A leading Asia-based rights group has condemned the ongoing violence in the Philippines against rights defenders after two ...

An estimated 50,000 to 200,000 women were forced into sexual slavery in countries occupied by the Japanese army during WWII ...

Jamiat Ulema Islam’s Muhammad Owais Aziz alleged many churches and Shia congregation halls built on encroached property ...

The Timor-Leste government has dropped a proposed legal clause that sought to criminalize media freedom to criticize the ...

Hong Kong postponed media mogul Jimmy Lai's trial on Aug. 15, awaiting a heart monitoring device -- the second delay this ...

Both Church and society face stagnation as young people put off starting families due to high living costs, low wages ...

“Take firm action against fraudulent employers, agents, intermediaries, and syndicates involved in unethical recruitment, ...

The Uttarakhand state cabinet on Aug. 13 approved the Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill which allows prison sentences ...

Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista regime has seized a prominent Catholic school, claiming without proof that it had operated a ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Aug. 15 to "respect" North Korea's political system and build "military trust," ...

Floods on Aug. 5 overwhelmed the Himalayan town of Dharali in India's Uttarakhand state and buried it in mud. The likely ...

New arrivals bring to 20 the number of children from Gaza who have been treated at Bambino Gesù hospital since October 2023 ...