In 2022, global median scores on the Center’s Government Restrictions and Social Hostilities Indexes mirrored 2021. But some ...

Egypt, India, Pakistan, Iran and Nigeria had the highest overall levels of restrictions on religion, among the 25 most ...

In response to drones, many are joking that they'd welcome aliens if it means a break from office commutes and paying bills.

The Russian Orthodox Church is involved in mobilizing soldiers, participating in the "Time of Heroes" program, and ...

Golani, the militant leader who led the stunning insurgency that toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years ...

Syrians poured into the streets in celebration after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the Assad family’s ...

Russian state news agencies say the ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad has arrived in Moscow with his family and been given ...

The LGBTQ+ community in Russia has been under pressure for years, but the situation has worsened since the Kremlin sent ...

Shinto is the native religious tradition of Japan. I think it's easy to see visual signs of it throughout Japan, from the shrines (jinja) to the gates (torii). But what I was interested in finding out ...

The Russian currency, the ruble, has plunged to its lowest rate against the U.S. dollar since the start of Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as sanctions continue to hurt his country ...

Russia seeks to invest in and expand train and component manufacturing within India to fulfill its domestic needs. Russian railway company TMH expressed interest, aiming to establish production ...

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces were preparing a response to Ukraine’s recent attacks using US-supplied ATACMS missiles on air defense units in the Kursk border region. “In the ...