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U.S. court blocks state law banning abortion of foetuses with Down syndrome
A U.S. District Court in Indiana has issued a preliminary injunction to stop the enforcement of a new state law that prohibits women from getting abortion because of the foetus's sex, race, colour, national origin, ancestry, or disability such as Down syndrome.
Atheists display anti-God billboard in Mississippi, the most religious state in America
Atheists will put up an anti-God billboard in Mississippi, which a study showed as the most religious U.S. state.
Terror bomb blast kills four in Saudi holy city of Medina
A suicide bomber has targeted Islam's second holiest site in Saudi Arabia, murdering four people and wounding five others.
Court to decide on whether vacant Catholic Church property needs to be taxed as what atheist group demands
An atheist organisation has filed a brief in court supporting a city's decision to tax a vacant Catholic Church property in Madison, Wisconsin.
Court upholds decision not to accredit evangelical Christian law school for its alleged anti-LGBT policy
A top court in Ontario, Canada, has upheld a decision of a law society not to give accreditation to an evangelical Christian law school over the latter's alleged anti-LGBT policy barring students from engaging in sexual intimacy outside of marriage between a man and a woman.
City council seeks to thwart Satanist's invocation with silent prayer plan
The Pensacola City Council in Florida will have a special meeting to decide whether to end its tradition of having invocations to stop a planned prayer on July 14 by a member of the Satanic Temple West Florida.
Iraq's minorities 'on verge of disappearance' say rights groups
Iraq's Christian population, which before 2003 numbered as many as 1.4 million, is now under 250,000, according to a report by MRG and other rights organisations.
'The Girl Who Beat ISIS': New book tells harrowing account of how a brave Yazidi teen escaped from the jihadists' lair
Young and innocentâwho didn't even know what "rape" was all aboutâ18-year-old Yazidi girl Farida Khalaf suddenly found herself in the hellish clutches of the Islamic State (ISIS) as a sex slave.
Centenarian best friends bare secret to long life and enduring friendship: Faith in God
On July 23 this year, Bernice Underwood will turn 100, joining her two best friendsâGladys Butler and Ruth Hammettâas centenarians. A fourth friend, Leona Barnes, would have turned 100, too, this July, but she passed away last May.
Christians in Muslim countries want Bible in hard copy, not digital â and they're risking their lives to get God's Word
Bible translators are only now finding out that believers in underground churches, mostly in Muslim-dominated countries, prefer to have the old-fashioned hard copy or paper edition of the Scripture rather than the modern digital copy.
US grants asylum to Baptist minister deported from Kazakhstan
After nearly three years of legal wrangling, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service has agreed to give asylum to Viktor Lim, who was born in Uzbekistan and is of Korean ancestry.
Escaped prisoner who became Christian minister faces return to jail after 37 years
67-year-old Bill Burchfield from Georgia twice escaped prison after pleading guilty to the voluntary manslaughter of his wife.
Donald Trump sparks furious row after sharing white-supremacist tweet
Donald Trump sparked a furious row over antisemitism after he tweeted a photo of Hillary Clinton next to a Star of David against a background of dollar bills.
Churches at the forefront as Londoners say no to racism
Anti racist actions happened across London during rush hour - organised by London Citizens - which is made up of churches and other civil society groups.
Christian dating sites ordered to include LGBT singles
Christian dating sites have been forced to cater for an LGBT audience after it was judged they contravened anti-discrination laws.
Islamic State Baghdad bombings: Death toll rises to 165, more than 200 injured
The attack on the shopping area of Karrada is the deadliest since the Iraqi government dislodged Islamic State from its stronghold of Fallujah.