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Israel could become an officially Jewish state, Palestinians warn of 'obstacles to peace'

The prospect of Israel becoming an officially Jewish state has returned to the nation's agenda, in what Palestinians have described as an obstacle to peace.

Why Stephen Fry should be allowed to blaspheme as much as he wants

Fry is a National Treasure, a brilliant comic talent who has won huge sympathy with his honesty over his mental illness.

'There is always hope': Wife of Baptist minister who killed himself after Ashley Madison hack speaks out

Christi Gibson, wife of John Gibson, said that despite the trauma that she and their two children have suffered â including having to move home three times â she still believes in the possibility of hope and growth.

Another Egyptian Christian martyred by militants in North Sinai

He was murdered by masked men in the town of El-Arish, from which he and his family, along with many other Christians, fled in February following a spate of murders.

The major character flaw we all urgently need to address

When I was 19 years old, I did the socially unthinkable. I changed my favourite football team. I'm aware that twenty years on, many football fans will read this information and immediately judge me.

Pope Francis decries Trump's 'mother of all bombs' ahead of US-Vatican visit

Pope Francis has decried the naming of the 'mother of all bombs', the US military explosive Trump used to bomb Afghanistan in April. He said the word 'mother' should not be used to describe a weapon.

North Korea detains another Christian missionary as tensions increase

North Korea says it has detained an American Christian on suspicion of 'hostile acts' as tensions ramp up between the two states.

President Macron: the end of the beginning

Emmanuel Macron's victory in the French presidential election with some 66 per cent of the vote puts an end to a nail-biting election campaign.

'God's love is radically inclusive': Communist-ruled Cuba hosts first transgender Mass

For decades belonging to a religion and being anything but heterosexual was stigmatized in Communist-ruled, macho Cuba, making the Mass held by three transgender pastors in the western Cuban city of Matanzas all the more groundbreaking.

Boko Haram militants release 82 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls in prisoner exchange

Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 whom they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok three years ago in exchange for prisoners, the presidency said on Saturday.

Irish police are investigating Stephen Fry for blasphemy over 'God is a maniac' comments

Irish police have launched an investigation into whether Stephen Fry broke Ireland's blasphemy law when he described God as 'capricious, mean-minded and stupid' in a 2015 TV interview.

Aaron Hernandez wrote John 3:16 in blood on prison cell wall, told fiancee his death was 'Almighty's plan' in suicide note

"This was the Supreme's, the Almighty's plan, not mine!" Hernandez wrote in his note to Shayanna Jenkins.

New Jersey faith leaders unite to oppose Trump\'s \'cruel\' policies affecting minorities

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