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Mosul civilian deaths confirmed â UN 'stunned by terrible loss of life'
The US military said on Saturday a US-led coalition strike had hit an Islamic State-held area of Iraq's Mosul where residents and officials say as many as 200 civilians may have been killed as result of an air raid.
Voters blame everybody but Trump for Obamacare repeal failure
Many voters who elected him appeared largely willing to give him a pass on the collapse of his campaign promise to overhaul the US healthcare system, stressing his short time in office.
Christians displaced by Boko Haram being denied food, relief goods in Nigerian refugee camps
Troubles are piling up on the beleaguered Christians in Nigeria. Already the target of persecution by the savage Boko Haram terrorist group, the Christians who have been displaced from their homes by the Islamist extremists are also being subjected to discrimination in the displacement camps run by local Muslim organisations, the Christian persecution watchdog Open Doors U.K. has revealed.
Evangelist thwarts attempt to silence him as Uganda court drops cases filed against him by Muslim extremists
A prominent evangelist in Uganda foiled another attempt to silence him when a judge dropped cases filed against him, which were aimed at defaming him and stoking Muslim anger on him for providing refuge to Christian converts, sources said.
Douglas Carswell quits UKIP, says he will remain as independent MP
The UK Independence Party's only MP, Douglas Carwell, is quitting the party and will sit as an independent MP for his constituency of Clacton.
Pope Francis warns EU risks dying, faces 'vacuum of values'
Prime ministers and presidents from 27 EU member states have descended on Italy to mark the 1957 founding Treaty of Rome, receiving a papal blessing on the eve of the anniversary.
Israel 'ignores' UN demand to end settlement building in occupied territories
It was Mladenov's first report on the implementation a December 23 resolution adopted by the council with 14 votes in favour and a US abstention.
Republicans in disarray as Trump fails to repeal Obamacare
President Donald Trump suffered a stunning political setback on Friday in a Congress controlled by his own party when Republican leaders pulled legislation to overhaul the US healthcare system.
Pastor reveals horror of child sacrifices in Uganda, claims murder of innocents is big business
Hundreds of children are being kidnapped and murdered in Uganda every year because of the thriving child sacrifice business in that East African country, a pastor has revealed.
Archbishop of Canterbury: 'Christ's love and self-sacrifice will triumph over evil and despair'
The Archbishop of Canterbury spoke today of Christ's victory over evil on the Cross in relation to the London terror attack. He called for a memorial for those who were murdered, in particular PC Keith Palmer.
Christianity is 'over' in Iraq, but 'God is not dead despite terrible persecution,' says 'Vicar of Baghdad'
An eminent Anglican priest known as the "Vicar of Baghdad" has just presented two contrasting images of Christianity in Iraq.
In Afghanistan, more than 1 in 10 babies die at birth. Here's why â and how it can change
Afghanistan currently has the worst infant mortality rate in the world, with 112 babies dying in every 1,000 births.
Study shows 'religious' countries are worse at science. What does this really tell us?
The more heavily faith-fuelled a society is, the worse its citizens will perform in maths and science. On the surface this looks like a damning indictment of faith â another feather in the cap of the new atheists who will say, 'We told you so'.
#PrayForLondon is the latest #PrayFor hashtag to trend. Sadly, there have been many others
The #PrayFor hashtag has become a universal, compassionate response to terror events around the world. It reaches beyond any individual faith, even to atheists, in empowering individuals at times when fear and feelings of powerlessness can become almost overwhelming.
Fortune's 50 greatest leaders: Who is the one religious figure?
The annual list â on which the Pope has appeared every year since his election five years ago â includes widely-known figures like Melinda Gates and Angel Merkel, but also lower-profile people who have made their mark in their own sphere.
Hillsong has a 'no tolerance' policy on paedophiles, Brian Houston tells Royal Commission
Houston's own father Frank, a Pentecostal Assenblies of God pastor, who died in 2004, confessed in 1999 and 2000 to sexually abusing boys in New Zealand three decades earlier.