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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 SchÃ¶nborn 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.

'ISIS terrorists could slip in': FBI bucks Obama plan to accept thousands of Muslim migrants from Syria

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is finding itself at odds with the Obama administration as it warned Congress for a second time this year that admitting thousands of mostly Muslim migrants into the US is a "highly dubious venture, fraught with risks that terrorist fighters could slip in posing as refugees."

Bangladeshi blogger arrested for criticising Islam