The final list of Egyptian presidential candidates was announced on Thursday, and 13 men will face off in the first free presidential elections in the country in decades.
An Indiana teacher was fired from a Roman Catholic school after undergoing in vitro fertilization, which the Church strictly shuns, according to the Associated Press. The 31-year-old former educator, Emily Herx, is filing a lawsuit claiming that her termination last June was a result of discrimination. The case could spark serious legal controversy over reproductive rights and religious rights.
The Libyan National Transitional Council bans religious political parties before elections in June, angering the Muslim Brotherhood
Muslims living in Europe face discrimination in employment, education and daily life in general, according to a new report released by Amnesty International.
The inevitable passing of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the radicalization of the Tibetan diaspora and the fervor of the international campaign to free Tibet are bound to keep the Himalayan dispute on the world's front pages. Many Nepalese recognize that an independent Tibet would leave their country without a border with China. They believe such a situation would allow India to tighten its grip.
The Dudely Lama much prefers drinking White Russians to smoking pot. But that's just like, his opinion, man.
It is interesting now to see Republicans' newfound support of judicial review after the passage of health reform under a Democratic president, said U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
A watchdog group within the Vatican said they plan a major crackdown for nuns in the United States, accusing them of taking positions that undermine Roman Catholic traditions and teachings.
Tuesday marks the second day of the long-awaited trial against Breivik, who, on July 22, detonated a car bomb outside of Norwegian government headquarters before going on a shooting spree at a Labor party-sponsored summer camp. During his testimony, in which he read from a written statement, the 33-year-old said that his actions were done out of goodness, not evil.
A prominent Democratic donor has vowed to spend $100,000 on a campaign designed to pressure President Barack Obama into signing an executive order that would protect LGBT workers from workplace discrimination at the hands of federal contractors.
Deepa Mehta's critically acclaimed and controversial film Fire, the first of her Elements Trilogy which opened in 1996 to widespread protests, opened the closet for gay issues in the country, said actress Shabana Azmi.
With the election of Suu Kyi into Myanmar's parliament, some Rohingya are optimistically cautious.
A controversial bill that permits the teaching of creationism alongside evolution was allowed to pass on Wednesday in Tennessee.
An organ donation video people can watch on an iPod while they wait at the Department of Motor Vehicles may encourage more to become donors, a new study suggests. Researchers found that for folks getting a driver's license at the DMV in their county, watching a video on one of Apple's iPods seemed to sway the decision on becoming an organ donor.
The controversy surrounding the so-called Jesus Tomb in Jerusalem continues over the 2,000-year-old Jonah Whale engraving which some archeologists claiming it represents the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Other scholars put forward the notion that the team led by filmmaker Simcha Jacobvici falsified the carving in a bid to deceive the public.
Soon Tennessee classrooms will be able to debate the merits of creationism and evolution side-by-side, after Gov. Bill Haslam on Tuesday refused to sign a controversial proposal dubbed the Monkey Bill, but allowed it to become law anyway.
Have you ever noticed that the liberals aren’t always so liberal?
George Zimmerman has purportedly established a website seeking online donations for living expenses and a possible legal defense should he be charged in the death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
The link between Nazi Germany and ancient India, however, goes deeper than just the swastika.
Anne Graham Lotz, an evangelist preacher whose father is the famous Rev. Billy Graham, said on Sunday that an atheist presidential candidate could never get her vote.
While Easter is one of two important religious holiday celebrations in Christianity, Easter egg hunts are arguably the best part about celebrating the Easter tradition, aside from the chocolate bunnies, of course, that doesn't involve religion whatsoever. View the slideshow to see photos of Easter Eggs Hunts and Rolls celebrated around the world leading up to Easter 2012.
Those lyrics are from the most patriotic American anthem of the last half-century, Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.” Ronald Reagan played the song the year it came out, at the 1984 Republican convention, and it gained iconic status after the 9/11 atrocities.
