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Justin Bieber says he was NOT comparing himself to God
Justin Bieber has said he was not comparing himself to God when he posted a picture of himself on Instagram asleep in bed with the caption: "And on the 7th day."

Manny Pacquiao stunned by Abu Sayyaf plot to kidnap him, says he's not afraid because God is with him
Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao was shocked when outgoing Philippine president Benigno Aquino III announced that local terrorists were planning to kidnap him. However, the retired Christian athlete expressed confidence that there was no such plot because he is in good terms with his Muslim brothers.

Pennsylvania church shooting: Father forgives killer but wants him to pay
Robert Braxton died when he was shot by Mark Storms after an altercation at Keystone Fellowship Church in Montgomeryville last Sunday morning.

Ted Cruz is the devil, says former speaker John Boehner
Top US politician John Boehner has described Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz as 'Lucifer in the flesh'.

US military punishes 16 over deadly Afghan hospital bombing
The strike last October destroyed a hospital run by the international medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres.

Adopted son charged with murder after Christian pastor and wife shot dead
A much-loved Christian pastor and his wife have been shot dead in Alabama in the US.

Practising Muslims will surpass Christians in Europe very soon, says Belgian minister
Belgian Minister Koen Geens has said that the number of practising Muslims in Europe will "very soon" surpass those of practising Christians.

ISIS fighter gets only $50 a month but can get more if he has more wives, children and sex slaves
Contrary to claims that Islamic State (ISIS) fighters are given attractive pay for rendering dangerous services, new documents released by a scholarly journal reveals they only get a pittance monthly salary of $50 but could be given subsidies if they have more wives, children and even sex slaves.

Donald Trump says ISIS will be 'gone very quickly' once he takes White House as he outlines his foreign policy
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump vowed to launch a "new American foreign policy" which will see the Islamic State (ISIS) "gone quickly, very quickly" once he is elected president.

Threatened with throat-slitting and slaughter: Christian persecution in Swedish asylum centres
Christians and other religious minorities are being persecuted in Swedish refugee camps, and provisions must be made for their safety, campaigners say.

Philippines' Aquino vows to crush Abu Sayyaf, bares foiled plot to bomb Manila, kidnap Manny Pacquiao, sister Kris
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III vowed to crush a band of well-armed Muslim militants hiding in the jungles of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao even as he revealed the militants' foiled plots to launch terrorist bomb attacks in the capital Manila.

Vietnam: Wife of detained pastor 'beaten and tortured' by local authorities
The Vietnamese government must investigate allegations that a Christian human rights campaigner has been tortured by local authorities, campaigners have said.

Three children among more than 27 dead as hospital hit by strikes in Aleppo
At least three children are among more than 27 dead after an air strike hit a hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Persecuted Christians in Eritrea: 'The guards offered to let us go if we renounced Jesus. We said no'
Hangings, torture and concentration camps: the brutal reality for Christians in Eritrea.

Politician slammed over 'more Muslims than Christians in Europe' comments
Belgian Justice Minister Koen Geens told the EU Parliament the reason was not, "because there are too many Muslims" but because Christians practise their faith less.

Church wins land dispute after pastor's wife bulldozed during church demolition protest
Chinese authorities have ruled that a church in Henan province does own the right to its own land, less than two weeks after the pastor's wife was killed while protesting the church's demolition.