James Macintyre

Scottish church leaders demand Â£5 increase to child benefit amid growing fears over poverty

Church leaders have joined anti-poverty campaigners in calling on the Scottish government to use new welfare powers to increase child benefit by Â£5 amid growing fears for children living in the worst social conditions, The Scotsman reported.
$London Jewish girls attacked by man with bottle shouting, \'Hitler is a good man\'$
London Jewish girls attacked by man with bottle shouting, 'Hitler is a good man'

A man armed with a bottle chased a group of Jewish girls while shouting praise for Hitler in east London on Sunday, according to the volunteer Jewish patrol group Shomrim.
Suicide bomber kills at least 5 in bank blast near US embassy in Kabul

A suicide bomber this morning blew himself up at a bank close to the heavily protected US embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing at least five people and wounding eight more, according to the country's interior ministry.
Houston floods: Franklin Graham sends chaplains as Trump visits

The evangelist Franklin Graham has outlined how some 250 rapid response chaplains are ministering to victims of Tropical Storm Harvey which has unleashed more than 30 inches of rain throughout parts of southeast Texas. Meanwhile, Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church has been caught in controversy over its response.
$Sayeeda Warsi at Greenbelt: Passionate Muslim peer blasts UK politicians, \'homophobic\' Tories, Trump and Daily Mail$
Sayeeda Warsi at Greenbelt: Passionate Muslim peer blasts UK politicians, 'homophobic' Tories, Trump and Daily Mail

Sayeeda Warsi, the Conservative former Cabinet minister, has demanded that politicians 'stop engaging with the Muslim community through the prism of terrorism and extremism' and warned against 'a policy of disengagement' which is 'fundamentally wrong'.
Mythbusting integration: Muslims who attend mosques feel more British not less, study finds

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the more British Muslims practise their religion and attend mosques, the more engaged and integrated they are with society.
$Leading UK musicians join outcry over HTB-linked church\'s concert ban$
Leading UK musicians join outcry over HTB-linked church's concert ban

Dozens of Britain's most distinguished musicians are urging a central London church that recently became part of the evangelical Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) network to reverse its controversial ban on non-religious music.
Trump ally Mark Burns denies breaching visa terms in India campaign

Pastor Mark Burns, an ally of Donald Trump, has denied to Christian Today that he has experienced any visa problems while in India to preach despite a report implying that he was in violation of rules against the promotion of religion.
$How the Catholic Church in the US is confronting America\'s \'original sin\'$
How the Catholic Church in the US is confronting America's 'original sin'

Catholic bishops in the US have created a new ad hoc committee against racism following the violent clashes amid white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month.
Tensions ease between Coptic Christians and Muslims after clashes in Upper Egypt village

Tensions between Coptic Christians and Muslims in an Upper Egyptian village eased this week following weekend clashes after the Christians were prevented from holding a Mass at a private home because they had no permit.
$Ahead of imminent Florida execution, Catholic bishops call on governor to stop it on \'pro-life\' grounds$
Ahead of imminent Florida execution, Catholic bishops call on governor to stop it on 'pro-life' grounds

Catholic bishops in Florida have urged the state's governor to intervene before the execution scheduled for tomorrow of a man convicted of murder, invoking pro-life principles.
How this church sheltered 800 terrified people during Barcelona attack

More than 800 people found shelter in a church during the terrorist attack in Barcelona.