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Baptist college faces backlash against move to ban gay people and unmarried mothers
Carson-Newman University filed for a waiver that would remove the protection students have against discrimination.
Politician's 'black Jesus' Nativity scene labelled 'offensive'
Lizzie Blandthorn, an Australian Labor MP, displayed a black doll as the infant Christ in her office window.
Seven-year-old Yazidi girls bleed to death after multiple rapes, US Congress hears
Yazidis are "being burned alive" simply because they aren't Muslim, the US Congress heard this week.
ISIS beheads three Imams for refusing to recruit jihadis
ISIS has executed three Imams in Mosul after they refused to recruit young people to the jihadists' cause.
Peshawar school attack one year on: Victims feel local government has failed them
Families of children killed or wounded in Pakistan's worst militant attack accuse the local government of breaking its promises of medical treatment and justice, a year after Taliban gunmen massacred 134 students in a Peshawar school.
Tim Peake mission on track after rocket docks with ISS
The otherwise smooth journey ended with a slightly delayed docking.
Britain may vote to leave EU if Cameron's renegotiation fails, says poll
David Cameron has promised to renegotiate Britain's relationship ahead of a referendum by the end of 2017.
North Korea sentences Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim to hard labour for life
The senior pastor at a Toronto church that is one of Canada's largest has been held by North Korea since February.
Germany's predicament: Two-thirds of Syrian refugees found to be illiterate with no job prospects
A professor at the University of Munich has expressed concern over the high number of illiterate Syrian refugees and migrants entering Germany, saying they have no hope of finding a job and could even force unemployment rates in the country.
Burundi: is genocide history in danger of repeating itself?
As violence escalates in Burundi, Harry Farley examines whether the region's history of genocide is in danger of repeating itself
US will 'squeeze the heart of ISIS', Obama says
President Obama said the US is hitting ISIS "harder than ever" in a speech at the Pentagon on Monday, in the wake of criticism that he is not doing enough to combat the extremist group.
Charleston AME Church hosts historical cross-racial meeting
The Conference of National Black Churches is hosting its first interracial gathering of churches over the next three days in Charleston.
Fierce criticism of Belgian euthanasia laws backed by medical and religious leaders
Bishops in Belgium have praised a call to revise euthanasia laws in the country. A group of 65 medical professionals, ethicists and philosophers published a letter in Flemish newspaper De Morgen earlier this month, urging legislation to be altered to remove the option for euthanasia purely on the basis of psychological suffering.
'Policies of fear' will only feed extremist rhetoric, warns Catholic bishop
A top US Catholic archbishop has used his advent speech to reject Islamophobia, calling for a response of resolve and courage to acts of violence, resisting hatred and suspicion in response to the recent violence in America.
'Worse than Nazis': ISIS allows fighters to kill children with Down Syndrome
Just when we thought members of the terrorist group Islamic State could not get any more ruthless and heartless, the jihadist organization reportedly recently allowed its members to kill children with the genetic disorder Down syndrome.
British sniper kills 5 terrorists with just 3 bullets, foiling a suicide bomb attack that could have killed hundreds in Iraq
A British sniper prevented what could have been a devastating suicide bomb attack that could have killed hundreds of people by taking out five terrorists using just three bullets.