U.S. funding for the promotion of democracy has been frozen, disrupting the work of groups that expose abuses in China.

Abram Iskhakov is the caretaker of the oldest synagogue in Bukhara, one of the sacred cities of Islam. He is keeper of a Torah inscribed on deer velum and kept safe for 1000 years, or so the story ...

As one who shared the hope, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, that representative government, guaranteed ...

Video filmed a local shows the funnel touching the ground in Columbia, Mississippi, on Wednesday (Feb 12). (Credit: Kenny Brister via TMX).

Chinese fast fashion app Shein has relaunched in India almost five years after it was banned — some say it's a worrying move.

The Indian prime minister praised Trump while angling to avoid the steep ‘reciprocal’ tariffs the US president plans.

US President Donald Trump has rejected any role of the American ‘deep state’ in the affairs of Bangladesh, saying he will ...

History of the cornicello, an iconic symbol of prosperity, love and fortune that has become a popular present among lovers on Valentine’s Day ...

Freedom of worship is tenuous around the globe. The Pew Research Center’s latest annual report found “high” or “very high” levels of government constraints on religion in 59 of the 198 countries and ...