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Japanese scientists develop mind-reading device that turns brainwaves into words
Japanese scientists develop mind-reading device that turns brainwaves into words

Japanese scientists recently developed what is being referred to as a "mind-reading" device, which can turn brainwaves into words, The Daily Mail reported.

ISIS second in command and spokesman Adnani wounded in Iraq coalition airstrike
ISIS second in command and spokesman Adnani wounded in Iraq coalition airstrike

The chief spokesman of the Islamic State (ISIS) has been seriously injured in an airstrike in Anbar province recently, it was reported.

Alabama sues U.S. government for failing to consult state over Syrian refugee settlement
Alabama sues U.S. government for failing to consult state over Syrian refugee settlement

Alabama filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government Thursday to stop refugee settlement in the state, saying the Obama administration failed to consult states over the issue.

Americans support Obama\'s gun control executive actions but doubt that they can reduce deaths
Americans support Obama's gun control executive actions but doubt that they can reduce deaths

Majority of Americans support President Barack Obama's new gun control executive actions that aim to step up federal background checks for gun purchases and enforcement of current laws.

GOP presidential bet Mike Huckabee bitter at evangelical leaders for not backing him
GOP presidential bet Mike Huckabee bitter at evangelical leaders for not backing him

Former Arkansas Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said on Wednesday that evangelical leaders are actually "scared to death" that he would win this year's elections and give them nothing more to do.

Church leaders told: Don\'t ignore social issues, talk politics to your congregation
Church leaders told: Don't ignore social issues, talk politics to your congregation

Some people strongly believe that there should be a separation of church and state, but Reverend Frank Pavone of Priests for Life thinks it is okay if church leaders want to get involved in social affairs and discuss politics and the upcoming presidential elections.

Persecuted Slovak priest dies of lung cancer
Persecuted Slovak priest dies of lung cancer

A popular Slovak Roman Catholic priest who suffered persecution by the communist regime has died of lung cancer.

Iran, ISIS both believe in imminent coming of Muslim messiah Mahdi at world\'s end, fuelling their actions — experts
Iran, ISIS both believe in imminent coming of Muslim messiah Mahdi at world's end, fuelling their actions — experts

Joel C. Rosenberg, a U.S. evangelical Christian political strategist, says the future leader of America must be aware that "for the first time in human history, the leaders of two nation states are being driven by eschatology," the branch of theology that is concerned with the end times.

Lawsuit against \'celebrity pastor\' alleges he used artwork without permission
Lawsuit against 'celebrity pastor' alleges he used artwork without permission

A Florida pastor whose congregation includes Justin Bieber and the Kardashians has been accused of an alleged illicit use of art for his Miami church.

Police officer gives prayer instead of ticket to speeding driver, crying with him as they pray for his cancer-stricken daughter
Police officer gives prayer instead of ticket to speeding driver, crying with him as they pray for his cancer-stricken daughter

A truck driver from the U.S. state of Indiana got a most pleasant surprise when he received not a ticket but a sympathetic prayer instead from a state trooper who stopped him along a busy highway for breaking the speed limit.

Meeting God in Psalm 119: Five beautiful prayers to feed your soul
Meeting God in Psalm 119: Five beautiful prayers to feed your soul

Its themes include God's faithfulness amid persecution and the beauty and sufficiency of God's word.

Muslim refugees run amuck, rape German women; police told by officials to cover up crime to avoid panic
Muslim refugees run amuck, rape German women; police told by officials to cover up crime to avoid panic

Muslim refugees in Germany are running amok, attacking and raping German women in at least three cities—Cologne Hamburg and Stuttgart—reports coming out of the country said.

Head of Christian charity warns of \'looming disaster\' due to ageing populations and low birth rates
Head of Christian charity warns of 'looming disaster' due to ageing populations and low birth rates

Nola Leach of Care was speaking to Christian Today after it was revealed a scheme that allows members of the public to petition for new EU laws could be abandoned, because the public keeps asking for the wrong sorts of laws.

North Korea tested a super-EMP weapon that could potentially wipe out nearly the entire U.S. population — experts
North Korea tested a super-EMP weapon that could potentially wipe out nearly the entire U.S. population — experts

North Korea's claim that it has successfully detonated a test hydrogen bomb was greeted with scepticism by some analysts and even the White House, citing the low-kiloton yield and relatively small seismic wave caused by the blast.

Malaysian mother loses court battle over conversion of children to Islam
Malaysian mother loses court battle over conversion of children to Islam

A kindergarten teacher in Malaysia is to appeal to a higher court after she lost a case challenging the conversion of all her three children to Islam by her ex-husband.

Want your church to grow? Then it\'s time to surprise people...
Want your church to grow? Then it's time to surprise people...

If people have stereotypes about church as cold, boring, irrelevant, unwelcoming, cliquey, and so on, then we have the answer. Many of our churches simply explode that myth.