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A newspaper vendor pulls a newspaper with an article reporting U.S. President Donald Trump's message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians, at a newspaper stand in Lagos on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2025
Nigeria says U.S. help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty
President Donald Trump has threatened military action in Nigeria over what he said was the ill-treatment of Christians in the West African country.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday. Trump on Saturday threatened Nigeria with potential military action and said the United States might cut off aid, accusing the West African country’s government of failing to protect Christians.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2025
Trump threatens U.S. military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
Trump's post on Nigeria came a day after adding it back to a list of nations that the U.S. says have violated religious freedom.
Jin Mingri, the head pastor of the Zion Church in Beijing, has been detained by Chinese authorities on "suspicion of the illegal use of information networks."
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 14, 2025
China detains prominent underground pastor in crackdown
Jin Mingri, who founded the unregistered Zion Church, has been detained on "suspicion of the illegal use of information networks."
The "Text With Jesus" chatbot app displayed on an iPhone on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Society
Oct 8, 2025
Virtual Jesus? People of faith divided as AI enters religion
Religious chatbots and other faith-based digital tools are growing in number, offering counsel, comfort and spiritual guidance.
Yohei Sasakawa, honorary chair of Nippon Foundation, attends a news conference at at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow on Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2025
Nippon Foundation's Sasakawa meets head of Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian church is seeking dialogue with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the honorary chair of the foundation says.
Doris Aguirre, an immigrant from Honduras, participates virtually in a Sunday service by the immigrant-focused Lincoln United Methodist Church, held online due to the threat of immigration sweeps, in Chicago on Aug. 31.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2025
Immigrant faithful turn to online sermons and home communion amid Trump crackdown
On Trump's first day in office, his administration scrapped earlier policy of designating places of worship as sensitive locations off limits to immigration enforcement.
Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful from the popemobile after a Mass for the canonization of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 7, 2025
Huge crowds at the Vatican as teen becomes first millennial saint
Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Vatican Sunday as Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Catholic Church's first millennial saint, an Italian teenager dubbed "God's Influencer."
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch are both nonbelievers. That’s a rare shared trait in the country’s political history.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2025
How much does faith influence British politics?
For the first time in British political history, both the nation’s premier and the official leader of the opposition have shared such an attitude toward God.
A volunteer carries a cross during a Good Friday "Stations of the Cross" procession in front of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on April 18.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 13, 2025
Catholic Church draws ire for promoting priest jailed for rape
Victim support groups and traditionalists have expressed outrage over the case of Dominique Spina, who was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old boy in 2006.
People and rescuers inspect the damage at the site of a reported suicide attack at the Saint Elias church in Damascus on Sunday.
WORLD
Jun 23, 2025
Twenty killed in suicide bombing at Damascus church
It was the first suicide bombing in Damascus since Bashar Assad was toppled by an Islamist-led rebel insurgency in December.
Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd at St. Peter's square in the Vatican on Sunday.
WORLD / Society
Jun 9, 2025
Pope Leo condemns 'exclusionary mindset' in Pentecost address
The pope's choice of language was significant, encouraging people to "open borders" within their hearts and minds.
Empowering nuns and laypeople could help preserve struggling parishes and restore the Catholic Church’s role as a vital community anchor, especially with nuns who have long been its most dedicated and overlooked servants.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2025
To save Catholicism, let’s talk nuns, not popes
All eyes were on Rome as Pope Leo XIV was announced. But to secure the future of the faith, Catholics should look closer to home.
Pope Leo XIV, in his first public appearance after he was elected, on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2025
World Catholics see the first American pope as hardly American
The new pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, has signaled that his identity will defy easy categorization.
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday.
WORLD
May 9, 2025
In his first appearance, Pope Leo offers three big clues about his papacy
Although Leo follows in the tradition of Pope Francis, he signaled he is a new, and different, pope.
American faithful celebrate after Pope Leo XIV appeared at the central balcony of the Vatican's St. Peter’s Basilica following his election on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2025
The new American pope can take Catholics in three directions
Americans (and Donald Trump) may want to stake their claims on him, but he now belongs to a much bigger organization.
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV waves from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 9, 2025
Chicago has one burning question for Pope Leo XIV: Cubs or White Sox?
The Cubs and White Sox have both claimed the new pontiff as a fan.
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost waves from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on Thursday.
WORLD
May 9, 2025
Robert Prevost surprises as first U.S. pope, taking name Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday.
Workers set up scaffolding at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City on April 28 ahead of the conclave.
WORLD
May 7, 2025
Michelangelo meets James Bond: How Sistine Chapel conclave is kept secret
Various security measures are in place to prevent the transmitting of information, and cardinals will be in a protective envelope at all times.
People wait for dinner at a shelter run by Sant'Egidio, a Catholic association dedicated to social outreach, across the street from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on April 24.
WORLD / Society
May 5, 2025
Homeless sheltered by Pope Francis wonder who will follow
Pope Francis shunned much of the pomp and privilege of the papacy and sought to make the Roman Catholic Church more inclusive and less judgmental.
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peters Square in Vatican City on April 26.
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2025
Trump posts AI-generated photo of himself as pope, drawing internet outrage
The U.S. president, who is not a Catholic, posted the image less than a week after attending the funeral of Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
Japan to subsidize demolition of abandoned inns
Abandoned Japanese-style inns in the Kinugawa hot springs resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in March 2023
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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