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As U.S. aims for Mars, Europe takes a different path as 'The Moon Awakens'
Europe's space agency made known its intention to further study and undertake another mission with willing partners to send humans once again to the Earth's closest satellite.
Republican Presidential race has 'sidelined fight against poverty in US'
With immigration and national security leading the Republicans' national debates, and outsider candidates like Donald Trump grabbing attention, the conservative anti-poverty effort has been shunted aside.
Gunman in Philadelphia shoots police officer, claims allegiance to ISIS
Philadelphia Police said he pledges his allegiance to Islamic State, However a top U.S. Muslim advocacy group said it had found no evidence that Archer was an observant Muslim.
Three tourists stabbed in beach attack in Egypt
The Security Information Center of Egypt's Ministry of Interior said in a statement that two Austrians and a Swede had been injured while the attackers were trying to escape.
World's top drug lord captured by Mexican police after six month prison break
Once featured in the Forbes list of billionaires, Guzman led a cartel that has smuggled billions of dollars worth of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamines into the United States and fought vicious turf wars with other Mexican gangs.
Armed men kidnap missionary in Mali, Christian radio station attacked
Incident comes nearly four years after she was abducted by Islamist militants from the same house
ISIS second in command and spokesman Adnani wounded in Iraq coalition airstrike
The chief spokesman of the Islamic State (ISIS) has been seriously injured in an airstrike in Anbar province recently, it was reported.
Alabama sues U.S. government for failing to consult state over Syrian refugee settlement
Alabama filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government Thursday to stop refugee settlement in the state, saying the Obama administration failed to consult states over the issue.
Americans support Obama's gun control executive actions but doubt that they can reduce deaths
Majority of Americans support President Barack Obama's new gun control executive actions that aim to step up federal background checks for gun purchases and enforcement of current laws.
Persecuted Slovak priest dies of lung cancer
A popular Slovak Roman Catholic priest who suffered persecution by the communist regime has died of lung cancer.
Iran, ISIS both believe in imminent coming of Muslim messiah Mahdi at world's end, fuelling their actions â experts
Joel C. Rosenberg, a U.S. evangelical Christian political strategist, says the future leader of America must be aware that "for the first time in human history, the leaders of two nation states are being driven by eschatology," the branch of theology that is concerned with the end times.
Lawsuit against 'celebrity pastor' alleges he used artwork without permission
A Florida pastor whose congregation includes Justin Bieber and the Kardashians has been accused of an alleged illicit use of art for his Miami church.
Head of Christian charity warns of 'looming disaster' due to ageing populations and low birth rates
Nola Leach of Care was speaking to Christian Today after it was revealed a scheme that allows members of the public to petition for new EU laws could be abandoned, because the public keeps asking for the wrong sorts of laws.
North Korea tested a super-EMP weapon that could potentially wipe out nearly the entire U.S. population â experts
North Korea's claim that it has successfully detonated a test hydrogen bomb was greeted with scepticism by some analysts and even the White House, citing the low-kiloton yield and relatively small seismic wave caused by the blast.
Malaysian mother loses court battle over conversion of children to Islam
A kindergarten teacher in Malaysia is to appeal to a higher court after she lost a case challenging the conversion of all her three children to Islam by her ex-husband.
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