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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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ISIS militant executes his mother for encouraging him to leave the group
An Islamic State militant executed his mother in public in the Syrian city of Raqqa because she had encouraged him to leave the group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday.
Muslims in US will double in a generation
The number of Muslims living in the United States will double within a generation, according to new research.
Christians in the Philippines suffering new levels of violence and intimidation
Christians in the Philippine island of Mindanao are suffering similar levels violence and intimidation as Christians in Iraq, according to a missionary priest.
Mexico: Persecution forces 30 Christians from their homes because of their faith
The Mexican government has failing to enforce laws protecting freedom of worship, campaigners say.
Two months after body found, no explanation for death of Chinese priest
The death of Catholic priest Father Pedro Yu Heping in China has still not been explained, two months after his body was found.
Libya: 47 dead after worst bomb attack since Gadaffi
At least 47 people have been killed and 118 injured in an apparent suicide bomb attack at a police training centre in Western Libya.
Iraq's valuable treasures are being looted, stolen and destroyed by Islamic State
Thousands of artefacts and treasures have been stolen from Iraq since the 2003 invasion and the start of the Iraq war.
Teachers in Iraq arrested for refusing to teach doctrine of death
More than 30 teachers working in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh have been arrested for refusing to follow the jihadist education syllabus imposed by Islamic State.
Iranian government takes church from Chaldean Catholics to turn into Shi'ite shrine
A Christian parliamentarian in Iran has hit out at the regime's treatment of its minorities.