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Hobby Lobby owners under investigation for illegal import of ancient biblical artefacts
One of America's most high-profile Christian businesses is under investigation for illegally importing ancient Middle Eastern artefacts.

30-foot Hindu idol of good fortune falls on crowd of worshipers in India; 1 dead
The 30-foot statue of Ganesh has reportedly collapsed on a crowd of Indian worshipers during the recent Immersion Festival, killing one and hurting three others, according to the Christian News.

ISIS claims deady suicide attack on mosque in Saudi Arabia
Militant group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia.

Pentagon 'used Christian aid group to spy on North Korea'
An investigation claims that HISG received funding from the Pentagon connected to espionage in the secretive state.

Pat Robertson maintains that gay marriage is still illegal despite Supreme Court ruling
Even though the United States Supreme Court earlier ruled that same-sex marriage is now legal in the United States, Christian televangelist and "The 700 Club" host Pat Robertson said on Monday that the act is still illegal.

Franklin Graham seeks prayers for victims of Afghan earthquake, Oklahoma crash
Reverend Franklin Graham is concerned over two incidents that occured recently - one is the earthquake that struck Afghanistan and southern Asia, and the other one was the vehicular accident that occured during the Okalhoma State parade.

Spectre is spectacular â and explores the evil beyond evil
Martin Saunders gives his spoiler-free review of the latest Bond film. Suffice to say, he loved it.

Another evangelical church demolished in Muslim-majority Sudan
There are growing fears for Christians in Sudan after another church was destroyed.

Gun control: We need universal background checks, say US police chiefs in rebuff to NRA
Police chiefs from across the United States called on Monday for universal background checks for firearms purchases.

Afghanistan/Pakistan: Rescue teams rush to help earthquake victims
Thousands spent the night outdoors in near-freezing temperatures, reluctant to go back inside.

Osborne vows to act on tax credits after Lords defeat
The upper chamber voted to block changes to a tax rule which supplements the income of workers on low pay.

Group records ISIS acts of terror in Mosul, Iraq's Christian heartland: Beheadings, amputation and torture on daily basis
Hundreds of sickening episodes of beheadings, amputations and tortures for the period of September alone have been exposed in a dossier that shows anew the brutality and terrifying life under the Islamic State militants.

Shiite men mourn death of their prophet's grandson by cutting scalp, whipping bodies
Shiite Muslim men and young boys have been beating themselves with sharp blades and chains and even cutting their scalps with daggers reportedly to commemorate the death of Husyn ibn Ali, grandson of Prophet Muhammad.

Donald Trump: No terrorism if Saddam, Gadhafi had not been ousted from power
The late ruthless dictators Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gadhafi may have gained infamy and elicited hate for the various atrocities they committed to their own people, but for Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, they would've made the Middle East more stable.

Ciara denies pregnancy rumours, says she's still maintaining celibacy vow with Russell
Singer Ciara Harris and her NFL boyfriend Russell Wilson caused a media sensation when they earlier announced that they would be abstaining from sex before marriage. So when Ciara was spotted with a rounder belly recently, a lot of people immediately jumped to the conclusion that the couple had broken their vows and that she is already pregnant.

US bombing of Afghan hospital that killed 22 a 'premeditated massacre,' says MSF
US military may have purposely targeted a hospital in Afghan's Kunduz city, killing 22 people including 12 medical staff of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF), according to a report by the Associated Press (AP).