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Pope visits Colombian city Medellin that has put its drugs war in the past
Pope Francis today travels to Medellin, once notorious as the stomping grounds of drug lord Pablo Escobar, to find a city transformed since his predecessor Pope John Paul visited in 1986.
Red Cross fills UN void in violence-torn Myanmar region
The Red Cross organisations are scaling up operations in Myanmar's violence-riven northwest, after the United Nations had to suspend activities there following government suggestions that its agency had supported Rohingya insurgents.
Hurricane Irma lashes Cuba, heads for Florida as residents ordered to evacuate
Hurricane Irma walloped Cuba's northern coast on Saturday as a Category 5 storm, as millions of Florida residents were ordered to evacuate after the storm killed 21 people in the eastern Caribbean and left catastrophic destruction in its wake.
Finland's Lutheran pastors petition government over deported Christian converts
More than 400 Lutheran pastors in Finland have signed a petition expressing concern over the government deporting immigrants who have converted to Christianity.
Christianity in Iraq: Here are some signs of hope
Signs of hope are emerging for Christians in Iraq after they were forced to flee by the ISIS invasion.
Desmond Tutu breaks vow of silence to condemn Aung San Suu Kyi: 'You symbolised righteousness'
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is breaking is vow of silence in retirement to call on Aung San Suu Kyi to end her country's persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority group.
Can Pope Francis help dispel the darkness of murder and violence from Colombia?
Pope Francis, on his fifth visit to his native Latin America, is visiting Colombia with a message of peace. But despite a fragile three-month ceasefire, the country is still riven with conflict and has millions upon millions of internally displaced people.
Hurricane Irma devastates Caribbean, powers toward Florida
Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, drove toward Florida on Friday as it lashed the Caribbean with devastating winds and torrential rain.
Hurricane Irma brings 'carnage' to the Caribbean, killing 8 as Christian Aid assists on the ground
Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, today killed eight people on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin and left Barbuda devastated before heading towards Florida.
Evangelist J John on why Lidl's removal of the cross is a 'grotesque and blundering cultural insult'
As someone who is both Greek and a Christian, this action by Lidl to erase the cross from a Greek Orthodox church on food products amazes and annoys me.
'Borderlands 3' release date news: Game might be coming really soon, says Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford
After the release of "Borderlands 2" back in 2012, the game developers have kept a pretty tight lid on the details of "Borderlands 3," however, during the Inside Gearbox Software panel at PAX West, Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford let in a bit of update for the fans.
Four Kenyan Christians beheaded in latest Islamist atrocity
Islamist militants went from house to house in Kenya on Wednesday, dragging out victims, shooting them and then beheading them.
Huawei unveils world's first mobile computing platform, Kirin 970
Huawei unveiled their first flagship system on a chip (SoC), dubbed the Kirin 970, which is set with built-in AI capabilities that allow mobile devices to perform faster and most advanced.
Why Pope Francis needs all the prayers he can get as he visits Colombia, rife with poverty, corruption and war
Colombia has been torn by armed conflict since 1964, and it is weighed down by drug-trafficking related to cocaine production.
How threats over a movie about the last tsar show conservative Christians' growing influence on Putin's Russia
Religious conservatives in Russia, increasingly influential under President Vladimir Putin, are waging a campaign to block the release of a 'blasphemous' film depicting an affair between a young ballerina and the last tsar, considered a martyr by the Orthodox church.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi: Fake news is helping Rohingya terrorists
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is claiming her country is protecting everyone in the Rakhine state where more than 123,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled in the past two weeks.