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US announces deal to tackle Israeli-Palestinian violence in Jerusalem
The United States on Saturday proposed steps, including 24-hour video surveillance, to end weeks of violence over a Jerusalem site holy to Muslims and Jews.
ISIS plot to kill Christians in refugee camps revealed; trained killers could find their way to UK, paper warns
The Islamic State jihadist organisation is sending teams of trained assassins into refugee camps disguised as refugees to either kidnap or kill Christians, aid workers at a UN-run camp in Jordan revealed, according to the Sunday Express.
Tony Blair: 'Elements of truth' that Iraq war caused rise of ISIS
For the first time, former British prime minister Tony Blair said he's sorry for the "mistakes" made in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. At the same time, he admitted partial responsibility for the rise of the Islamic State jihadist organisation.
Europe's leaders trade threats on eve of migrant talks
European leaders traded threats and reprimands on Saturday as thousands more migrants and refugees streamed into the Balkans on the eve of European Union talks aimed at agreeing on urgent action to tackle the crisis.
Strongest storm in history slams into Mexico but causes only minor damage
Hurricane Patricia, the strongest weather disturbance in recorded history, roared into the southwestern part of Mexico on Friday, bringing treacherous winds and rains to an area where luxury resorts and impoverished villages are located.
Final report from Synod urges 'pastoral discernment' on divorced and remarried Catholics
The Catholic Church moved to soften its stance banning remarried divorcees from Holy Communion and other sacraments. However, the three-week Synod on the Family in Rome has ended with no indications that a less hostile language on homosexuality is close to being adopted and with no change of mood on contraception.
US faith leaders sign pledge denouncing religious bigotry
Religious leaders from the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths called on the nation protect the rights of all believers.
Catholics who remarry after divorce should have access to sacraments, says Cardinal
Cardinal Schönborn was speaking as the controversial Synod on the Family in Rome draws to a close this weekend.
Britain must restore human rights to top of foreign policy agenda, say MPs
The Government is wrong to ask the Foreign Office to make savings of up to 40 per cent of its budget within the next five years, a committee of MPs has said.
Obama drone teams think they have 'godlike powers' in killing their terrorist targets âreport
President Obama's team tasked with protecting US national security is reportedly over-reliant on killing suspected terrorists and often think they have "godlike powers,'' according to new classified documents published by the Intercept recently.
Blasts target Shia Muslims in Sunni majority Bangladesh
A series of blasts targeting Shia Muslims in Dhaka killed at least one person and wounded dozens more early on Saturday as they gathered for a procession
Sharia law imposed in Indonesia's Aceh province
Indonesia's conservative Aceh province has enacted a strict Islamic criminal code, local government officials said late on Friday.
Jolting news: NASA predicts 99.9 percent chance of 5.0 or greater magnitude quake in Los Angeles
Attention, Los Angeles residents: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is warning of moderate magnitude earthquake that is likely to shake Los Angeles in the next three years.
Churches burgled in Germany to fund Islamic State terror
A gang has gone on trial in Germany accused of robbing churches and schools to fund terror
Donald Trump open to joining forces with Ben Carson in single Republican ticket
For Trump, the top Republican candidate, a tandem with his closest rival is not at all a farfetched idea.
'Muslim invasion' of Europe? Germans resist Merkel's welcoming policy on migrants as 'civil war' warning raised
Unknown to many people because of lack of major media coverage in the United States, Germans are rising up against their own government for its decision to "welcome" 800,000 mostly Syrian migrants, noted political activist and commentator Pamela Geller said.