A Christmas party in Goa for two Russian women turned out to be a horrifying ordeal when a taxi driver they had engaged tried to rape them at Anjuna.

There is something truly sick about a religious man raping a young child, and even more repugnant when the rape takes place in a house of God. In this case it was a Mosque. Back on November 29, 2008 a Muslim cleric in Korowal village, Pakistan raped..

Muslims and Jews working side by side to help Christians seems like a pipe dream, but for the first time ever, in Detroit, Michigan, about 40 or so Muslims were expected to join with some 900 Jews to volunteer on Christmas day. Many Jews consider..

Shah Rukh Khan arrived at the premiere of 3 Idiots in Mumbai on Wednesday was nearly as loud as the buzz of appreciation for Aamir Khan’s latest turn. SRK’s bête noire, Salman Khan, had arrived well in time for the movie to begin, and the waiting...

Thousands of saffron-robed Thai monks chanted and prayed for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Saturday as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of one of history's worst natural disasters. The gathering of monks in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing...

A Chinese court sentenced Liu Xiaobo, China's most prominent dissident, to 11 years in prison for criticizing the government, an unusually long sentence that rights activists say suggests other activists will also face harsh punishment. The Beijing...

A court Friday gave police 10 more days to interrogate five detained Americans on suspicion they were planning attacks on military installations in Pakistan. Police officials said the men -- all from the Washington, D.C., area -- might have targeted a.

Christmas is a period when the streets of Kampala, capital city of Uganda, fill up to the brim with people from all corners of the country. A time when pickpockets make more money than any other time of the year. Due to the traffic and people jam,...

A Nigerian reported to have links to al-Qaeda is being questioned after an attempted act of terrorism on a plane arriving in the US, officials say.

A woman jumped a barrier at the start of Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down the pope, briefly disrupting ceremonies. Screams erupted from onlooking worshippers when the woman ran toward Pope Benedict XVI and grabbed onto his...