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9/11: 15 years later, Ground Zero attracts mourners
9/11: 15 years later, Ground Zero attracts mourners

More than 28 million people have seen the memorial and 7 million have been to the museum since they were opened five years ago.

Man who shot Ronald Reagan released from psychiatric hospital
Man who shot Ronald Reagan released from psychiatric hospital

Would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. was released from a psychiatric hospital on Saturday, media reports said, 35 years after he shot U.S. President Ronald Reagan in an attack prompted by a deranged obsession with the actress Jodie Foster.

Syria: Fighting continues despite US - Russia peace deal

Air strikes on a busy market place that killed and injured dozens added to doubts that any ceasefire could hold.

Over 100,000 Chileans stage mass protest to oppose proposed abortion law
Over 100,000 Chileans stage mass protest to oppose proposed abortion law

Tens of thousands of Christians sang happy songs and even ate ice cream together to celebrate one thing: the beauty of life.

Trump says America can be a nation of 'one people, under one God'

What exactly is Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump's vision of the United States under his leadership? He wants an America with one God, swearing to one flag.

Woman arrested over Paris train station attack plan was \'promised as bride\' to church attacker
Woman arrested over Paris train station attack plan was 'promised as bride' to church attacker

One of three women arrested over a failed Islamist attack in Paris had been "promised as a bride" to two men behind attacks on police officers and a priest earlier this year

Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 12
Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 12

A fire broke out in a garment packaging factory just outside the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses said.

US wants more sanctions after North Korea carries out another nuclear test

North Korea conducted its fifth and biggest nuclear test on Friday and said it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile, ratcheting up a threat that rivals and the United Nations have been powerless to contain.

Syria truce: Russia and USA set to agree peace deal
Syria truce: Russia and USA set to agree peace deal

The United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal on Saturday to put Syria's peace process back on track, including a nationwide truce effective from sundown on Monday, improved humanitarian aid access and joint military targeting of banned Islamist groups.

Christian militias help fight ISIS into retreat in Iraq
Christian militias help fight ISIS into retreat in Iraq

Christian militias are playing a hard-core role in the fightback against Islamic State as the Iraqi Army gears up to retake Mosul.

Iraqi Christian who fled ISIS: \'I know that God is with me\'
Iraqi Christian who fled ISIS: 'I know that God is with me'

An Iraqi Christian who fled her home under threat from ISIS now says she is grateful for what happened because it has transformed her life.

Chinese bishop arrested as tension with Vatican grows
Chinese bishop arrested as tension with Vatican grows

Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin has been arrested by police and removed from his diocese in a town with a thriving Christian population.

Donald Trump to speak to conservative Christians at Family Values Summit
Donald Trump to speak to conservative Christians at Family Values Summit

Donald Trump will this evening address thousands of social conservative grass-roots voters at the influential Values Voter Summit in Washington DC.

Francois Hollande: Secularism is not a religion and there will be no burkini ban
Francois Hollande: Secularism is not a religion and there will be no burkini ban

France's President Francois Hollande has made a passionate plea for tolerance in the face of calls in some French seaside towns for "burkini bans" prohibiting women from wearing Islamic dress on the beach.

Christian father attacked by Muslim men who had kidnapped, raped and tried to force his daughter to convert to Islam
Christian father attacked by Muslim men who had kidnapped, raped and tried to force his daughter to convert to Islam

The 27-year-old daughter of this Christian father was kidnapped and raped multiple times. The Muslim assailants even tried to convert her to Islam and claim her as his wife against her will.

Loss of both his wife and son to cancer fails to shake off this TV news anchor\'s faith in God
Loss of both his wife and son to cancer fails to shake off this TV news anchor's faith in God

A husband, his wife and their adopted son—all three afflicted with cancer. Two succumbed to the treacherous disease, but one survived to share to the world an inspiring lesson of unyielding faith in God.