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What are the top five most influential songs of 2015? No.2 James Bond theme tune The writing's on the wall

Krish Kandiah continues his series exploring the themes and messages behind the most influential songs of the year

Asia Bibi, under sentence of death for blasphemy in Pakistan, forgives her persecutors

Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who has spent her seventh Christmas behind bars under death sentence in Pakistan for blasphemy, has forgiven her persecutors.

'Avengers' director Joss Whedon draws flak for supporting Planned Parenthood

"Avengers: Age of Ultron" director Joss Whedon might have earned raves and admiration after he helmed Marvel's hit movie this year, but after he came out and supported abortion service provider Planned Parenthood, the director drew the ire of his fans.

Stephen Curry and family hand out care packages to the needy a day after Christmas

Christian NBA star Stephen Curry is blazing a trail not just in the basketball court, but also in the hearts of countless individuals as he spent the day after Christmas giving food to those who needed it the most.

Pastor Shane Idleman cites real reason why many churches close and members leave

Pastor Shane Idleman is very concerned that around 4,000 churches in America close every year and that over 3,500 people decide to leave the church every single day.

Clinton joins calls for attacks on Middle East minorities to be called 'genocide'

Presidential candidate says Islamic State is destroying not only the lives, but wiping out the existence of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East.

Who are you going to be this year?

The New Year is fast approaching. This is the time of year people often choose to make resolutions of how they will do things differently next year. Clare Musters challenges this, asking instead: who are you going to be this year?

'The Voice' champion Jordan Smith plans to make music that would inspire people

Christian singer Jordan Smith has just won the ninth season of the singing competition of "The Voice," but Smith admitted that his victory hasn't quite sunk in yet and he feels really giddy about pursuing his lifelong dream to share music to the world.

Police officer pleads not guilty to murdering black teenager last year

The Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager last year pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut short a vacation to return to the city to deal with the fallout from two more fatal police shootings over the weekend.

British couple convicted of planning London terror attacks

A British couple were convicted on Tuesday of plotting an attack in London after the husband sent out tweets asking for advice on which targets he should hit, alerting police to a stockpile of chemicals at their home.

Comedian Sarah Silverman tweets Jesus was 'gender-fluid,' earning ire of netizens

Comedian Sarah Silverman, 45 thought she was being funny when she greeted her 7.5 million Twitter followers on Christmas day by saying that Jesus Christ was gender fluid, but she could not have been more wrong.

Ancient manuscripts suggest Muhammad did not write Quran, experts say

Followers of the Islamic religion believe that their holy book, the Quran, was revealed by Allah to their most revered prophet, Muhammad. Ancient manuscripts obtained by the University of Birmingham however suggest that it was not exactly Muhammad who wrote the sacred Muslim text.

High alert in European cities following warnings on possible terror attacks on or before New Year