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Rape, prostitution and forced labour: Life for children in French refugee camps
Sexual violence and forced prostitution is a constant threat for children in refugee camps in Northern France, and some young women exchange sex for the promise of passage to the UK, a new report has found.
China: Bishop under house arrest who 'stood up to China' alludes to shock turnaround
A Chinese bishop who has been under house arrest since rejecting the government's state-approved Catholic body has reportedly reversed his position in a shock turnaround.
Desmond Tutu, Benedict Cumberbatch and Helen Mirren join calls for action to help refugees
Dozens of faith leaders and celebrities have today urged governments around the world to take immediate action on the growing refugee crisis.
Israeli minister steps in to become saviour of Christian schools
Christian schools at risk of collapse in Israel over a budget crisis have found salvation in the form of Social Equality Minister Gila Gamliel.
Protests outside California pastor's church over anti-gay comments
Protestors have held a demonstration outside the California church whose pastor preached a sermon seeming to endorse the Orlando nightclub attack.
Obama answers critics on why he refuses to pin terror blame on 'radical Islam'; expert says argument is 'counter-productive'
U.S. President Barack Obama lashed back at critics who accuse him of failing to address the growing problem of terrorism by his failure to use the term "radical Islam" to acknowledge the source of the problem.
3 Christian missionaries delivering Bibles missing in Mideast after 'brutal' attack by 'Muslim extremists'
Three Christian missionaries delivering Bibles in the Middle East have gone missing after they were discharged from a hospital where they were treated for injuries inflicted on them by "Muslim extremists."
Orlando massacre horror relived: 2 victims give eyewitness accounts â one did not make it alive
One survived; one did not. At least two of the victims of Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando, Florida gave vivid accounts of the massacre that claimed the lives of 50 people, including the gunman, Omar Mateen.
Aleppo: ISIS militants kidnap more than 200 young Kurds
Jihadists reportedly raided six villages near the city of al-Bab in Aleppo, and purposefully targeted Kurdish homes.
Elderly Christian man can't afford ISIS tax, forced to convert to Islam
Islamic State's Amaq news agency released a video in which a man named Mostafa Abu Alzer recites the Shahada, the Muslim profession of faith.
Pope turns down Argentinian President's donation because it included the figure 666
Officials have tried to soften reports that relations are strained between the Pope and the Argentinian government after Francis turned down a significant donation from the Argentinian President because the sum included the figure 666.
Obama attacks Trump's ban on Muslims: It is 'not the America we want'
Donald Trump's proposed Muslim ban was attacked by President Obama on Tuesday as "not the America we want".
North Korea may be 'significantly' upping nuclear bomb output
North Korea may now have a total of 13 to 21 weapons or even more.
ISIS calls Orlando shooter 'one of the soldiers of the caliphate in America,' praises deadly attack on gay club
The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organisation and its supporters are reportedly celebrating and praising the man who launched the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil single-handedly, calling him "one of the soldiers of the caliphate in America.''
4,000 more residents flee ISIS-held Fallujah; 50,000 still trapped as Iraqi army offensive enters its third week
Thousands more people have fled from the Islamic State-held city of Fallujah through an exit corridor secured by the Iraqi army even as an offensive to retake the city from the terror group rages into its third week.
4 Internet giants' accord with E.U. to curb 'hate speech' assailed: 'It's a frightening path to totalitarianism'
The recent move of four Internet giants to curb "hate speech'' including "homophobia'' on social media, through an agreement with the European Union, has raised concerns on free speech among social conservatives.