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Turkey: Eight soldiers killed, Istanbul palace attacked as unrest mounts
Two members of a "terrorist group" were caught after attacking the Dolmabahce palace.
Iran seeks to join US-led coalition against ISIS amid nuclear deal controversy
With its nuclear deal with the US and other other countries under scrutiny, Iran plans to join the world alliance including the West and Arab states against the Islamic State .
FDA OKs 'female viagra' to treat sexual dysfunction in women despite health risks
Despite dangerous risks including causing unconsciousness to its users, a drug said to treat sexual dysnfunction in premenopausal women has been approved by the United States' Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
California probes 2nd case of plague; both victims of biblical disease visited Yosemite
California health authorities are investigating a second case of human plague in the state but said that the risk to human health of the disease is low.
'Jesus would be with migrants in Calais, so that's where the Church should be'
The need among refugees in Calais far outweighs the humanitarian aid available, according to British Christian youth worker who visited the camp yesterday.
20 Chaldean Christians who fled ISIS now face prolonged detention in California
20 Iraqi Christians have been held in a Californian detention centre for over 5 months.
Iran admits it threatened to harm top UN official if he leaks secret nuke side deals
The charge by some members of the US Congress that the US-backed Iran deal is flawed has been bolstered by the revelation that the Islamic Republic made a threat to a top official of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from disclosing secret deals to the US.
Gay pride inside the White House: Obama hires first openly transgender staff member
In support of the LGBT community, the White House has hired its first openly transgender staff member.
Iranian Christian converts beaten and detained by police
Christian converts were beaten and arrested when the Iranian police raided their house church in the city of Karaj last month.
More educated people in China embracing Christianity to find true meaning of life
Two academics believe that more Chinese intellectuals are becoming Christians because Christianity fits in very well with modern scientific technology.
Islamic State militants behead 82-year-old archaeologist in Palmyra
Islamic State (IS) militants beheaded an antiquities scholar in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and hung his body on a column in a main square of the historic site, Syria's antiquities chief said on Tuesday.
'Only God can take life': Bishops welcome US court ruling against assisted suicide
Standing firm on their belief that only God has the power over life and death, Catholic bishops from New Mexico welcomed a Court of Appeals ruling striking down a decision of a lower court which considered assisted suicide as a constitutional right.
Chinese Catholics first on the scene in Tianjin relief effort
Catholic volunteers were among the first to respond to the explosions in Tianjin last week.
Foetal tissue sale in US going on for years since moratorium lifted in 1993 â report
The foetal tissue sales have been happening for years and the business has ballooned into a $85 billion industry.
Pastor of Iraq's only Christian radio station narrowly escapes death in bomb blast
The pastor of Iraq's only Christian radio station has narrowly survived a bomb blast in Baghdad.
Same-sex marriage movement knocking on Australia's door, archbishop warns faithful
An Australian archbishop has lambasted efforts to bully the public into accepting gay marriage in the wake of legalizing same-sex unions in the United States and Ireland.