Editor’s Note: The Jehovah’s Witnesses had their world headquarters for almost half a century in Brooklyn Heights. A gunman attacked a service held by his former congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses at ...

ORYOL, Russia (Reuters) - The first Jehovah's Witness detained for extremism in Russia has likened the authorities' behaviour to that of Josef Stalin's Soviet Union ahead of a verdict in his trial.

Russia's top prosecutor is threatening to ban the Jehovah's Witnesses for alleged "extremism." The religious denomination has faced growing pressure in Russia over the past several years, with church ...

The state law, in Washington, applies to all religions but has outraged Catholics in particular. The Justice Department is investigating. By Ruth Graham The attacker received a warning but was allowed ...