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Jesus loved outsiders. Why do Christians hate them?
Jesus simply doesn't offer us the option of calling ourselves Christians and then hating a group of outsiders, says Andy Walton.
Mali hotel attack: 80 hostages freed, three reported dead
Malian special forces stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako on Friday after Islamist gunmen took 170 people hostage.
1,000 churches closed in Aceh, Indonesia, since 2006
1,000 churches have been closed in the Indonesian region of Aceh since 2006.
ISIS vows 'to kill all Japanese citizens and interest,' expand operations in Bangladesh
The Islamic State (ISIS) is planning to kill "all Japanese citizens and interest - wherever they may be found'' and to expand its operations in Bangladesh, a strategic US ally in South Asia, even as terror attacks are still being feared to happen in the Middle East and Europe.
Pope Francis: 'Jesus weeps for a world at war'
"Today, Jesus weeps...because we have chosen the way of war, the way of hatred, the way of emnities," the pontiff said in his homily, less than a week after the terror attacks that killed 129 people in Paris.
ISIS claim responsibility for shooting Italian missionary in Bangladesh
ISIS have claimed responsibility for the shooting of an Italian missionary in Bangladesh on Wednesday.
ISIS magazine features 2 executed hostages and the bomb that destroyed Russian jet
IS Dabiq magazine stated that ISIS has killed Norwegian Ole-Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad, 48, and Chinese citizen Fan Kinghui, 50. It also featured the bomb that purportedly killed the 224 people in the Russian jet last Oct. 31.
Islamist gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, 170 taken hostage
Gunmen shouting Islamic slogans attacked a luxury hotel full of foreigners in Mali's capital Bamako early on Friday morning, taking 170 people hostage, a senior security source and the hotel's operator said.
Putin bombshell: ISIS getting financial support from private donors in 40 countries, including G20 members
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dropped a bombshell on Monday when he bared that the Islamic State (ISIS) is being financed by at least 40 countries, including G-20 member states.
Israel outlaws Islamic group for fuelling wave of Palestinian attacks on Israelis
For allegedly inciting lies, instigating paid provocation at the holy site and fueling recent wave of attacks against its people, Israel on Tuesday outlawed a chapter of the Islamic Movement and declared membership in the group to be a crime.
At least four Paris attackers were on US watchlists, officials say
At least four of the Paris attackers were listed in a central counter-terrorism database maintained by the US intelligence community, five US officials said on Thursday.
US House votes to suspend acceptance of Syrian refugees
The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed legislation to suspend Obama's program to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year.
Five dead in Palestinian stabbing attack
A Palestinian fatally stabbed two people in a Tel Aviv office building and three other people were killed in an attack in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israeli police and the army said.
Jordan King Abdullah warns of '3rd world war against humanity,' calls for cohesive action vs. ISIS
Jordan's King Abdullah II has warned of a "third world war against humanity" and the need for countries to act fast and holistically to tackle and respond to the interconnected threats by extremist groups.
U.S., Russia, France take turns bombing ISIS targets after Paris terror attacks
Three of the world's major countries are taking turns bombing territories controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), days after the extremist organisation claimed responsibility for the terror attacks in Paris, which killed over 120 people.
ISIS propaganda tool: Secret messaging Telegram app blocks channels related to terror group after Paris attacks
In the wake of the deadly terror attacks in Paris orchestrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the secure messaging app Telegram purged this week some 78 public channels in 12 different language believed to the related to the extremist group.