Religion News

11:03 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka is beginning to empty as millions prepare to travel home for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan

12:28 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Israel and Hezbollah are rapidly escalating a new war that is hitting Beirut and pushing toward a wider ground fight

11:28 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Labor rights activist Dolores Huerta revealed she was among women and girls who say they were sexually abused by César Chavez, the long-admired Latino icon, while he led the United Farm Workers union

6:30 AM on Wednesday, March 18

6:07 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Pakistan and Afghanistan have declared a temporary pause in escalating fighting

1:03 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, the longtime head of the Georgian Orthodox Church and one of the country’s most influential figures, has died at the age of 93

11:02 PM on Tuesday, March 17

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is drawing to an end and Muslims around the world will soon start celebrating the holiday of Eid al-Fitr

10:23 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Iran has broadened its strikes on major energy facilities in the Middle East, eliciting strong warnings from Gulf Arab states that called it a dangerous escalation that threatened to draw them into direct combat with Tehran

9:53 PM on Tuesday, March 17

U.S. President Donald Trump pledged Israel would make no more attacks on Iran’s major South Pars gas field, but if Iran attacked Qatar again the U.S. would retaliate and “massively blow up the entirety” of the field

4:07 PM on Tuesday, March 17

An Arkansas law requiring that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public school classrooms was struck down by a federal judge Monday

12:20 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Two church-state watchdog groups say the Duval County School Board in Florida is violating the First Amendment by opening meetings with prayer

6:55 AM on Tuesday, March 17

The Vatican appeals tribunal has declared a mistrial in the Holy See’s big “trial of the century.”

3:59 AM on Tuesday, March 17

The U.N. human rights office has expressed concerns about possible “ethnic cleansing,” warning of an acceleration of Israeli settlements and displacements of thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

11:48 PM on Monday, March 16

Police in Nigeria say suspected suicide bombings have killed at least 23 people and wounded 108 others in Maiduguri

10:40 PM on Monday, March 16

Israel killed two senior Iranian security officials in a major blow to the country’s leadership

9:28 PM on Monday, March 16

The widening U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is choking the Strait of Hormuz and sending energy and security shocks around the world

1:57 PM on Monday, March 16

The transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America is complete

10:36 AM on Monday, March 16

The Vatican has released details of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming four-nation Africa tour

10:32 PM on Sunday, March 15

Explosions are sounding in Dubai after the United Arab Emirates reopened its airspace following a brief closure amid incoming attacks from Iran

9:34 PM on Sunday, March 15

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has pressured around seven countries to send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as fears of a global energy crisis persist and Iranian attacks and threats have choked off shipping in the vital waterway