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Jerusalem: Violent clashes at contested holy site
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a group of Palestinian youths on Sunday as clashes broke out at the contested al-Aqsa mosque plaza in Jerusalem.

President Obama, UN chief urged: 'Don't turn your backs on genocidal ISIS acts'
Former Virginia Congressman Frank R. Wolf, 76 has written a letter to both United States President Barack Obama and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, telling the two men to recognize the ongoing slaughter, torture, and rape of Christians, Yezidis, and other religious minorities at the hands of ISIS.

Mike Huckabee accuses President Obama of taking Israelis 'to the door of the oven'
Presidential hopeful and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, 59 is very displeased with United States President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, and has even gone as far as comparing it to horrific events during the Holocaust.

Franklin Graham in disbelief that Obama lectured Kenyan president on gay rights
American evangelist Franklin Graham cannot help but shake his head in disbelief after he heard reports that United States President Barack Obama publicly lectured Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta recently about gay rights.

Christian protesters denounce unveiling of huge goat-headed Satan statue in Detroit
Dozens of Christian protesters gathered in Detroit, Michigan, on Saturday to denounce the unveiling of a bronze nine-foot, one-ton goat-headed statue of Satan called the Baphomet monument.

Homosexuality: Can a single YouTube sermon change conservative minds?
Dewey Smith blasts those who judge and condemn gay people for their hypocrisy.

Chinese church leaders: 'Each time they take a cross down, we will put more up'
Catholic leaders have pledged to "make the cross flourish throughout China" following the removal of more than 1,200 crosses from churches in Zhejiang province.

Man-made climate change: 4 continents hit by historic droughts affecting millions
Four continents around the world are currently experiencing historic droughts affecting millions of people and their livelihood, and experts warn this is the effect man-made climate change.

Bobbi Kristina Brown dies, 'She is finally at peace in the arms of God'
Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of late singer Whitney Houston, died on Sunday at the age of 22.

Lord Sewel resigns amid cocaine scandal
A senior British lord quit his post on Sunday and will face a police investigation after a tabloid newspaper released a video alledgedly showing him semi-naked and snorting white powder through a banknote while partying with two women.

Jehovah's Witnesses hid child sex abuse cases: Australian inquiry told
The Jehovah's Witnesses Church in Australia failed to report to police more than 1,000 cases of child sexual abuse going back more than 60 years

Christians in Niger struggle to rebuild 70 churches destroyed by Islamic militants
Christian leaders in Muslim-dominated Niger cried for help as their churches recover at a snail's pace from a series of attacks carried out early this year by Islamists.

Corbyn calls for large-scale renationalisation amid warnings of party meltdown
A battle for the party's soul has prompted warnings it could split in two.

Pakistan resumption of executions 'does not deter terrorists', say critics
Of 180 people hanged since December, fewer than one in six were linked to militancy.

Iran: 'Middle Eastern nations should combine to fight militancy'
Gulf Arab states fear Tehran will increase backing for armed opposition groups.

ISIS took $1 billion in cash from banks when it seized Mosul, US official bares
The jihadist group Islamic State raked between $500 million and $1 billion in cash when it took control over Iraq's second largest city in 2014, a top official under US President Barack Obama said.