World
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10 beheaded in Mozambique suspected Islamist attack
Mozambique's state radio service has announced the beheading of 10 people including children in an area where previous Islamist attacks have been reported.
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Leige: 'Terrorist attacker' shot dead after killing three in Belgian town
A man has been shot dead by police in the Belgian city of Liege after apparently killing three people in what is believed to be a terrorist attack.
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'Not even God loves gang members': Why a pastor and former MS-13 gangster wants to prove critics wrong
An evangelical pastor has told of his past as a member of the world's most dangerous gang.
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Catholic seminary stormed by Fulani herders in Nigeria
A Catholic seminary was stormed by a group of suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria's middle belt early on Monday morning and a priest narrowly escaped being killed.
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Church that lost 10 evangelical pastor couples in Cuba plane crash appeals for prayers
One week after the plane crash in Havana, Cuba that killed 120 people including twenty evangelical pastors on May 19, the denomination that lost the pastor couples has appealed for prayers.
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Bibles seen at polling stations for Ireland's abortion referendum draw complaints
Other voters said they had seen images of the Madonna and Child in their precinct.
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Fulani militants have killed nearly 500 people in Nigeria's Benue state this year, governor says
The toll of Fulani violence has reached an all time high this year as nearly 500 have been killed by militants in the Nigerian state of Benue alone, the governor has said.
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Practicing homosexuals should not be allowed in seminary, Pope says
Pope Francis reportedly told Italian bishops in a recent closed-door meeting that men who "practice homosexual acts" should not be allowed to stay in the seminary.
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Ireland's Catholic leader says abortion referendum 'obliterated rights of unborn'
Archbishop Eamon Martin said he was 'very deeply saddened' by the vote, which saw a two-thirds majority in favour of repealing the controversial Eighth Amendment to the constitution.
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ACLU, Planned Parenthood sue Iowa over law banning abortions after fetal heartbeat is detected
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and affiliates of Planned Parenthood in Iowa have filed a lawsuit against the state to challenge a new law that prohibits abortions after the detection of the unborn baby's heartbeat.
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Violence against Nigeria's Christians hits record high
In the central state of Benue alone, 492 people have been killed this year.
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South Korea says North is committed to 'complete' denuclearisation, summit with Trump
In Washington, Trump signalled that preparations for a June 12 summit with Kim were going ahead, despite having called off the meeting last week.
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Jailed British-Iranian aid worker to face new trial on fresh charges
A detained British-Iranian aid worker sentenced to five years in jail in Iran is to face a second trial on new security charges.
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Ireland ends abortion ban as 'quiet revolution' transforms country
Ireland has voted by a landslide to liberalise its highly restrictive abortion laws
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US missionary Josh Holt released by Venezuelan government
The Venezuelan government on Saturday released an American, Josh Holt, whom it has held since 2016 on weapons charges.