World
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17 sentenced to death over church bombings in Egypt
A military court has sentenced 17 people to death for their part in deadly bomb attacks on churches in Egypt.
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US repeats call to Turkey to release pastor Andrew Brunson
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the release of U.S. evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson by a Turkish court at his next hearing on Friday would be an important step and the right thing for Turkey to do.
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Caught up in war: The future of children in Congo is bleak
Eleven-year-old Rebecca still believes she was once able to talk to skeletons, turn sticks into guns and teleport herself across long distances.
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Asia Bibi's daughter says she is 'confident in God' as family await verdict on death sentence appeal
The daughter of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan is putting her faith in God as the family await the final verdict on her appeal.
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North Korea wants to 'ardently welcome' Pope Francis, South says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang.
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Man charged after video footage of pro-life woman being kicked goes viral
A 26-year-old hair stylist has been charged after video footage of a woman being kicked at a pro-life protest went viral.
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Brett Kavanaugh says he will 'heed the message of Matthew 25' after contentious swearing-in
After a brutal political fight that roiled the nation, Justice Brett Kavanaugh took the judicial oath in the White House Monday promising to "heed the message of Matthew 25."
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Dr Mark Jobe named as Moody Bible Institute's new president
Moody Bible Institute has announced that Dr Mark Jobe will be taking the helm as its 10th president.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un invites Pope to visit
Kim Jong-un would like the Pope to visit North Korea, according to a statement from South Korea's presidential office.
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Catholic bishops hear the voices of young women at Rome synod
Moved with emotion, Pope Francis shunned his prepared speech in order to speak frankly with the young people present.
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Inscription found in Jerusalem is earliest ever record of city's name
A 2,000-year-old inscription has been unearthed in Jerusalem, the earliest ever found that gives the full name of the city.
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Indonesia tells independent foreign aid workers to leave quake zone
Indonesia on Tuesday ordered independent foreign aid workers to leave the quake zone and said foreign groups with staff in the disaster area on Sulawesi island should pull them out.
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Western countries must give Asia Bibi asylum, say Christian campaigners
Christians campaigning for the release of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman on death row for blasphemy, are calling upon Western countries to offer her asylum.
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Climate change panel issues 'final call' on global warming as global disaster threatens
Their report says the world is heading for a rise of 3 degrees C above pre-industrial levels and that this needs to be kept to 1.5C in order to avoid catastrophic change.
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Three decades after nuclear disaster, Chernobyl goes solar
Ukraine unveiled a solar plant in Chernobyl on Friday, just across from where a power station, now encased in a giant sarcophagus, caused the world's worst nuclear disaster three decades ago.