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Attack on Egyptian church foiled, guards blow up terrorists' car
Attack on Egyptian church foiled, guards blow up terrorists' car

An attack on an Egyptian Coptic church has been foiled by security services outside the building.

Stories of victims from Las Vegas shooting incident
Stories of victims from Las Vegas shooting incident

Stories to commemorate few of the victims from Las Vegas shooting incident

International parliamentarians release report on religious intolerance in Southeast Asia
International parliamentarians release report on religious intolerance in Southeast Asia

There has been reports of religious regression on religious freedom in Burma and Indonesia.

India's Believers Church: We feel forced to bring legal case against Church of South India
India's Believers Church: We feel forced to bring legal case against Church of South India

The Believers Church in India feels forced to bring legal action against another church in India after allegations were made against their controversial leader, KP Yohannan, a spokesman has told Christian Today.

Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox Patriarch to meet with Welby, UK church leaders and politicians in major visit
Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox Patriarch to meet with Welby, UK church leaders and politicians in major visit

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem is to visit the UK from October 31 to November 3 and will meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, Cardinal Vincent Nichols and British politicians, Christian Today has learned.

Philippine police suspends 'Oplan Tokhang' anti-drug operations
Philippine police suspends 'Oplan Tokhang' anti-drug operations

President Rodrigo Duterte released a memorandum passing the responsibility to PDEA

Mass ISIS executions leave more than 100 dead in Christian town of Al-Qaryatayn, Syria

Mass executions by ISIS in the Christian town of Al-Qaryatayn in Syria have left more than 100 civilians dead, according to a monitoring group.

Russian Orthodox Christians sing prayers to protest controversial movie about last Tsar's affair
Russian Orthodox Christians sing prayers to protest controversial movie about last Tsar's affair

Around 20 Orthodox Christians in Russia last night sung prayers to protest against the controversial release of a movie about the last Russian tsar's affair with a ballerina.

Footprints of God? Archaeologists baffled by giant sandal-shaped rocks near the Jordan River
Footprints of God? Archaeologists baffled by giant sandal-shaped rocks near the Jordan River

They are being dubbed the 'footprints of God' – large sandal-shaped formations in the earth that archaeologists think date back to the time the Israelites entered the Promised Land.

Australia same-sex marriage poll: Perth Church leaders come out for 'yes' vote
Australia same-sex marriage poll: Perth Church leaders come out for 'yes' vote

A number of senior church leaders in Perth are coming together to launch Australian Christians for Marriage Equality in support of the 'yes' vote in the country's postal survey on gay marriage.

Pastor marries couples 'living in sin' after her vision from God
Pastor marries couples 'living in sin' after her vision from God

A pastor has married six couples in one go after receiving what she says was a vision from God. Pastor Tanelle Welft-Dixon, 43, said that God had asked her to marry people who have been 'living in sin' or who couldn't afford to wed, according to local news website iol.

Greek Orthodox Church's transgender prayer NOT for transition surgery, hierarchy insists
Greek Orthodox Church's transgender prayer NOT for transition surgery, hierarchy insists

The Greek Orthodox Church is hitting back at claims it has a prayer for people undergoing gender transition while strictly opposing any liberalising of the LGBT-rights laws.

L'Arche founder Jean Vanier recovering in hospital after having stent fitted
L'Arche founder Jean Vanier recovering in hospital after having stent fitted

Jean Vanier, the Canadian Catholic philosopher and theologian who founded L'Arche, the community for disabled people and their carers, is recovering in hospital after having a stent fitted.

Dating across the divide: Israeli police detain 15 extremists accused of threatening Arab men who date Jewish women
Dating across the divide: Israeli police detain 15 extremists accused of threatening Arab men who date Jewish women

Israeli police said yesterday that they had detained 15 suspected Jewish extremists after an undercover investigation into a group accused of tracking down and threatening Arab men dating Jewish women.

Egypt's Churches condemn terrorist murders that killed 16 police officers
Egypt's Churches condemn terrorist murders that killed 16 police officers

Egypt's security forces suffered one of their heaviest attacks after militants firing rockets and detonating explosives hit a police operation.

Jimmy Carter: I'll travel to North Korea if I'm asked
Jimmy Carter: I'll travel to North Korea if I'm asked

Former US President Jimmy Carter said he would be willing to travel to North Korea on behalf of the Trump administration to help ease rising tensions.