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Latest polls still point to a Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump US presidential fight in 2016
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Businessman Donald Trump have maintained their leads among Democratic and Republican primary voters, respectively, according to the latest CBS News poll.

US confirms Iran violated UN resolution with ballistic missile launch
Iran's ballistic missile test this weekend has violated a United Nations Security Council resolution that pertains to ballistic missile activities, White House Spokesperson John Earnest has said Tuesday.

Group seeks international aid to save 180 Assyrian Christians from ISIS execution
A persecution watchdog group has appealed to the international community to quickly intervene in the case of 180 Assyrian Christians whose fate has been sealed for execution by ISIS members after a failed negotiation of their ransom recently.
After Pope Francis' US visit, Egypt's Coptic Pope Tawadros II follows with 3-week visit
Pope Tawadros II's first visit to Nashville last Friday has electrified the community and thousands of Coptic Christians who turned up at St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Church last Friday, according to Fox News.

Ben Carson: Media 'can't stand the thought of a black person who is conservative'
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has recently accused the Washington media of being bias, insincere and trying to embarass him on many issues affecting the country, but clarified he is not calling a truce with the news media.

ISIS chief Al-Baghdadi 'carried away in vehicle' after Iraqi airstrike on his convoy
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been injured after an airstrike carried out by Iraq's Air Force struck his convoy while he was heading to Karabla to attend a meeting with Daesh (ISIS) commanders, according to CNN.

Oregon massacre hero Chris Mintz recalls day of chaos, terror and bravery
The man who played a heroic role during the Oct. 1 rampage at an Oregon community college that left 10 people dead has come out with his own narrative of what happened that fateful day.

Teen mauled to death by own parents inside NY church wanted out, police say
The teenage boy who was mauled to death by his own parents inside a church in New York state had "expressed a desire to leave" the secretive Word of Life Christian Church, New Hartford Police Chief Michael Inserra said on Friday.

Latest Virgin Mary 'miracle': Statue grows taller, smiles, cries inside Malaysia church
A statue of the Virgin Mary is drawing crowds of people after visitors and even church officials attest that they've seen the figure of the mother of Jesus at times growing taller, smiling and crying at times, according to the Christian Post.

US Archbishops disagree over divorce and remarriage
The Pope will speak "authoritatively" from the "tradition" of the Catholic Church at the end of the Synod on the Family, he pledged today.

Young man murdered by mob in India over suspicions of cow slaughter
A young Musim man in India who believed he had been hired to transport some machinery has been beaten to death after he was accused of smuggling cows for slaughter.

Syria: Army retakes territory around Aleppo
Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah and Iranian fighters made advances on Saturday in their offensive to retake territory around the northern city of Aleppo from insurgents and jihadist fighters, a monitoring group said.

Five ways to do accountability well
Accountability is so often talked about but rarely done well. Here are 5 tips to help you do accountability well.

Three Palestinians shot dead today as violence escalates in Israel
Three Palestinians were shot dead on Saturday in what Israel said were thwarted knife attacks, but a Palestinian witness of one incident said it was a result of Jewish settler violence, as tensions ran high after more than two weeks of unrest.

Term 'trustworthy' should only be used to describe God, says Ben Seewald
Expectant father Ben Seewald, husband of Jessa Duggar from the former TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting" is discussing what the word "trustworthy" means as he shared one of his favorite Bible verses 1 Timothy 1:15.

Donald Trump gets shocking answer when he asked who's winning Democratic debate
When leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump raised a question on Twitter asking netizens who they thought was winning in the Democratic debate, he probably did not expect the answer to be the radical Islamic group that is currently terrorizing the Middle East.