Last Updated:March 25, 2025, 18:17 IST The church was founded in Seoul in 1954, a year after the end of the Korean War, by the late Rev Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah who preached new interpretations of the Bible A general view of the Tokyo headquarters of the Family Federation for World Peace and
A court in Tokyo on Tuesday ordered the Japanese branch of the Unification Church to disband, three years after it came under scrutiny following the assassination of the former prime minister, Shinzo Abe. The shooting of Mr. Abe by a man with a grudge against the church led to revelations that the fringe religious group
In an exclusive CNN interview, Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani emphasized the goal of overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad as his coalition advances. Head of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), formed from a former al-Qaeda affiliate, Jolani expressed intentions to replace Assad’s regime with a government built on democratic principles and a people-elected council. This marked