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Pro-lifers in U.S. plead with mothers not to abort unborn babies afflicted with Zika virus
Advocates of the life of the unborn are strongly opposing moves to allow abortion in areas in the United States, such as Miami in Florida, which have already been affected by the Zika virus.
Christians asked to pray hard to counter planned Satanic activity in Oklahoma
A local Roman Catholic archbishop has called on Christians in Oklahoma to pray hard to counter a planned black mass and an additional Satanic ritual timed to mock a Marian fest and even desecrate an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Bishop warns of different form of Islamic aggression in Nigeria that persecutes Christians
In Nigeria, Islamic aggression is taking on a different form, and a Roman Catholic bishop has raised concern that this is further persecution for the almost half a million Christians in the African nation.
Everybody suffering in Syria as war destroys nation and families, bishop says
The Chaldean Bishop of Aleppoâthe Syrian city now at the center of firefightsârecently lamented how armed conflict has left residents like him with a "destroyed country and destroyed families."
'People of darkness' want to destroy Germany, says woman who claims God spoke to her about her country's future
She had a vision of the refugee "disaster" now engulfing Germany even before the first signs of trouble broke out.
'I saw Jesus in heaven and He knew my name,' says doctor who had near-death experience
As a doctor in a Texas hospital, Dr. Gerry Landry, 55, knew he was having a heart attack one day at home when he felt overwhelming fatigue and crushing pain in his chest.
Muslim children embrace Christ â only to be beaten up and cast out as 'infidels' by their own families
In this African country, even children who turn to Jesus Christ are punished as severely as adults, with their parents as the culprits.
'Unprecedented' flooding slams US Gulf Coast; at least three dead
Torrential rainfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast has caused "unprecedented" flooding in parts of Louisiana, Governor John Bel Edwards said on Saturday, while claiming at least three lives.
Muslim cleric and 'associate' shot to death on New York street
A Muslim cleric and a second man were fatally shot by a lone gunman on Saturday while walking together following afternoon prayers at a mosque in the New York City borough of Queens, authorities said.
"My doping is Jesus" - World record breaker responds to cheat taunts
10,000 metres Olympic gold medallist Almaz Ayana has defended herself from allegations of drug use by saying, "My doping is Jesus." The Ethiopian athlete won an extraordinary 10,000 in a stunning world record time.
New suspect in French priest killing formally charged
A man under arrest since Monday as part of the investigation into the killing of a French priest last month has been placed under formal investigation, a police source told Reuters on Friday.
Clinton leads Trump by 5 points in White House race
Democrat Hillary Clinton led Republican Donald Trump by more than 5 percentage points in the Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Friday, little changed in weeks as the U.S. presidential campaign wobbles into the heart of summer.
Indonesia considers outlawing homosexual acts
A group of Islamic activists has filed a petition with Indonesia's Constitutional Court seeking to expand the coverage of existing law against sex between an adult and a minor of the same gender to two homosexual adults.
Iraqi refugees convert to Christianity, share Gospel to families and friends
Under the threat of the Islamic State (ISIS), thousands of residents from Fallujah, Iraq, have fled to a refugee town called City of Refuge.
ISIS uses Iraqi families as 'human shield wall' in Mosul in preparation for looming siege
Thousands of Iraqi families are being used as human shields by the Islamic State (ISIS), according to a Christian charity organisation.
Whistleblower in Anglican church child sex abuse case in Australia claims attacks by vandals
A church official in Newcastle, New South Wales who exposed the sex abuse cover-ups in a Catholic diocese has suffered attacks by vandals.