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Evangelicals in Egypt head to US in support of President Sisi's UN visit

A delegation from the Evangelical Church in Egypt left Cairo yesterday to head to the US in support of President Abdel-Fattah Sisi during his visit to the United Nations (UN) headquarters to attend next week's UN General Assembly.

A baby that doctors said couldn't possibly survive because of defects beats all the odds with miraculous birth

"No way will your baby be born alive." Ashley Shirley, a mother from Cincinnati, Ohio, received this brutal pronouncement from her doctors who saw all sorts of birth defects on the two-month-old baby she was carrying, CBN News reports.

Future shocker? 2 men, or even just one man, can make baby; no need for women's egg, U.K. study shows

In the future, two men can make a baby. Even more shocking, just one man can make his own offspring. Yes, no need for a woman to supply the eggs.

Syria ceasefire deal in balance as Aleppo aid plan stalls

Russia said the Syrian army had begun to withdraw from a road into Aleppo on Thursday as the government and rebels accused each other of violating a truce.

Pro-life leaders warn against growing trend of women delaying pregnancy, freezing their egg cells

Leaders of pro-life groups are warning women against jumping into the trend of preserving their egg cells, saying this is a perversion of goodness and love that is the essence of marriage and reproduction.

Manny Pacquiao sorry for equating gays to animals, but stands firm on his biblical beliefs that homosexuality is wrong

One of the things that Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao feels most guilty about is the way he compared people from the homosexual community to animals. He earlier said that same-sex couples are "worse than animals" because they have sexual relations with one another, much to the chagrin of the LGBT community.

ISIS 'sows death' with mines on the Nineveh Plain as it runs from government forces

The Iraqi government is taking back increasing amounts of land from Islamic State, but schools and cities cannot be rebuilt without a massive programme to remove the mines, according to the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

Human rights watchdog warns of worsening climate of Christian persecution in Egypt

The government in Egypt is signalling that Christians can be attacked "with impunity" because of a new law that discriminates against the religious minority, human rights advocates are warning.

Rare gold coin with Nero's face found in Jerusalem

An exceptionally rare gold coin emblazoned with the face of the Roman Emperor Nero dating back to around A.D. 60 has been discovered by archaeologists working on excavations on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.

MPs condemn 'scandal' of UK failure over FGM

The failure of British authorities to bring one successful prosecution for female genital mutilation in more than 30 years is a "national scandal", MPs said today.

Kenya pressuring refugees to leave against their will, claims human rights group

Kenya is coercing Somalian refugees out of the Dadaab refugee camp and back to their own country against their will, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.

Merkel wants Germany to get refugees into workforce faster

Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Germany needed "viable solutions" to integrate refugees into the workforce faster after she met with blue-chip companies, which have hired just over 100 refugees since around a million arrived in the country last year.

U.S. government should end legal troubles of nuns who stood up against contraceptives, bishops say

With just one bullet, British sniper kills top ISIS executioner, 3 other jihadists, saving lives of 12 hostages about to be murdered

There's no magic in this bullet, but it saved 12 innocent livesâeight men and four women.