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EU presses panic button amid avalanche of migrants; Sweden joins countries that have sealed their borders
The European Union (EU) has pressed the panic button amid the ongoing avalanche of migrants from the Middle East threatening to overwhelm the continent.

Christian fighters raring to fight ISIS to defend their Assyrian homeland, but their hands are tied by 'D.C. lobbyists'
The Christian fighters in Iraq who speak the same Aramaic language of Jesus Christ said they are trying their best to defend their ancient homeland against the occupation army of Islamic State (ISIS) militants but are being hampered by "lobbyists in Washington D.C."

22 dead this week in Central African Republic - Pope's visit in doubt
French defence ministry has warned the Catholic Church of potential security issues

Pope condemns those who turn 'things' into 'gods'
Pope Francis, celebrating Mass at his Santa Marta residence, where he chose to live over the grandeur of the traditional papal apartments, said people should look beyond the beauty of things and the temptations of the here and now towards the transcendent.

ISIS committed genocide against Yazidis, says Holocaust Memorial report
ISIS committed genocide against the Yazidi minority in Northern Iraq and carried out crimes against humanity, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing against other minorities, according to a report by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Modern day Noah's Ark costing $91.5 million to open in July 2016
The public will have "40 days and 40 nights" in July to visit a modern-day Noah's Ark of Biblical proportion in Kentucky.

Friday 13th - unlucky for some? A Christian approach to superstition
Should we care about Friday the 13th? Should we worry? Or is it a chance to do something positive...?

CofE makes more cash than McDonalds and three times as much as Starbucks
The Church of England has an annual income of £1.41 billion, more than half of which was from donations by parishioners, according to a new report.

Christian woman attacks Katy Perry's dad, calling singer Satanic
Katy Perry's father was attacked by a woman who accused him of raising a "satanic woman" who was leading millions on the highway to hell.

Ding Dong Jihadi John is dead! Why I won't be celebrating...
Mohammed Emwazi, as he was actually called, was part of a network which is systematically killing, maiming and kidnapping our sisters and brothers in the Middle East

Pastors in India beaten and jailed simply for praying in their own homes
Evangelicals in India are calling on Christian leaders in the UK to pressure the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit this week to intervene to help persecuted Christians in India.

Iran treachery? Tehran stops dismantling uranium centrifuges, posing threat to U.S. nuclear deal
The Islamic Republic has reportedly stopped dismantling nuclear centrifuges in two uranium enrichment plants due to pressures from the hardliners who complained that the move was too fast, state media reported, according to Reuters.

Probers uncover intel about '2-hour timer' bomb placed at doomed Russian airliner's fuel lines
Probers sifting through the remains of a Russian Metrojet that crashed in Sinai last week and killed 224 passengers have reportedly uncovered intelligence about a "two-hour timer" and are linking it with their working theory that the ISIS planted a bomb on the plane's fuel lines before it embarked the popular Sharm el-Sheik resort area for St. Petersburg.

Assad forces backed by Russian airstrikes break ISIS siege of key Syrian air base
The Syrian government has scored a majority victory for breaking a siege imposed by the Islamic State (ISIS) militants on a key military air base in Aleppo, according to the Daily Mail.

'Jihadi John' â the face of ISIS â killed in U.S. drone strike, 'evaporating in flawless clean hit'
The world's most wanted man, the Islamic State (ISIS) executioner known as "Jihadi John," was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Thursday night as he left a building in Raqqa, Syria, "evaporating" in a "flawless clean hit" while about to board a vehicle, U.S. officials announced.

Day of mourning in Lebanon after 'despicable' bomb blasts kill 43
Lebanon observed a national day of mourning on Friday after two suicide bombs the day before killed 43 people in southern Beirut, in an act the United Nations condemned overnight as "despicable".