Eight people in Nigeria were killed early Saturday when Muslim Fulani herdsmen launched an overnight attack on a Christian village near the city of Jos, reported officials over the weekend.
BP officials say there has been no flow of oil going into the Gulf of Mexico since the energy company closed the vents on a new cap Thursday.
A group of American missionaries was among those injured in the bombings in Uganda Sunday night that left at least 74 dead, according to reports.
An alliance of Christian humanitarian groups is pressing the government of Kyrgyzstan to launch an investigation into the recent civil conflict that left over a half-million people in immediate need of food, water, shelter, and medical care.
Cardinal Walter Kasper, the head of the Catholic Church\'s ecumenical affairs office, retired from his post Thursday, making way for his successor, Bishop Kurt Koch.
International Christian NGO World Vision believes the recently concluded summit of the Group of Eight countries will be rightly hailed for the launch of the Canadian-led Muskoka Initiative, but tainted by low promises and expectations.
A total of 2.4 million people in China have had to evacuate their homes as a result of severe flooding that spread across 10 provinces and regions in the south and along the eastern coast.
While people in at least 55 countries worldwide will be honoring their fathers Sunday, human rights and relief groups will be highlighting the plight of refugees in observance of World Refugee Day.
A global network of churches and related aid organizations is calling on the provisional Kyrgyz government to guarantee the safe transportation of life-saving assistance and access for aid workers to avert a humanitarian crisis in southern Kyrgyzstan, where the flaring of conflict has displaced an estimated 300,000 people from their homes.
After a three-day visit to the earthquake ravaged areas of Haiti, a seven-member ecumenical delegation led by the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) expressed some concerns about the role of churches in the reconstruction work of Haiti, the upcoming elections and the role of the ecumenical movement in the rebuilding of the country.