Now 90, Pastor Yap Kok Sun has served in the armed forces and survey and mapping department, and worked as a photographer alongside the late Malaysian-British botanist Ruth Kiew. Not many Malaysians ...

Obituaries for Perry County for the weeks preceding December 20. Mark S. Lightner, 78, of New Bloomfield died peacefully at ...

For a century now, in a quiet corner of Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria State, the Holy Family Catholic Parish of Palotaka ...

In the era of Mexica between the 14th and 16 centuries, it wasn't Christmas that was celebrated but a winter solstice feast.

Just days before Christmas, a major security operation is underway in a town in the so-called Jerusalem of the East, Zhejiang Province. A Protestant community refused to display the flag of the People ...

The Tripura are among the larger Indigenous communities of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), living mainly in Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachhari districts. Their language, culture and social ...

Millions of Christians around the world are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ in silence, secrecy or fear of death. The persecution takes many forms. In some countries, communist regimes suppress ...

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, it’s Christmas tune time! Stores, cars and bars are filled with traditional holiday tunes and some new ones sprinkled throughout. Holidays can be a hard time for many people, and ...

At midnight on Christmas Eve, the words of the traditional hymn “The Night of Christmas” will ring out in the tiny grotto in ...

Kenyans debate a photo of a police officer in a turban, revealing the presence of Akurinu in the forces, amid historical and ...

Gaza’s tiny Palestinian Christian community is trying to capture some of the Christmas spirit under a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

We continue with a News Hour holiday tradition in which we ask members of the armed forces to record a holiday song. For ...