to the capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro, world leaders are sharply divided over the legality and consequences of the operation. Here are seven responses that reflect that divide.
More than 73 million abortions were performed worldwide in 2025, making abortion the leading cause of death last year. The figure draws on World Health Organization estimates compiled by the global data-tracking platform Worldometers.
The World Council of Churches has said it is "mourning" with the people of Switzerland and everyone directly affected by the tragic fire that ripped through a bar in Crans-Montana during new year celebrations.
Syria’s Interior Ministry says it thwarted a terror plot by the Islamic State to attack civilian gatherings and churches on New Year’s Eve and bolstered protections for houses of worship.
Protesters in Iran have taken to the streets as the country’s economy deteriorates, with the U.S. State Department expressing concern about the use of violent force against peaceful demonstrators.
A pastor came under pressure from local Muslims in Indonesia on Christmas Eve to announce that Christmas services were cancelled even though his church won approval to hold the celebrations, sources said.
Tens of thousands of Congolese civilians have crossed into Burundi in recent weeks, fleeing a violent offensive by M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has overwhelmed border communities and prompted churches to appeal for urgent international support.
Susanna Liew has spent nearly nine years fighting the Malaysian government over the abduction of her husband, Pastor Raymond Koh, who was taken in broad daylight on a street in a Kuala Lumpur suburb.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame defended the government's forced closure of Evangelical churches, accusing them of being a “den of bandits” led by deceptive relics of colonialism.
A 14-year-old Christian girl was raped by a Muslim man in Pakistan earlier this month, according to her brother, who believes the assault was an act of revenge over a prior dispute.
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