Was America founded as a Christian nation? A novel - titled The Secret Treaty - by Wayne Josephson claims to answer the most hotly debated question in U.S. history.
Amidst the growing pains of a revolution that will hopefully one lead to democracy, a scar from the past reared its ugly head in Egypt when a clash between Coptic Christians and Muslims in Cairo led to the death of one Copt.
Officials in Saudi Arabia have freed a popular Shia cleric whose earlier arrest had prompted protests and calls for a day of rage demonstration on Friday.
Youth activist groups are planning to hold a rally to demand the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah and to call for democratic reforms and greater freedoms.
Bahrain's crown prince warned all sides against escalating a standoff with disgruntled majority Shi'ites seeking an elected government in the Gulf Arab kingdom, asking for patience ahead of a national dialogue.
Athens, the home of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, is the world's most flirtatious city, followed by Moscow, while New York only just makes the top 100, a new study of online flirting showed.
What happened during the final week of Jesus of Nazareth's earthly life? Who was responsible for his death - the Romans or the Jewish authorities ... or both?
Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has alleged the existence of a “Jewish conspiracy” that seeks to discredit him and his organization.
Read John Galliano's apology
Taliban militants on Wednesday shot dead Pakistan's only Christian government minister for challenging a law that mandates the death penalty for insulting Islam, the latest sign of instability in a country where many fear radical Islam is becoming more mainstream.
Talibanism is on the rise in Pakistan and the government is helpless about it, Wednesday's ruthless assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the nation's only Christian lawmaker to hold a cabinet rank, has confirmed.
Militants linked to the Taliban shot dead Pakistan's minorities affairs minister Shahbaz Bhatti, who was a staunch critic of the controversial blasphemy law, on Wednesday.
An Islamist who worked as a British Airways computer expert was found guilty on Monday of plotting with a radical cleric to blow up a plane bound for the United States.
International Business Times spoke to Dilshod A. Achilov, a professor of political science at East Tennessee State University, in Johnson City, and an expert on the Middle East and Islam about the feasibility of Arab nations emulating the models found in Turkey and Indonesia. Here is part 1 of the interview:
British designer, John Galliano has been suspended by couture house Christian Dior following reports of anti-Semitic insults by the designer during a drunken incident at a Paris café.
Tens of thousands of mainly Shi'ite Bahrainis gathered in Manama on Friday, declared as a day of mourning by the government, in one of the biggest anti-government protests since unrest erupted 10 days ago.
Tens of thousands of anti-government Bahrainis assembled in the capital city of Manama on the twelfth straight day of the tiny nation's protests demanding democratic reforms, including a new constitution, and the establishment of more rights for the dispossessed Shia majority.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: OmniVision Technologies, United Online, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, True Religion Apparel, and Questcor Pharmaceuticals. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: NutriSystem, MedAssets, Novatel Wireless, ViroPharma, and Metabolix.
Emboldened by the pending repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell law, President Barack Obama, and his top legal official, have concluded that in two pending cases, the Administration will not defend a federal law that defines marriage as being the union between one man and one woman.
Anonymous dealt have taken down Westboro Church's websites and left a stern message to the radical religious group.
Westboro Baptist Church fires back at Anonymous, saying the group tried and failed to attack their websites.
Rapper Bun B has threatened legal action against the designers of a line of T-shirts bearing his likeness and that of his late UKG bandmate, Pimp C
