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'Irrelevant and extreme': But can the Church still connect with the next generation?
Krish Kandiah speaks to David Kinnaman about the Millennial generation, and what the future holds for the Church.

Myanmar: How a powerful Buddhist nationalist group is shaping the country's future
Ma Ba Tha could influence the shape of Myanmar's first popularly elected government in more than 50 years.

Divided Turkey holds snap election amid economy and security fears
The snap parliamentary election could profoundly impact the divided country's trajectory.

Egypt plane crash: Investigators launch probe into how it happened
Russian's transport minister and a team of high-level investigators have arrived in Cairo.

German terror fears mount as thousands of Muslim migrants 'disappear' from camps
Thousands of Muslim refugees have disappeared from camps and reception centres in Germany and are now unaccounted for, sparking all sorts of fear among Germans, including the possibility that they could be linking up with ISIS terrorists already in the country.

Obama gets warning from Russia, draws rebuke from Republicans, Dems for move to deploy 'less than 50 troops' to Syria
US President Barack Obama drew a barrage of criticism from both Republican leaders and his own Democratic party mates following his decision to deploy fewer than 50 Special Operations forces to Syria to lead the fight against hundreds if not thousands of battle-hardened Islamic State (ISIS) militants, various reports said.

Giant crack appears after 'Earth swallows itself' in Wyoming mountains
Something that seems to only happen in a horrifying end-of-the-world movies just took place in the United States: the Earth opened up and swallowed itself in the foothills of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains.

Nearly half of English people do not realise Jesus was a real person
Nearly half of non-Christians said they were "not open" to an experience or encounter with Jesus and nearly one-third actually felt uncomfortable.

Christians protest at opening of Greater Church of Lucifer
Protesters prayed for the nation and the community.

Greek PM Tsipras says he is ashamed to be part of the EU because of its failure on refugees
Tsipras' comments are some of the hardest-hitting yet on a crisis resonating throughout Europe.

Palestinian wielding knife shot dead, say Israeli police
Since the latest unrest began on October 1, at least 65 Palestinians have been shot dead by Israelis.

Romania: Three days of mourning declared after deadly Bucharest nightclub fire
A fire in a Bucharest nightclub killed 27 people and injured 184 during a rock concert that featured fireworks late on Friday, Romanian government officials and witnesses said.

'Telephones ringing' inside crashed Russian passenger plane
The Airbus A-321 was flying from the Sinai coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg in Russia.

'Islam worse than Nazism, poses clear and present danger to America's existence'
Islam is not a religion but a "totalitarian political ideology" worse than Nazism which poses "the clearest and most present danger to America's existence." This assertion was made by an Egyptian woman who used the pen name Magda Borham in an open letter addressed to the United States and other Western countries, Charisma News reported.

Teen who won Iowa cross-country race gets disqualified for helping rival in distress
Despite crossing the finish line first, an Iowa teen was disqualified for helping a fellow runner who collapsed before finishing the race.

Lesbian couple sue Honolulu cop who arrested them for kissing inside store
The Honolulu Police Department has launched an investigation on a police officer accused of arresting two lesbians who he saw kissing in a grocery store.