ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan is planning more restrictions on freedom of thought, conscience and belief. Human rights activists and some religious communities have expressed alarm
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Muslim villagers in Mymensingh district eager to rid the area of the Christian work of a local pastor have gang-raped his 13-year-old
When a storm stronger than Hurricane Katrina raked the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar (formerly Burma) May 3, Baptists across the United States and world
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The highest court of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (PCUSA) has reversed a lower court’s censure of a lesbian minister who performed what
WESTON, Wis. — A Wisconsin mother and father have been charged with second-degree reckless homicide after their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes when they
EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University (NU) has retracted an honorary degree offer to Jeremiah Wright, Sen. Barack Obama’s embattled former pastor. "In light of the