(RNS) — A fatwa expanding almsgiving to politicians and public policy campaigns stoked a debate on the fourth pillar of Islam.

Racism is partly behind rising support for Reform UK in Scotland, John Swinney has said. The first minister said those with "fundamentally racist views" were backing Nigel Farage' ...

Critics say the bill criminalizes some political speech, but proponents say it's needed to take a stand against rising antisemtism.

D.C.'s U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro took her fight over teen crime public on Wednesday, releasing a blunt video on social ...

The archbishop of Washington, D.C. and other Catholic leaders urged the Catholic community to actively counteract polarization and fight for democracy at a March 18 event in Georgetown ...

European Union leaders failed to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday to lift his blockade on a 90-billion-euro ($103 billion) EU loan to help ...

"I bet she will say yes," or "I bet he will arrive on time." How many times in a day do we offer a wager, just casually? In some sense, we attach money when our conviction is strong. If many people ...