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ISIS shows how it brainwashes young kids and turns them into 'cubs of the caliphate'

The Islamic State (ISIS) has shown how it is raising an army of young warriors brainwashed and trained to become remorseless killing machines.

ISIS could become an 'international movement', MPs warn

ISIS could become an "international movement" if it is forced out of Syria and Iraq, MPs warned on Thursday.

'Dead' man revives in southeast Asian village when Christians pray over him

A previously-unreached village in southeast Asia was converted to Christ after their apparently dead leader came back to life when he was prayed over.

Mexico: Pope sends condolences as mourners pack church at funeral of murdered priest

Mourners packed into a church in Mexico's troubled Gulf coast state of Veracruz yesterday for the funeral of one of the two priests found to have been killed there on Monday.

Burnt and charred ancient Bible scroll resurrected by computer science

An ancient Biblical scroll that was reduced to a charred lump in a fire that destroyed a Jewish community in AD 600 has been virtually "unfurled" and read for the first time.

Bad news for Hillary: Religious 'nones' are on the rise, but they aren't voting for her

People who do not identify with any religion is at an all time high in the United States as more and more people are leaving church, a new study has shown.

Trump says he is 'very troubled' by police shooting of pastor Terence Crutcher

Crutcher was first tasered and then fatally shot after police arrived at the scene of his broken down SUV vehicle at around 8pm on Friday.

Pakistan: Drunk Muslims beat up Christians in their own homes

Seven Christians were injured and five hospitalised in Pakistan after they were attacked in their own homes with metal bars by a mob of angry Muslims.

Christians in Egypt urge Coptic Church to stay out of politics

800 Christians have signed an online letter which protests against the Church's increasingly prominent political stance.

State of emergency declared amid protests in Charlotte, North Carolina

One person was shot and gravely wounded on Wednesday in a second night of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina

Evangelicals in Italy back school head who bans Catholic mass

The Italian Evangelical Alliance (AEI) has expressed its "complete solidarity" with a state school head teacher who refused to give permission for Catholic Mass to be celebrated in school hours.

Disused churches are being donated to house homeless people

Religious orders and churches in Ireland are being asked to give empty properties to the state to help ease Ireland's homelessness crisis.

Christians in Nepal 'increasingly under threat' as eight charged with trying to convert children

The issue of religious freedom in Nepal has been raised at the UN this week, after the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) jointly highlighted the case of eight Christians who have been charged with proselytising after distributing a pamphlet about Jesus in two schools.