World
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Asia Bibi will be leaving Pakistan 'very soon' - Imran Khan
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has promised that Christian mother Asia Bibi will be leaving the country "very soon".
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100th anniversary of Amritsar massacre is a day for 'lament', says Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury said he was praying for healing and forgiveness as Britain and India marked 100 years since the Amritsar massacre on Saturday.
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Church body calls for release of Syrian archbishops still missing after six years
Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paul Yazigi have been missing ever since they were kidnapped at gunpoint outside Aleppo in April 2013.
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Assange's hideout in the Ecuador embassy ends with his arrest
Ecuador has suspended Julian Assange's citizenship and accused him and people connected to his WikiLeaks group of collaborating in attempts to destabilise the Andean nation's government, after years of offering him shelter.
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Thousands of young people sign petition demanding stricter laws on prostitution in the Netherlands
Some 42,000 young people have signed a petition demanding that it be made illegal to visit a prostitute in the Netherlands.
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'The global economic system is broken,' says Christian Aid
The head of Christian Aid Amanda Khozi Mukwashi is in Washington DC and New York this week to urge world financial leaders to make the global economic system fairer for all.
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Yale Law School investigated over allegations of discrimination against Christians
Senator Ted Cruz has launched an investigation into Yale Law School's recent decision to apply their non-discrimination policy to summer and postgraduate public interest fellowships, arguing that it unfairly discriminates against students who wish to serve in organizations professing traditional "Christian views" or "sexual ethics."
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Game of Thrones star Jerome Flynn 'changed forever' after meeting child soldiers in South Sudan
English actor Jerome Flynn says the stories he heard from war-scarred children being helped by World Vision in South Sudan were "almost too painful to bear".
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Malaysian human rights inquiry says police were behind pastor's disappearance
An inquiry into the disappearance of a pastor in Malaysia two years ago has pointed the finger at religious authorities and the police.
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How churches in Rwanda are bringing victims and perpetrators of the 1994 genocide together to rebuild communities
Farmer Habarurema Bosco did not feel like a human anymore after losing all of his family in the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi minority that saw the loss of about 1 million lives.
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Brunei's draconian new laws don't just affect gay people, Christians are at risk too
As the backlash grows over Brunei's new gay stoning laws, some Christians are wondering why there isn't more outcry about the threat of death to the country's Christian community.
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Iraq church leader pleads with UK Government to help rebuild devastated Christian town
An Archbishop in Iraq is pleading with the UK Government to help rebuild a Christian town that was devastated by the Islamic State.
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Situation for India's Christians is 'worsening year on year'
After a steady decline in conditions for India's Christian minority in recent years, there are fears that things may be about to get worse if the ruling BJP holds onto power in the forthcoming election.
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Texas bans chaplains from execution chambers in dispute over religious rights
Texas has implemented a ban on chaplains being present in execution chambers for condemned inmates in response to two high-profile court cases on the issue.
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Priest apologises for public burning of Harry Potter books
A priest in Poland has apologised after staging a public burning of Harry Potter books.