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India: Catholic charity stops all adoptions to avoid gay parents
India: Catholic charity stops all adoptions to avoid gay parents

Mother Teresa's charity, The Missionaries of Charity, has deregistered 13 orphanages from adoption services in India due to single and divorced people being allowed to adopt.

Rugby World Cup 2015: All Blacks and Tonga pray together after brutal battle
Rugby World Cup 2015: All Blacks and Tonga pray together after brutal battle

Rugby giants, New Zealand paused to pray with their opponents Tonga after their bruising battle last week.

Rise in child abuse investigations linked to fears of witchcraft
Rise in child abuse investigations linked to fears of witchcraft

Police are investigating increasing numbers of cases where children are being assaulted because of suspicions about witchcraft.

Is ISIS\' leader dead? Rumours circulate after Baghdadi\'s convoy hit by airstrike
Is ISIS' leader dead? Rumours circulate after Baghdadi's convoy hit by airstrike

A convey carrying ISIS' leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been hit by Iraq's air force, a military statement read.

Christian movement supports Israel, calls for freedom of religion on Temple Mount
Christian movement supports Israel, calls for freedom of religion on Temple Mount

For the first time in 2, 000 years, a Christian movement has publicly showed support for Israel and the Jewish sovereignty over the Temple Mount, a holy site in the old city of Jerusalem, which has been off limits for praying, singing and making of 'any religious displays' since 1967.

Syrian Priest kidnapped by ISIS has been set free
Syrian Priest kidnapped by ISIS has been set free

Syrian priest, Fr Jacques Mourad has been freed five months after he was kidnapped by ISIS near Homs.

UN: Access to education for girls still more limited than boys
UN: Access to education for girls still more limited than boys

Less than half of the world's countries have equal numbers of girls and boys in school with not one sub-Saharan African nation achieving equality, according to a United Nations report released on Monday to mark International Day of the Girl Child.

President Obama pokes fun at Kanye West for his White House dream, gives advice
President Obama pokes fun at Kanye West for his White House dream, gives advice

When rapper Kanye West revealed that he has plans to run during the 2020 presidential elections, a lot of people did not take him seriously, including President Barack Obama.

Franklin Graham hails Kentucky mayor for resisting atheists\' attempt to remove cross
Franklin Graham hails Kentucky mayor for resisting atheists' attempt to remove cross

Reverend Franklin Graham and many other Christians are just reeling over the removal of the Ten Commandments granite in the Oklahoma State Capitol when an atheist group is now stirring up trouble in another state, asking that a cross be removed from a water tower.

Germans protest influx of Muslim refugees, warn of \'great risks\' facing their nation
Germans protest influx of Muslim refugees, warn of 'great risks' facing their nation

Thousands of human rights and anti-migrant members in Germany have recently come together to protest its government policy on asylum seekers from Syria and the Middle East, saying the influx of refugees in the country could pose greater risks to the people and the nation.

Looming Asian flashpoint: US warship set to challenge China control of disputed isles
Looming Asian flashpoint: US warship set to challenge China control of disputed isles

China's claim of territorial sovereignty in the South China Sea could be challenged in days when the White House finally gives the green light to sail a Navy ship near one of its newly built artificial islands.

Expert: Russia targeting own citizens who are fighting for ISIS, other jihadist groups

Moscow is targeting Russians who may have joined various Sunni jihadi, including Islamic State militants, a Middle East expert has claimed.

Afghanistan: Five NATO members killed in helicopter crash
Afghanistan: Five NATO members killed in helicopter crash

Five members of NATO's international support mission in Afghanistan were killed and five injured when a British military helicopter crashed in the capital, Kabul, officials said on Monday.

The Democratic Forces of Syria: YPG joins new military alliance
The Democratic Forces of Syria: YPG joins new military alliance

A Kurdish militia that has been backed by U.S.-led air strikes in Syria has joined a new military alliance that includes Arab groups, a statement released overnight said.

\'Lucky\' student adds details on Oregon shooter\'s selective killing of Christians
'Lucky' student adds details on Oregon shooter's selective killing of Christians

Two students killed during the mass shooting at a community college in Oregon were shot to death by the gunman after confessing their faith, a survivor of the horrific incident recently recounted.

Tamir Rice: Police who killed 12-year-old carrying toy gun acted \'reasonably\'
Tamir Rice: Police who killed 12-year-old carrying toy gun acted 'reasonably'

Two outside experts have concluded a Cleveland police officer's fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy who was carrying a toy gun was a reasonable response to a perceived threat, according to reports released by an Ohio prosecutor's office on Saturday.