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Couple lose child against their wishes after court lifts temporary halt on pulling life support

Can a court and a hospital take away the life of an allegedly "brain-dead" child on life-support system even if the child's parents still want to fight for their kid's life? Sadly, the answer is "yes" in Los Angeles, California.

Church officials in Ghana stand up for residents whose lands are being stolen from them

We often hear of instances of stealing involving considerably small material things like wallets, cellphones or bags. In the African nation of Ghana, however, even land is being stolen from some residents, prompting Roman Catholic Church officials to lend their voices against land-grabbing.

Yazidi girl disfigures self by burning her face and body to avoid becoming an ISIS sex slave

Better burned and disfigured than raped, tortured and killed.

Anglicans consider new synod to oppose gay marriage

Nearly a dozen evangelical churches in the Church of England that oppose gay marriage are to align themselves with the world's leading conservative Anglican coalition.

ISIS attack kills dozens in Yemen

A suicide bomber killed at least 45 people when he drove a car laden with explosives into a compound run by local militias in Aden on Monday, Medecins Sans Frontieres said, in one of the deadliest attacks in the southern Yemeni port city.

Full ban on burkinis would stoke tensions, admits French minister

A law banning the full-body "burkini" swimsuit in France would stoke tensions between communities and would be both unconstitutional and ineffective, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in an interview published on Sunday.

Death toll rises as Libyans push ISIS back

At least 34 Libyan fighters were killed and more than 180 wounded on Sunday as they closed in on the last Islamic State militant holdouts in the coastal city of Sirte, according to field hospitals.

Indonesian church attacker 'obsessed' with ISIS

A knife-wielding Indonesian teen who tried to attack a priest at a church during a Sunday service was "obsessed" with extremist group Islamic State, a senior minister said on Monday.

Prayer relieves woman's horrendous headache after road accident

Here's another reason to leave all your physical pain and suffering to the Lord, because He indeed heals.

Indonesia: Priest injured in suspected church 'terror' attack

Indonesian police were investigating a suspected terror attack by a knife-wielding assailant on a priest during the Sunday service at a church, and a bomb squad had been deployed to determine whether the attacker's backpack contained explosives.

Christian shot by Muslim hater saved others before he died

Following the footsteps of Jesus Christ who died on the cross for our salvation, the 37-year-old Arab Christian man killed by a supposed Muslim hater reportedly saved the lives of at least two people, including his mother, before he was shot dead.

Man in horrific crash sees vision of God in 'glowing chariot' flying through the air, lifting and saving him

Michael Fogarty was already clinically dead when rescuers came to pry him loose from his car after a horrific road accident in Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

It's OK for Christians to worry about refugees in U.S., religious freedom activist says

Are you a Christian who is worried about how the government is allowing refugees from Syria and other countries in the Middle East to resettle in the United States? A Christian religious freedom activist says it is perfectly fine to have concerns like this.

Archbishop from Uganda says beating of children, wives at home should stop