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Ex-wife, acquaintances suggest Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen was gay
The former wife and acquaintances of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen who killed 49 people suggested that he was gay as he frequented gay clubs in Florida for years.
Planned Parenthood foes score victory as judge dumps charge against anti-abortion activist David Daleiden
A judge in Texas has dismissed one of two charges against David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress related to his indictment over an investigation by a grand jury of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Houston.
UK government hints it will recognise ISIS atrocities against Christians as genocide
Genocide against Christians and Yazidis at the hand of ISIS may be recognised by the UK government after it hinted it would take action.
Amazing Grace: One year on from the Charleston church shooting
A year after the killing of nine people during a Bible study, their inspirational legacy and the foregiveness of their families resonates across the world.
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".