Sydney News Board

Among those freed under the deal brokered by the U.S. government were 13 affiliated with Mountain Gateway, an American evangelical church.

Evangelical pastors led by a Texas missionary in Nicaragua were accused of money laundering, in a widespread crackdown on religious groups.

For many trans women living on the fringes of the nation’s society, the Catholic Church is a haven, and Pope Francis a personal hero.

As the first phase of vaccinations ended, an Israeli strike hit a hospital courtyard in central Gaza where people were sheltering, Palestinian news media reported.

The athlete, who was set on fire in Kenya by a man with whom she was in a relationship, competed in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics this summer.

Yassin Fatty, a traditional practitioner of female genital cutting in the West African nation of Gambia, became the first to be convicted there. But her case led to a backlash and a popular campaign to make it legal again.

More than 50 African leaders have gathered in Beijing for a summit aimed at projecting the influence of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in the developing world.

The latest proposals to bridge the remaining gaps between Israel and Hamas have yet to be finalized. Both Israel and Hamas have expressed pessimism over the prospects for an agreement.

Release of the video of Carmel Gat, 40, and Alexander Lobanov, 32, appears designed to inflame divisions in Israel.

The Human Rights Watch report marks the first effort by a major international organization to verify some of the two-dozen reported deaths in protests since Venezuela’s disputed presidential election.