World

Militants attack church and police in Egypt, one policeman dead

Islamist militants hit Egypt's two largest cities on Sunday with a bombing in Cairo and an attack on a church in Alexandria.

Pope at Easter prays for killed Kenyan students, decries persecution

Pope Francis prayed for an end to the persecution of Christians in his Easter Sunday address, commemorating the students massacred by Islamist militants at Garissa University in Kenya.

Kenya says government official's son was among gunmen in Garissa University attack

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Saturday that those behind an attack in which al Shabaab Islamist militants killed 148 people at a university were "deeply embedded" in Kenya, and called on Kenyan Muslims to help prevent radicalization.

Kenyatta says campus attackers 'embedded' in Kenya's Muslim community

Christian student survived Garissa attack by hiding in cupboard for 2 days

Extraordinary tales of courage and survival are emerging from the Islamist university massacre in Kenya.

Kenya: Armed guards protecting Easter congregations after Islamist attack

Kenyan churches used armed guards to protect their Easter congregations on Sunday, days after gunmen from the Islamist al Shabaab group killed nearly 150 people at a Kenyan university.

34,000 Black churches break away from Presbyterian church over same sex marriage

Approximately 15.7 million African Americans belonging to 34,000 churches have broken their ties with the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) following its decision to allow same sex marriage.

Arizona senator mulls bill to make Sunday church attendance mandatory

Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen (R-Snowflake) believes that America is in need of a moral rebirth and said a bill making it mandatory for Americans to attend a church of their choice every Sunday may not be such a bad idea.

Illinois Senate committee junks bill on Bible colleges

The Illinois Senate has rejected a bill seeking to allow religious institutions to grant degrees without securing the approval of the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE).

Shiite militia retake Tikrit after air strikes cease

Iraqi forces have reclaimed Tikrit after a brief boycott over US air strikes resulted in fighters leaving the battlefield.

Prosecutor fired after eugenics accusations

A Nashville prosecutor was let go this week amid reports that he requested some women undergo tubal ligation or maintain a birth control regimen as part of sentencing discussions.

Masked gunmen kill 147 at Kenyan university

An attack at a Kenyan college left nearly 150 people dead on Thursday.

Congress backs fired chaplain Wes Modder

Dozens of members of Congress expressed support for fired military chaplain Wes Modder in a recent letter to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Chaplains Rear Admiral Margaret Kibben.