Tag: Religion and politics

Early results from the weekend parliament elections in Lebanon show the country's militant Hezbollah group and its allies have apparently ...

HONG KONG -- Cardinal Joseph Zen, the 90-year-old Catholic cleric arrested by Hong Kong police on national security charges, has ...

CAIRO -- For the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the smell of freshly baked orange biscuits and powdered sugar-dusted cookies ...

A Taliban spokesman says a powerful explosion at a Sunni mosque in Kabul has killed at least 10 worshippers and ...

Pakistan’s embattled prime minister faces a no-confidence vote in Parliament and the opposition said it has the numbers to win ...

Egypt’s president has sworn in the first-ever Coptic Christian to head the country’s highest courtBy BY SAMY MAGDY Associated PressFebruary ...

India’s government has blocked Mother Teresa’s charity from receiving foreign funds, saying the Catholic organization did not meet conditions under ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said "Tutu was a patriot without equal."ByThe Associated PressDecember 26, 2021, 7:29 AM• 1 min ...

SRINAGAR, India -- Jamia Masjid, the grand mosque of Srinagar, dominates its neighborhood with an imposing main gate and massive ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Pope Francis lamented centuries of hostility and prejudice that have divided Catholics and Orthodox as he met ...