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Christians offer food to poor Muslims celebrating Ramadan in war-ravaged Aleppo in gesture of solidarity
In a gesture of compassion and solidarity, Christian residents struggling to survive in the war-ravaged Syrian city of Aleppo are providing food to even poorer Muslim families in their neighbourhood as they observe the Islamic month of Ramadan.

White evangelicals show only half-hearted support for Donald Trump as Hillary Clinton leads latest poll
Likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has the support of white evangelical Christians, but it is far less than the support the group extended to previous GOP presidential candidates, a new survey showed.

Outpouring of prayers and kindness after death of Lane Graves as GoFundMe raises over $50k
Americans shared in the grief felt by a young couple from Nebraska who lost their two-year-old son Lane Graves to a seven-foot-long alligator which snatched and killed the boy while he was playing at the edge of the water at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday night.

Islamic State is committing genocide against Yazidis, says UN
There is enough evidence for an indictment and the report is in effect a "road map for future prosecution", a press conference launching the report was told.

Life sentences handed down after riots in India where Muslims were burned and hacked to death
Eleven people in India have been given life sentences after being convicted for a notorious attack in 2002, in which more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, died.

Human rights campaigners call on China to drop cases against lawyers
Human rights campaigners have called on China to drop cases against human rights lawyers and to release those being detained in prison including Xia Lin and Zhou Shifeng.

Charleston church marks a year since devastating shooting
It's exactly a year since one of the bleakest days in recent American history. On 17 June 2015, a Bible study turned into a mass murder.

Iraqi Christian who fled ISIS: 'Faith is all we have left'
A Christian student forced to flee Islamic State in Iraq said yesterday that "faith is all we have left that ISIS couldn't take from us".

Iraqi Patriarch: Militia carrying Christian symbols are causing "more suffering"
A senior Iraqi clergyman has distanced himself and the Church from groups of militias carrying Christian symbols.

Jo Cox: A tragic reminder of how much we owe our public servants
It's a day to be incredibly grateful to Jo Cox and the many thousands of faithful, hard working and conscientious MPs and other elected officials across the country.

'I felt liberated': life after Islamic State
Am Adasa had been under the militants' control since 2014, when Islamic State proclaimed its caliphate straddling Syria and Iraq.

ISIS likely to intensify global terror drive, warns CIA chief: 'Large cadre of Western fighters' could attack U.S.
The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organisation remains as dangerous as ever and is likely to intensify its global terror campaign even as it continues to lose territory in the Middle East.

Jesus Christ Himself â the 'Man in white'â leading Muslims to embrace Christianity through dreams and visions
Christian missionaries spreading the faith in the Islamic world, particularly in the Middle East, have found a very powerful ally: Jesus Christ Himself!

'Jesus Lunch' divides Americans as debate leaves city wondering how to settle issue
Not everyone in Middleton, Wisconsin likes to partake of the "Jesus Lunch," a weekly Christian gathering near a school where food is served spiced with some Christian messages.

Girl in car crash says Jesus spoke to her before her miraculous recovery: 'He has green eyes and scraggly hair'
Jesus has "green eyes and scraggly hair." He also smelled like "fresh clothes out of a dryer."

Father of boy killed by alligator sympathises with Disney hotel victim's family: 'Our faith in God helped us get through'
Gary Weidenhamer knows what it's like to lose a child to an alligator. His 10-year-old son was killed in a similar manner to 2-year-old Lane Graves snatched from waters close to a Walt Disney World resort in Florida. And while the pain never completely disappears, Gary says it was God, family and friends who helped his family pull through the tragedy.