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Aquino asks rival Philippine presidential candidates to unite to defeat 'dictator' Duterte ahead of Monday's election
In a last-ditch effort to save democracy and stop a looming "dictator" and "monster" from taking over the Philippines, President Benigno Aquino III on Friday called on two rival candidates to unite to defeat Rodrigo Duterte, who continues to hold a double-digit lead in the polls ahead of Monday's presidential election.
China and India protest US religious freedom report
China and India have strongly refuted the findings of a US report that condemned violations of religious freedom around the world.
Conservative Christian trucker refuses lift for disabled woman because she supported Bernie Sanders
A Conservative Christian truck driver refused to help a stranded woman with severe disabilities because she was a Bernie Sanders supporter.
Canadian wildfire continues to rage, displacing 80,000 residents
The 88,000 residents who fled a wildfire that has ravaged the Canadian oil town of Fort McMurray in Alberta will not be able to return home anytime soon, officials warned on Thursday, even as the inferno edged slowly south.
Air strikes hit refugee camp in Syria
Air strikes on a camp housing Syrians uprooted by war killed at least 28 people near the Turkish border on Thursday, a monitoring group said, and fighting raged in parts of northern Syria despite a deal to cease hostilities in the city of Aleppo.
Mideast beheadings, bombings and other killings blamed on 'Tom and Jerry'âand 'Mickey Mouse,' too!
All the beheadings, bombings and other violent acts in the Middle East can be blamed on a cunning creatureâno, it's not the Islamic State (ISIS) or some other terrorist groups, according to the head of Egypt's State Information Service (SIS).
Christian pastor murdered after helping North Korean refugees
A Chinese pastor has been killed on the North Korea-China border after a lifetime dedicated to helping refugees.
Trump restates ban on Muslims entering US: 'They're destroying Europe'
Donald Trump has said Muslim migrants are "destroying Europe" as he reasserted his policy to ban Muslims from entering the United States.
Nigeria: How the Church can stop Boko Haram
The Boko Haram insurgency has roots in northern Nigeria that go deep into the country's history.
Zika virus in the USA: some states ill prepared to fight disease, experts warn
The age-old adage has always reminded us that prevention is better than cure, but areas in the United States seemed not to have taken heed of this in the face of the possibility that the dangerous Zika virus will spread in the country.
Pakistan: Christians protest plan to demolish four churches
Four churches are set to be torn down to make way for a train line in Pakistan, under plans campaigners have said will "belittle Christians".
Playing God? Biotech firm seeks to bring brain-dead patients back to life in novel project
An American biotechnology firm will soon begin groundbreaking trials to test a new technique to bring clinically dead patients back to life by regenerating their brains, after the company secured ethical approval from state health watchdogs.
Trump certain to win Republican nomination after rival Kasich quits
Donald Trump is certain to become the Republican nomination for US President and his sole remaining rival, John Kasich, quit.
Bangladesh Islamist party leader to hang for war crimes
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a final appeal from the leader of the top Islamist party against death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said, meaning he could be hanged at any time.
Bernie Sanders upsets Hillary Clinton in Indiana but still faces 'uphill battle'
The two likely protagonists in the U.S. presidential election this November had contrasting fortunes on Tuesday. While Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump swept the Indiana primary, his Democratic counterpart Hillary Clinton suffered a slight bump in her march to her party's convention as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders scored an upset victory.
Donald Trump is declared 'presumptive' GOP presidential nominee, praises Ted Cruz after sweeping Indiana primary
The chairman of the Republican National Committee has declared Donald Trump as the party's "presumptive" presidential nominee after the real estate tycoon swept the Indiana primary, prompting his closest rival Sen. Ted Cruz to drop out of the race.