Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was arrested days ahead of his imprisonment over fears he could mount an escape. In February, Brazilian Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet charged Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to overthrow Brazil’s democratic order, and in September, he was sentenced to 27 years in prison. He was detained by police in the […]

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren. The tally was changed “after a verification exercise and a final census […]

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended after 43 days, and while many received back pay and moved on, for others, the effects are still being felt. Due to the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, federal employees are guaranteed back pay during shutdowns, but for federal contractors who work with government […]

In light of the ongoing Christian persecution in Nigeria and elsewhere, one of President Donald Trump’s nominated ambassadors is prepared to uphold religious freedom around the world for all faiths. Mark Walker, who was nominated in April to lead the State Department’s Office of International Religious Freedom, spoke on the Nigerian crisis in an interview […]