President Donald Trump has put aside, at least for now, plans to sharply expand the U.S. military campaign against Iran. The pause comes after senior military advisers warned a broader offensive could...

Outspoken Christians and other government critics are expected to face mounting pressure after Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega said the Central American nation will no longer hold elections...

Teens are more likely to receive a transgender-related diagnosis than Type 2 diabetes in the state of Oregon...The state also classifies gender transition as “medically necessary” for teenagers...

Temperatures hit sweltering highs across much of the central United States as forecasters warned that dangerously hot weather from Dallas to North Dakota would push into next week, with roughly 80 million...

The U.S. Department of Justice has issued updated guidance on religious liberty to executive branch agencies, including a new clarification on parental rights and expanded references to court decisions.

The expiration of a one-year provision in the Big Beautiful Bill that defunded Planned Parenthood has pro-life groups and supporters questioning whether their voices are still being heard in defense of the unborn.

...The percentage of white evangelicals with a favorable view of the Israeli people has fallen 10 points since 2024, to 74 percent. Their view of Israel’s government has slipped even more...

The United States has gradually expanded the scope of its attacks against Iran over the course of two weeks of punishing airstrikes that increasingly resemble the war’s opening salvos.

Päivi Räsänen, a Finnish member of parliament and former interior minister, filed an appeal this week following her March conviction for expressing Christian beliefs about marriage and sexual ethics...

...In an op-ed, Jin detailed his experience behind bars, which he endured alongside 28 other leaders of the underground Zion Church.  He described his reclamation to freedom as “disorienting”...

A 25-year-old pastor at New Restoration Church in Uganda was killed hours after participating in a public Christian-Muslim debate in Mbale on July 18. He is survived by his wife and two children, ages 4 and 7.

Samaritan’s Purse sent humanitarian relief to Venezuela after two of the strongest earthquakes the country has seen in over a century hit back-to-back a month ago. Franklin Graham traveled down...

WNBA star Sophie Cunningham refused to back down from her previous statements defending women's sports. The Indiana Fever guard said Wednesday she stands by comments she made earlier...

Jen Hatmaker, a prominent progressive Christian influencer and bestselling author who quit attending church last year, now says she no longer believes in Hell.

A historic church in Buffalo, New York, caught fire again this week, and it was determined to be the result of arson. St. Ann’s Catholic Church was built in 1886.

Evangelical leaders have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent constitutional amendment in Switzerland that bans lawmakers from wearing visible religious symbols, leaders announced Monday.

...The trouble is arithmetic. A solar year runs roughly 365 and a quarter days. A 364-day calendar sheds about a day and a quarter every year, and that gap compounds. After two decades...

President Trump said Thursday that he is close to deciding whether to order a “massive attack” on Iran “bigger than ever before,” as the U.S. expands its military campaign against the Islamic Republic...

The U.S. military carried out a 13th consecutive night of strikes against Iran early Friday, targeting military command centers, drone facilities, communications networks, and maritime capabilities.