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President Obama approved Iran's nuclear plan in secret 2011 talks, Khamenei bares
US President Barack Obama has made contact with Iran and even confirmed Iran's right to operate a nuclear program in 2011 during covert conferences with officials of the Middle Eastern country, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claimed.
UK on alert as it probes reported plot by ISIS to launch terror attack this weekend
British law enforcers and intelligence services are now working to solve a reported plot by the jihadist group Islamic State to attack the Victory over Japan Day commemoration ceremonies in London this weekend, using a pressure cooker bomb similar to the one used in the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.
China intensifies anti-church campaign as faithful risk lives in defying state orders
The Chinese government's crackdown on churches has been getting worse as the campaign now includes even state-sanctioned churches, but the campaign has drawn backlash from the faithful who risk their lives to defy state orders, including a bishop who urged Christians to "defend" the right to religion.
Priest cut to pieces by ISIS militants as Mideast Christian clerics become targets
Arab-Christian clergymen have been the recent targets of abductions, torture, and executions by Islamic extremist groups, including a priest who was taken for ransom and chopped into pieces.
Armed guards at US churches: Why it's tempting, and why it's wrong
A church in Shelby, North Carolina, has announced that it's buying guns for armed guards in services.
Four Sudanese Christian women found innocent of 'immoral dress'
The women were part of a group of Christians from the Nuba Mountains who were arrested on June 25.
Man dies after trying to fast for 40 days in imitation of Jesus
A Zimbabwean Christian trying to fast for 40 days and 40 nights in imitation of Jesus has died a month into his attempt.
Noah's Ark replica promises to be 'one of the world's greatest Christian attractions'
By next year, Christians can relive Noah's story through a life-size replice of the ark now being built in Kentucky. The $29.5-million project also promises to feature taxidermy animals depicting those brought by Noah in his ark.
China: Huge explosions in port city leave dozens dead and hundreds injured
Internet videos showed fireballs shooting into the sky and the US Geological Survey registered the blasts as seismic events.
We beheaded Croatian hostage, says Egyptian Islamic State group
An Egyptian group allied to Islamic State has published a photograph it said showed the beheaded body of a Croatian hostage.
Former US President Jimmy Carter says he has cancer
Recent liver surgery has revealed he has cancer that has spread to other parts of his body.
Young US couple about to board plane to join ISIS arrested at Mississippi airport
A Mississippi couple was arrested and charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support and join the terrorist Islamic State (ISIS) organization.
16 states, religious groups back 3 Christian schools against court contraception ruling
Sixteen US states and several religious groups are supporting the challenge to the Affordable Care Care Act or Obamacare's accommodation mandate.
Republicans in uproar as Oklahoma judge scraps law restricting use of abortion drugs
An Oklahoma judge found a law that limited the use of abortion drugs as unconstitutional as it did not cover other medications.
Rabbis back crowdfunding project to restore destroyed church
The "loaves and fishes" church in Tabgha on the Sea of Galilee is to be rebuilt in a crowdfunding project backed by rabbis across Israel.
Water: Should the Church ban the bottle?
The bottled water industry represents the ultimate triumph of marketing over common sense.