West African families thrown ‘from famine to flood’
September 13, 2012
NIAMEY, Niger — Six weeks of severe, ongoing flooding has claimed 52 lives and displaced almost 400,000 people in Niger, a landlocked country in West
Religious freedom faces ‘relentless onslaught’ in United States
September 13, 2012
Hostility toward religious expression “has reached an all-time high” in the United States, according to a new report. “The Survey of Religious Hostility in America”
Diversity of belief, practice evident in Pew study of more than 38,000 Muslims
September 13, 2012
Westerners tend to assume most Muslims are strongly committed to the Quran and to establishing Islamic republics, but that is not accurate, Mike Edens, a
Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon dies
September 13, 2012
SEOUL, South Korea — Sun Myung Moon, revered as a messiah within his Unification Church but regarded by many others as a vain and enigmatic
Stone seal excavated in Israel dates to 12th century B.C.
September 6, 2012
A small stone seal unearthed in Israel is possibly the first archaeological evidence of the Old Testament judge Samson, say the co-directors of the New Orleans
Social media like Facebook, Twitter offer community to homeless, study finds
September 6, 2012
Here is something everyone can “like:” Social media fosters community, even for those who do not have a home. A new study finds social media
Southern Baptist worker murdered in Jordan; suspect arrested
September 5, 2012
A suspect has been arrested in the death of Southern Baptist worker Cheryll Harvey, according to Jordanian authorities investigating the attack on the veteran teacher. Harvey,
Situation in Syria could get much worse, observers say
August 30, 2012
Could Syria’s headlong descent into war and chaos get any worse? Yes — possibly much worse. A grim summary: Civilian deaths in the nearly 18-month-old
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