U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will head to Pyongyang next month to discuss denuclearization efforts, the State Department said Wednesday. Spokesperson Heather Nauert said Pompeo accepted an invitation from his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines of the UN General...

Beijing authorities who shut down a Christian church after its pastor criticised new curbs on religion have now ordered it to pay 1.2 million yuan ($170,000) in back rent and removal costs. The Zion Church had been one of China's biggest unofficial Protestant churches until it was...

Pope Francis called Wednesday for all Chinese Catholics to reconcile, while admitting that a historic deal with Beijing on nominating bishops may have caused "confusion". "I now invite all Chinese Catholics to work towards reconciliation," the pope wrote in a message to Roman Catholics...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called for a "comprehensive United Nations reform process" in an article he penned for the Foreign Policy magazine. Speaking about the ongoing humanitarian crises across the world, Erdogan said: "The list goes on, but it is clear that the...