Hazel Torres

Raw onion on the lectern? Conservatives mock Obama's tearful TV address, claiming display of emotion is fake

U.S. President Barack Obama shed tears live on television on Tuesday when he unveiled his executive actions on gun control.

More turbulent 2016? Signs of trouble show up right on first few days of the new year

Perhaps the one thing that united the world on New Year's Day was the wish that 2016 would be a less turbulent year with world leaders moving to give peace a chance.

Sunnis vs. Shiites: Islamic rift rooted in conflict over political leadership, not religious doctrine

Saudi Arabia and Iranâtwo powerful Muslim nationsâare currently embroiled in a raging conflict with far-reaching consequences for the entire world and whose origins date back centuries ago.

U.S. seen turning its back on Gulf ally Saudi Arabia and siding with Iran in their raging Mideast conflict

Even as the Obama administration tries to project an image of neutrality in the raging cold war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, analysts say the administration's actions appear to go against Saudi Arabia, a staunch U.S. ally, and in favour of Iran, a nation that still refers to the U.S. as the "Great Satan."

God saves 22-member Christian family from powerful EF4 tornado that tore apart roof of their Texas home

A Christian university dean is thanking God for saving the lives of 22 members of his family whose house in Texas was one of those directly hit by a killer tornado last weekend.

Republican critics pounce on Obama even before he could spell out new gun control measures

U.S. President Barack Obama will shortly be announcing a series of new executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence. But even before he could open his mouth to provide details on his plans, criticsâmostly from the Republican camp, particularly the GOP presidential candidatesâare already calling his plans unconstitutional and an effort to disarm America.

Saudi Arabia enjoys U.S., U.K. support at U.N. rights body despite its execution of 47 people in one day

Despite the global outrage triggered by Riyadh's announcement on Saturday that it executed 47 prisoners, including an influential Shiite cleric, Saudi Arabia is unlikely to face rebuke from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the world's top human rights body.

Trump says Clinton and Obama created ISIS, claims that he's predicted the burning of Saudi embassy in Iran

U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is now blaming both President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for the creation and rise of the Islamic State (ISIS).

Armed man enters North Carolina church to do harm but ends up embracing pastor and asking for his prayer

A pastor from North Carolina was just about ready to pounce on a dangerous-looking man who walked into his church wielding a rifle near midnight on New Year's Eve.

The world was supposed to end not once but twice in 2015 â it's OK, those were just some of many failed prophecies

The world should have ended, twice over, in 2015âif the two doomsday predictions last year actually happened.

Ex-atheist turned Jesus' follower spends Christmas feeding and spreading cheer to Christian refugee families

An American atheist turned Christian humanitarian leader has once again undertaken his avowed mission to feed and bring cheer to Christian children and their families in U.N. refugee camps in the Middle East.

Muslim family touched by kindness of stranger who paid their dinner bill and wished them 'Merry Christmas'

A complete stranger paying for the bill of people in a restaurant with no strings attached is not very common. But it is unmistakeably rare when a stranger, presumably a Christian, pays for the bill of a group of Muslims with a "Merry Christmas" message written on the bill to boot.

Transgender confusion madness: A father turns into a mother and the mother turns into a pregnant father?

There was a time when it's a no-brainer to describe a family. That basic unit of society consists of a married coupleâa man who is the father and a woman who is the motherâand their child or children who are straight boys or girls. However, nowadays, there are "families" that could be very confusing to describe, according to Charisma News' Line of Fire columnist Michael Brown.

New York cop named Christian honoured for saving life of man about to kill self by giving him a hug