Controversy over women's ordination, even at the synod, detracts attention from the plight of women in the Catholic Church ...

More than 100 elephants in northern Thailand have been moved to higher ground to escape rapidly rising flood waters, local ...

The interior ministry filed an affidavit stating marital rape be treated more leniently than rape committed outside marriage ...

As the Jewish community celebrates Rosh Hashanah amid the Israel-Hamas war and rising antisemitism around the world, two New ...

Millions of dollars for military training is unnecessary while education quality drops due to budget cuts, critics say ...

Calls US body 'biased with a political agenda' after it said India should get ‘Country of Particular Concern’ status ...

Election commission says hike in fertilizer, fuel aid could be seen as vote-buying ahead of parliamentary polls ...

Cambodian authorities have extended abroad their long-running crackdown on dissent with a former maid facing a potential five ...

Religious hardliners target Sufi shrines, minorities and culturally important places in Muslim-majority Bangladesh following ...

There is a widespread sense in the U.S. that American politics is broken. Perhaps there is no greater indicator of that than ...

Cardinal Fernández urged caution, saying Pope Francis believes more reflection is needed before addressing the issue ...

Typhoon Krathon slammed into Taiwan on Oct. 3, bringing mudslides, flooding and destructive winds to the shuttered island ...