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Refugee swimmer wins hearts at Rio Olympics
A Syrian refugee who won her heat in the 100 metres butterfly at the Olympics in Rio swam pulling a boat full of 20 people in the ocean between Turkey and Greece when fleeing her home country last year.
Should the next US president be offensively blunt about Islamism? Republicans think so, Democrats don't
The findings come in a Pew survey that reveals widely differing attitudes towards Islam among Americans.
British Iranians protest Sunni executions, urge UK government to hold Iran to account
Twenty Iranians have today entered their third day of a hunger strike in protest against what they say are brutal violations of human rights laws by their country's government.
Nigeria: Militant Christian group vows revenge attacks on Muslims if Boko Haram kills Christians
The militant Christian group Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders (NDRC) have vowed that they will carry out reprisal attacks on Muslims and mosques in the Niger Delta region if Boko Haram fulfils a threat to kill Christians and burn down churches
Persecuted Christians in Iraq urge government to act against ISIS, two years after exodus
Two years after being forced from their homes by Islamic State, Christians in Iraq are urging their government to liberate the Nineveh Plain from militant control.
Iraqi Christian refugee prays for ISIS terrorists who killed her relative
A Christian refugee from Iraq whose relative was violently murdered and mutilated by Islamic State has described how she prays for the terrorist organisation
Machete-wielding attacker in Belgium was 'soldier' of Islamic State, terror group says
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a machete attack in Belgium on Saturday that seriously injured two female police officers.
Congressman Scott Schwab on son's water slide death: 'He believed in his savior, Jesus'
A US congressman and his wife have thanked well-wishers for their "outpouring of support and compassion" following the death of their young son in an amusement park accident.
Turkey: Millions rally in show of strength for Erdogan after coup attempt
The "Democracy and Martyrs' Rally" at the Yenikapi parade ground was a show of strength by Erdogan.
'Hey ISIS, you suck!!!' U.S. Muslim group launches billboard drive to show terror organisation does not represent Islam
ISIS is not us. To project this message, a group of American Muslim professionals have launched a billboards campaign to shout out loud and clear that the terrorist organisation does not represent true Islam.
Atheist teacher who didn't trust Christians turns to Christ after prayers miraculously healed her mother
No mind is too rigid, no heart too hard to resist the transforming power of Christ.
Pakistan textbooks teach children to hate Christians, describing them as 'outsiders, unpatriotic and inferior'
How could religious extremism be curtailed if it is actually being taught in schools? The question arises in Pakistan where a study has found out that Muslim schoolchildren are being taught to hate Christians and other minorities in their textbooks, according to AsiaNews.
Some 1,000 Christian millennials gather in Indonesia to stand up for Biblical truths
Millennials are often thought to be always concerned with the inessential: parties, gadgets and other material things. Around 1,000 millennials however recently gathered in Indonesia to prove that they can also move for the things that are spiritual and essential.
Nigeria: New Boko Haram leader exposes deep divisions
Boko Haram's appointment of a new leader and his apparent rejection by the group's figurehead exposes wide divisions among the Nigerian jihadists as they come under pressure from the country's military.
Number of U.S. women who use contraceptives that kill babies has doubled
A recent federal survey revealed that the number of women in the United States who use contraceptive devices that have adverse effects on unborn babies has almost doubled during recent years.
Here's how Christians worldwide can help the persecuted faithful in the Middle East
Roman Catholic Church leaders and faithful recently outlined ways on how ordinary citizens can extend some form of assistance to Christians who cannot fully practice their faith in predominantly Muslim nations in the Middle East