Blog

Six Iranian converts to Christianity were convicted of crimes related to their membership in a house church.

The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion.

U.S. marriage rates are at historic lows but may soon rebound a bit, demographers predict.

The U.S. military is making plans to integrate women into combat roles, including special operations.

For the first time, the federal government has issued written guidelines for houses of worship that are confronted with a homicidal gunman.

After the opposition fighters in Syria in the beginning of June lost their stronghold in the city of Al Qusayr, many in Aleppo fear that this biggest city of Syria will be the next battlefield.

A new report by the Pew Research Center found that U.S. media largely focused on publishing stories with more supportive views of same-sex marriage than the opposing position between the period of March 18 to May 12.

Regardless of race, single-parent families are far more likely to live in poverty, with four of every 10 single-mother families in poverty, and only one of 12 two-parent homes in poverty.

Four attacks within the last three weeks in Niger have raised the specter of a growing Islamist threat in the country.

One hundred sixty Christians were recently forced to flee their village after it was attacked by Muslim extremists.

Hassan Rouhani won Iran's presidential election over the weekend. President Rouhani often is portrayed as being a "moderate" Iranian cleric, but because of his loyalty to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Iranian Christians don't expect positive changes.

The United Nations is asking the United States and Europe to take in thousands of Syrian refugees.