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Aleppo: Suspected chlorine gas attack chokes dozens
The Syrian Civil Defence, a rescue workers' organisation that operates in rebel-held areas, said government helicopters had dropped barrel bombs containing chlorine

Faith and the Future of Labour: Leadership candidates Corbyn and Smith at faith hustings
Debate between Labour Leadership candidates takes place at Oasis church with Christians, Jews, Muslims and Sikhs in the audience.

Baptism on board as refugee mother gives birth on naval ship
A newborn baby has been baptised on a military naval ship after its mother gave birth on board.

Christian pastors facing death sentence in Sudan allowed family visits
Prosecutors of Pastors Hassan Abduraheem, Kuwa Shamal and Darfuri student Abdulmonem Abdumawla have been demanding the harshest possible penalties which could mean capital punishment on some of the charges against them.

Former hostage Terry Waite: 'We are in a Third World War'
Former hostage Terry Waite has warned that the world is engaged in a Third World War and called for an understanding of why young people become Islamic extremists.

Nun who was sole survivor of deadly Yemen care home attack wants to stay where she is to keep serving the poor
Sister Sally says she is leaving her fate to God every day through prayer.

Catholic Church seeks to help refugees living in squalor in Calais
Refugees living in squalor in the 'jungle' refugee camp on the edge of Calais will now be given clothing and other vital belongings under a new initiative by a French Catholic charity.

Church condemns rumours Patriarch was accomplice to failed coup
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople has condemned "false allegations" that its head was an accomplice in Turkey's failed coup on July 15.

Tanzania: One dead, two seriously injured in attack on Christian university
The attack at midnight on September 2 saw armed men set fire to the campus at the Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University.
ISIS sending parents videos of their daughters being raped, tortured and killed â with body parts placed in bags
The revelation was so shocking and yet no national news network in the U.S. bothered to cover or write about it.

Nigeria: Families of missing Chibok schoolgirls to receive trauma counselling
Victims of Boko Haram's reign of terror in northern Nigeria will be supported by a new trauma centre opened by persecution charity Open Doors.

Please don't leave, Middle East church leaders beg Christians
Christians living in the Palestinian territories and elsewhere in the Middle East will this week be urged not to flee from the region as persecution intensifies.

Assyrian forces liberate Christian village controlled by ISIS for two years
The Nineveh Plain Protection Units (NPU) claimed on Saturday that ISIS militants had been driven out of Badaneh, a "traditionally Christian vilage" south of Mosul on September 1.

Israeli Trump supporters open campaign office in West Bank
Israeli supporters of US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have opened a campaign office in the occupied West Bank.

Police charge man with murder of Christian father who tried to retrieve daughter from forced marriage
A man in Pakistan has been charged with the murder of the father of a 14-year-old Christian girl who was kidnapped, raped and forced into Islamic marriage.

Trump, Clinton court Ohio as White House race enters final two months
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton opened a final two-month sprint to the November 8 election on Monday