A Portuguese priest DJ’d in Beirut after Mass, blending faith and electronic music to promote peace and youth engagement, sparking debate.

Pope Leo XIV to visit Angola as part of Africa tour, amid nation's reforms on family and transparency.

Varanasi’s Manikarnika Ghat is being renovated to improve sanitation, access, and facilities while preserving its sacred status.

Dieter Uchtdorf becomes acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles after Jeffrey Holland's death, effective January 8, 2026.

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin accused interim leader Muhammad Yunus of enabling extremism and undermining secularism at a Kerala book festival on January 9, 2026.

BJP and Congress leaders clashed in Kolkata over Hindutva, with Trivedi defending it as part of Hinduism, and Aiyar calling it a divisive, violent ideology incompatible with Hinduism’s traditions.

A retired surgeon must pay legal costs after dropping false fraud claims against mosque directors in Ireland.

Anti-Zionist and antisemitic graffiti linked to a Minnesota shooting was found on the ruins of a California synagogue, prompting a hate crime investigation.

Five died, ten injured in a head-on crash in Bhopal during Makar Sankranti travel.

Iran jailed Christians for Christmas gatherings, citing national security, amid ongoing religious repression.