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How a Christian clothes boutique is restoring dignity to refugees
Iraqi Christians in Jordan who lost everything when they fled Islamic State are benefiting a second-hand clothes shop with one important difference.
Turkey's President Erdogan hints at exchange deal for imprisoned Pastor Andrew Brunson
Thousands of people have been detained in a crackdown since the failed coup, including Brunson, who ran a small church in Izmir on Turkey's western coast.
The controversial diplomatic mission of the Russian Orthodox Church's 'foreign minister'
The so-called 'foreign minister' of the Russian Orthodox Church's Moscow Patriarchate is on the move. Last week, he gave a notable and bold speech in London organised by the Russian Embassy, before travelling to Rome to meet with Pope Francis, who raised the thorny issues of Ukraine and religious freedom in Russia, and, more ceremonially, Francis' predecessor Pope Benedict XVI.
Church leaders attack Mugabe as Zimbabwe economic crisis deepens
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches, which represents 26 different denominations, says in a statement that Mugabe's government is behaving irresponsibly and calls on it to address the economic crisis.
Nepalese Christians released after being imprisoned for praying for a mentally ill woman
Four Nepali Christians have had their sentence of five years' imprisonment for 'violence and witchcraft', after praying for a woman with mental illnesses, overturned.
#ThisFlag Pastor Evan Mawarire is released after magistrate quashes charges
A court has ordered immediate release from police custody of Zimbabwean Pastor Evan Mawarire, who was arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's government.
Outspoken evangelical Roy Moore trounces Trump candidate in Alabama primary
Roy Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama supreme court and outspoken evangelical Christian, beat Donald Trump-backed candidate in the Alabama's Republican Primary election last night.
Desperate plea from the Catholic Patriarch in Iraq: 'We cannot endure another war'
Fears of a new military confrontation in Iraq are mounting among Christians, Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Patriarch, Luis Raphael Sako, has warned.
Otto Warmbier was 'systematically tortured' by North Korea, say parents
The parents of US student Otto Warmbier have described North Korea as 'terrorists' who had 'systematically tortured' their son while he was detained by the pariah state.
Why has Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on women drivers at last?
Saudi Arabian women will be allowed to drive cars, the King Salman ordered on Tuesday, ending an infamous conservative tradition seen as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom's repression of women.
'A night of terror and fear': Coptic Christians face attacks after social media post offends local Muslims
Two Coptic Christians face charges of inciting sectarian strife and insulting Islamic leaders, after their comments on social media caused some Muslims in their village to riot.
Christianity is dying out in Europe, claims Russian Orthodox Church leader
The 'foreign minister' of the Russian Orthodox Church's Moscow Patriarchate has claimed that Christianity is dying out in Europe and being replaced with 'the monopoly of the secular idea'.
Russian Orthodox extremists arrested for violent campaign against forthcoming film about Tsar Nicholas II
Several Orthodox extremists have been arrested in Russia for arson attacks and death threats as part of their campaign against 'Matilda', a forthcoming film about the affair between a ballerina and Tsar Nicholas II, considered a martyr by the Orthodox church.
Three Israelis shot dead by a Palestinian, who is also killed, at settlement near Jerusalem
Three Israelis were shot dead today by a Palestinian at the entrance to the Jewish settlement of Har Adara in the occupied West Bank near Jerusalem, Israeli police have said.
Iraqi Christians fear violence in the wake of Kurdish referendum
Iraqi Christians fear further violence just months after Mosul and the Nineveh Plains were freed from the control self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) as a result of the independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Religious leaders speak out in horror at far right gains in German election
Religious leaders across all faiths in German are expressing shock at the gains made by the far right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Sunday's Bundestag election.