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The EU will welcome 3 million refugees by 2017, according to European commission
The European Commission expects some 3 million asylum seekers to arrive in the European Union by 2017, who would boost the EU's economic output and even improve public finances in the longer-term if integrated into the workforce.

Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Thursday after he ignored calls to halt and attempted to attack one of the soldiers at a crowded bus stop, the military said.

Cameron and Obama: It is likely a bomb caused Russian plane crash
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday it was increasingly likely a bomb brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt with the loss of 224 lives, and U.S. President Barack Obama said Washington was taking that possibility "very seriously".

U.K. deals blow to U.S.-led fight against ISIS as Cameron drops plan to join Syria airstrikes
Dealing what could prove to be a significant blow to the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Iraq and Syria, British Prime Minister David Cameron has reportedly dropped plans for a parliamentary vote on extending British airstrikes to ISIS positions in Syria.

Teenage Muslims in Lahore gather to support persecuted Christians
Young Muslims have been protesting in Lahore in support of religious minorities in Pakistan.

Australian pastor jailed for 10 years for raping a 13-year-old
A pastor has been jailed for 10 and a half years for drugging, blindfolding and raping a 13-year-old girl.

WWE diva converts to Christianity, confesses to a life of sin
Stunning wrestling diva Taryn Terrell has shared a dramatic knock-down testimony of conversion from life in the ring to life with Christ.

Miracle: Baby pulled alive from wreckage of another crashed Russian plane, killing 41 people
Four days after the Russian air disaster in Egypt that killed 224 people, a Russian-made aircraftâthis time a cargo planeâcrashed in South Sudan on Wednesday, killing up to 41 people.

Russian passenger jet likely destroyed by plastic explosive placed by airport 'insider' â intel sources
An Egyptian airport "insider"âpossibly an airport security officer or a baggage handler or a food catererâcould have placed a bomb, possibly a plastic explosive to avoid detection, inside the Russian jetliner that crashed over the Sinai peninsula in Egypt on Saturday, killing all 224 people on board.

Cameron urged to raise 'worrying' issues of religious freedom with Egpytian president
David Cameron has been urged to raise religious freedom with the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during his official visit to the UK this week.

David Cameron to announce new curbs on the Muslim Brotherhood
New curbs on the Muslim Brotherhood will be announced by David Cameron in the next few weeks, The Times reports.

The Pope is prepared for battle, says top Cardinal
C9 Cardinal RodrÃguez Maradiaga of Honduras says reports of excessive spending and political maneuvering by officials of the Roman Curia confirmed the need to press ahead with overhaul of Vatican bureaucracy.

Archaeologists may have solved 'one of Jerusalem's greatest mysteries'
The ruins of an ancient fortress have been discovered in Jerusalem, possibly solving a mystery that has dumbfounded archaeologists for over 100 years.

Does God have a plan for the Federal Reserve? One Congressman thinks so
US Congressman Brad Sherman is convinced that God has plans for the US Federal Reserve,

What if Rabin hadn't been shot? And other questions...
Is asking 'what if?' a waste of time or can it help us to work for a better future?

Vatican leaks: two arrests, two new books
Vatican police have summonsed for questioning a senior priest and a former employee on suspicion of leaking confidential documents which are the basis of two new books on Vatican finances.