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U.S. college campus shootings have more than doubled in the last five years - and they\'re getting deadlier
U.S. college campus shootings have more than doubled in the last five years - and they're getting deadlier

Shootings on college campuses over the last five years have more than doubled since a similar period a decade earlier, according to a report released on Monday by a criminal justice reform organization.

ISIS village that is the site of an apocalyptic prophesy central to their extremist ideology is in line for attack by US-backed Syrian rebels

Syrian rebels backed by Turkey and a U.S.-led coalition are closing in on the Islamic State-held village of Dabiq, the site of an apocalyptic prophesy central to the militant group's ideology.

Iran Arrests 25 Christians, Raiding Their Homes and Seizing Belongings For No Reason
Iran Arrests 25 Christians, Raiding Their Homes and Seizing Belongings For No Reason

More Christians are being arrested in Iran for no reason other than being followers of Christ.

Church Where Islamist Radicals Killed French Priest Jacques Hamel Is Reopened With Call For Religious Tolerance
Church Where Islamist Radicals Killed French Priest Jacques Hamel Is Reopened With Call For Religious Tolerance

A call for tolerance across religions was made during the reopening of the church in Normandy, France on Sunday where Islamist extremists slit the throat of a priest more than two months ago.

Christians In Iraq: \'We Feel The West Has Forgotten Us\'
Christians In Iraq: 'We Feel The West Has Forgotten Us'

Many Christians stuck in refugee camps in Iraq feel abandoned by Christians in the West, according to a report today.

Hurricane Matthew Approaches Haiti, Threatening Havoc For The Poorest
Hurricane Matthew Approaches Haiti, Threatening Havoc For The Poorest

A powerful hurricane today edged closer to Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, bringing 130- mile-per-hour (209 kph) winds and torrential rain that could wreak havoc in the Caribbean nation – while some 2,000 people in one coastal town refused to evacuate.

Thousands Of Polish Women Protest Against Total Ban On Abortion
Thousands Of Polish Women Protest Against Total Ban On Abortion

Thousands of women dressed in black today went on strike across Poland protesting against plans for a total ban on abortion, causing restaurants, government offices and university classes to close down and blocking access to the ruling party headquarters in Warsaw.

Can We Still Call Britain A \'Christian\' Country?
Can We Still Call Britain A 'Christian' Country?

Christianity is on schedule soon to lose its place as the majority faith in Britain, a new poll reveals.

Chinese Church Pastor \'Tortured\' In Prison Now Suffering From Serious Diseases
Chinese Church Pastor 'Tortured' In Prison Now Suffering From Serious Diseases

A jailed church leader in China has been tortured by authorities to extort a confession and is now suffering from serious diseases, his lawyers claim.

Drug Addict Detoxes Within Weeks After Turning To God
Drug Addict Detoxes Within Weeks After Turning To God

The Evangelical Alliance (EA) will later this month launch a new website aimed at sharing conversion stories from across the UK.

\'No More Violence In God\'s Name\': At A Mosque, Pope Makes Passionate Plea For Peace
'No More Violence In God's Name': At A Mosque, Pope Makes Passionate Plea For Peace

God should never be used to justify fundamentalism, said Pope Francis on his visit to the mainly Muslim country of Azerbaijan yesterday.

Why This Archbishop Wept When His Church Rejected Same-Sex Blessings
Why This Archbishop Wept When His Church Rejected Same-Sex Blessings

"I was glad I wear glasses or the Synod would have seen the tears." Those were the words of the Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba after the Church of Southern Africa's rejected a proposal to bless the the unions of gay couples.

Fast-track Sainthood Process Begins For Fr Jacques Hamel
Fast-track Sainthood Process Begins For Fr Jacques Hamel

The official process has begun for the beatification of Fr Jacques Hamel, the French priest who was killed by Islamic extremists while celebrating mass at his church in Normandy in July.

Colombia In Shock As Referendum Rejects Peace With FARC Rebels
Colombia In Shock As Referendum Rejects Peace With FARC Rebels

Voters rejected the hard-negotiated deal as too lenient on the rebels in a shock result that plunged the nation into uncertainty.

Christians In China Face Further Persecution With Tougher Rules Effective This Month
Christians In China Face Further Persecution With Tougher Rules Effective This Month

Christian human rights organisation China Aid recently raised concerns over the release of a draft of a new set of religious restrictions by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.