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Bangladesh: Hindu priest hacked to death while preparing morning prayers
Shaymanonda Das, 45, was killed in front of a temple in Jhinaidah district headquarter, 300 km south west of the capital Dhaka.
US giving hundreds of millions to countries that recruit child soldiers
The US is giving hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to countries that use and recruit child soldiers.
Pope Francis wants 'prayers and tears' not a sermon at Auschwitz death camp
Pope Francis wants to mark the deaths of six million Jews and millions of other minorities with tears and prayers when he visits the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland at the end of this month.
Egypt: Islamic State claims responsibility for Coptic priest murder
Rev Rafael Moussa, 46, was outside a car repair shop near his church in El Arish, the region's main town.
Russia: Evangelicals pray, fast and lobby Putin as severe restrictions placed on evangelism
The law will prohibit evangelism anywhere outside a church or religious site â including private homes and online â and those in breach of it will be fined.
Belgian Catholic nursing home has to pay damages for refusing euthanasia
A Catholic nursing home in Belgium is reported to have fallen foul of the country's courts after refusing to permit a resident to access euthanasia.
Word of Life trial: Father testifies against daughter
Bruce Leonard, the father of the boy beaten to death by a church counselling session, has testified in court against his own daughter.
No more settlements on Palestinian land, Middle East Quartet to tell Israel
The draft report by the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations said the Israeli policy "is steadily eroding the viability of the two state solution".
'I'll skin you alive': Chinese official threatens Christian farmer after taking away his property
After Chinese authorities seized a three-acre soybean field from a Chinese farmer on June 12, an official warned the poor farmer that "I'll skin you alive if you dare to complain again," the non-profit Christian human rights organisation China Aid reports.
IJM human rights lawyer and client abducted in Nairobi
A human rights lawyer has been abducted in Kenya along with his client and a taxi driver after a court hearing in the capital.
Corbyn on Israel and ISIS: Why he should know better
Reports said Jeremy Corbyn had compared Israel to ISIS. Corbyn made his remarks at the launch on an inquiry into antisemitism in the Labour Party â after a string of incidents where Labour members have made offensive comments about Jewish people.
Egypt: Coptic Christian priest killed in 'hail of bullets' outside church
A Coptic Christian priest has been killed in "a hail of bullets" outside The Church of the Martyr of St George in Sinai, Egypt today.
Brexit and the myth of progress: Mourning the passing of a 'peaceful' world
Is Brexit the end of the world? No. But to some it feels like it. Those who are upset at the result aren't simply expressing disappointment that their side lost or that a political decision went against them. They're mourning the passing of the world they grew up with.
Imprisoned Chinese pastor: 'I'm grateful for what God has given me'
Pastor Li Guozhi, also known as Yang Hua, was arrested more than six months ago by Chinese authorities and is now being held in Nanming district.
Afghanistan: Taliban suicide attack kills up to 40
Two Taliban suicide bombers killed up to 40 police cadets and civilians and wounded another 40 in an attack on a military convoy outside Kabul.
Duterte vows to promote birth control in the Philippines, says he's a Christian but believes 'in one god Allah'
Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterteâwho is set to begin his six-year term on Thursday, June 30âhas pledged to promote contraception, just a month after downplaying reports that he would pursue an aggressive family planning programme, the Catholic Herald reports.