Religion News

2:34 PM on Thursday, May 28

With the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to refugee agency services, religious congregations have been filling the gap

12:43 AM on Thursday, May 28

Israel's military says that the air force has carried out an airstrike on a southern suburb of Lebanon's capital

10:17 PM on Wednesday, May 27

An Australian mother of four has been held in custody after she appeared in a court charged with traveling to Syria and joining the Islamic State group

4:39 PM on Wednesday, May 27

Blocking someone from entering a house of worship is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations outside synagogues

4:48 AM on Wednesday, May 27

Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia have been performing the symbolic stoning of the devil during the Hajj, enduring temperatures over 107 degrees Fahrenheit

3:58 AM on Wednesday, May 27

Muslims in Mali's capital, Bamako, face challenges celebrating Eid al-Adha due to a blockade by armed groups linked to al-Qaida

2:13 AM on Wednesday, May 27

An Australian government inquiry has heard that a state police force has worked to form a heavily armed rapid response team since the Bondi Beach shooting

2:02 AM on Wednesday, May 27

Hamas is confirming that Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City killed the new leader of Hamas' military wing

1:44 AM on Wednesday, May 27

An alleged accomplice of a man who was convicted of stabbing and seriously wounding a Spanish tourist at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial last year has been arrested in the German capital

12:42 AM on Wednesday, May 27

Penpa Tsering has been sworn in for a second term as the president of Tibet’s government-in-exile based in India

6:10 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Iran has denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of bad faith as negotiations press on toward a possible deal to end the war

5:36 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Sobhieh al-Saleh still lives in a tent in the Syrian province of Idlib despite hopes of returning home after a rebel offensive ousted Bashar Assad in late 2024

3:09 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Muslim pilgrims have gathered on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for the second day of the Hajj, considered the pinnacle of the annual pilgrimage

10:44 PM on Monday, May 25

The head of an inquiry into antisemitism in Australia has condemned online hatred and bigotry targeting Jewish witnesses

8:57 PM on Monday, May 25

At least four states have adopted laws this year making it a crime to disrupt worship services, a reaction to a high-profile protest inside a Minnesota church that prompted outrage from faith leaders

11:43 AM on Monday, May 25

Palestinian hospital officials say a Palestinian woman and a young girl have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza

5:30 AM on Monday, May 25

2:31 AM on Monday, May 25

Pope Leo XIV has called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit

2:31 AM on Monday, May 25

Pope Leo XIV has made a historic apology for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery

9:03 PM on Sunday, May 24

The annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, has begun