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Belgium cancels New Year celebration amid security threat
Authorities in the Belgian capital Brussels on Wednesday called off the city's traditional New Year's Eve fireworks display, citing fears of a militant attack.
Suspending hoverboard priest 'too harsh' for 'Year of Mercy'
Social media is divided over whether the Philippine diocese of San Pablo overreacted in disciplining the hoverboard priest
Christian bakers pay $137,000 fine in Oregon discrimination suit after state wipes out their savings
A Christian couple in Oregon handed over a check amounting to nearly $137,000 in damages in a discrimination suit filed by a lesbian couple after the state garnished their bank account and took their savings including money for church tithe.
Muslim netizens respond to ISIS chief's call to arms: 'Sorry, we're too busy watching TV shows, movies to join you'
Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi recently called on Muslims around the world to "join the fight" in Iraq and Syria against "crusaders" from Russia and the West.
President of Burundi threatens to fight AU intervention
Burundi's president, Pierre Nkurunziza, has declared that any African Union (AU) peacekeepers deployed to his country will be met with a fight from Burundian forces.
Asia Bibi, under sentence of death for blasphemy in Pakistan, forgives her persecutors
Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who has spent her seventh Christmas behind bars under death sentence in Pakistan for blasphemy, has forgiven her persecutors.
Clinton joins calls for attacks on Middle East minorities to be called 'genocide'
Presidential candidate says Islamic State is destroying not only the lives, but wiping out the existence of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East.
Police officer pleads not guilty to murdering black teenager last year
The Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager last year pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut short a vacation to return to the city to deal with the fallout from two more fatal police shootings over the weekend.
High alert in European cities following warnings on possible terror attacks on or before New Year
Countries in Europe are on heightened alert after reports emerged that terror groups may launch attacks in capital cities on or before the New Year's Eve.
Pentagon reports 17 airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria on Christmas Day
The Pentagon disclosed that the U.S-led coalition has carried out 17 airstrikes against the terror group Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria on Christmas Day.
Muslim engineer kidnaps, rapes, brutalises co-worker to make her convert to Islam
A 27-year old woman has accused her colleague of kidnapping and raping her for five days to convert her to Islam and marry him.
Iraq's Abadi visits Ramadi to celebrate ISIS defeat
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday visited Ramadi a day after the army retook the city center from Islamic State.
31 Christians vs 2,149 Muslims: Just 1% of Syrian refugees accepted by Obama administration in 2015 were Christian (98% were Muslim)
The backlash against President Barack Obama's refugee policies has intesified after it was revealed that only just over 1 percent of Syrian refugees taken in by the Obama administration in 2015 were Christian. According to reports, out of the 2,089 Syrian refugees resettled in the United States in 2015, just 31 identified as Christian.
Iran: Nine Christians arrested in church on Christmas Day
A group of Christians in Iran have been arrested while attending church on Christmas Day in Shiraz.
Video of Catholic priest riding hoverboard during Mass goes viral
A diocese has criticised one of its priests for riding a hoverboard at the end of Mass.
Stratfor 2016 forecast: Global intel expert sees more terror attacks, Islamophobia in West, fragmentation of Europe
In its just released forecast for 2016, the global intelligence company Strategic Forecasting, Inc. â known as Stratfor â says the Islamic State (ISIS) will not be eradicated in the new year but that the intensified military campaign against the jihadist organisation will weaken its conventional capabilities.