AI will make war worse, Pope Leo warns

Iranian Christian refugee wins custody battle against Pastor Saeed Abedini, former political prisoner

(RNS) — Niloofar Aragh, an Iranian refugee living in Turkey, said Pastor Saeed Abedini abducted her 5-year-old daughter and fled the country in violation of international law. A federal judge in Virginia ordered the child returned to her mother.

Learning what a trip to Jewish Poland has to teach

(RNS) — A cautionary tale for today.

Amid ICE killings, more than 100 clergy from across the US stage protest at Delaney Hall

NEWARK, New Jersey (RNS) — 'I am sick and tired of waking up every morning to see another loved one is dead,' said Charlene Walker, head of Faith in New Jersey.

UK says an Iran-backed group was behind attacks on Jewish community and bans Revolutionary Guard

LONDON (AP) — The government said it is banning the group behind the attacks, the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right, or IMCR, also known as Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia.

Iran persecutes its Baha’i minority fiercely in a year of protests and war, rights groups say

(AP) — This year, amid massive anti-government protests and war with the United States and Israel, the Islamic Republic has mounted a fierce crackdown on the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, human rights groups say.