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Mosque records link Tennessee shooter to Boston Marathon bombers, 9/11 hijackers
The mosques attended by the gunman in the Chattanooga, Tennessee shooting, Boston Marathon bombers and 9/11 hijackers are affiliated with the same Islamic group, according to property records obtained by the New York Post.
'In God We Trust' decals put on Missouri police patrol vehicles draw mixed views
A Missouri county police is drawing reactions after it put decals bearing the words "In God We Trust" on all of its patrol vehicles, sparking debate if this violates the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.
Jerusalem: Violent clashes at contested holy site
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a group of Palestinian youths on Sunday as clashes broke out at the contested al-Aqsa mosque plaza in Jerusalem.
President Obama, UN chief urged: 'Don't turn your backs on genocidal ISIS acts'
Former Virginia Congressman Frank R. Wolf, 76 has written a letter to both United States President Barack Obama and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, telling the two men to recognize the ongoing slaughter, torture, and rape of Christians, Yezidis, and other religious minorities at the hands of ISIS.
Mike Huckabee accuses President Obama of taking Israelis 'to the door of the oven'
Presidential hopeful and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, 59 is very displeased with United States President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, and has even gone as far as comparing it to horrific events during the Holocaust.
Christian protesters denounce unveiling of huge goat-headed Satan statue in Detroit
Dozens of Christian protesters gathered in Detroit, Michigan, on Saturday to denounce the unveiling of a bronze nine-foot, one-ton goat-headed statue of Satan called the Baphomet monument.
Chinese church leaders: 'Each time they take a cross down, we will put more up'
Catholic leaders have pledged to "make the cross flourish throughout China" following the removal of more than 1,200 crosses from churches in Zhejiang province.
Jehovah's Witnesses hid child sex abuse cases: Australian inquiry told
The Jehovah's Witnesses Church in Australia failed to report to police more than 1,000 cases of child sexual abuse going back more than 60 years
Christians in Niger struggle to rebuild 70 churches destroyed by Islamic militants
Christian leaders in Muslim-dominated Niger cried for help as their churches recover at a snail's pace from a series of attacks carried out early this year by Islamists.
Pakistan resumption of executions 'does not deter terrorists', say critics
Of 180 people hanged since December, fewer than one in six were linked to militancy.
Iran: 'Middle Eastern nations should combine to fight militancy'
Gulf Arab states fear Tehran will increase backing for armed opposition groups.
ISIS took $1 billion in cash from banks when it seized Mosul, US official bares
The jihadist group Islamic State raked between $500 million and $1 billion in cash when it took control over Iraq's second largest city in 2014, a top official under US President Barack Obama said.
Iran's Supreme Leader tweets cartoon showing Obama holding gun to his head
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, posted a controversial and seemingly provocative graphic on his Twitter account (@khamenei_ir) apparently directed against the US and President Barack Obama.
Russia still poses 'existential' threat to US, wants to split NATO â Special Ops chief
Russia still poses a threat to the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at present, the chief of the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) warned.
Over 1,000 children killed amid continued use of barrel bombs by Syrian air force
Over a thousand children have been killed in the air assaults executed by the Syrian government in the continuing civil war while a United Nations envoy called out for the ban on the use of such indiscriminate weapons.
Christians in Middle East facing worst persecution as population drops sharply
The population of Christians has suffered a sharp decline to less than half a million in Iraq as the faithful in the Middle East have been targeted extremists for more than a decade, with the Islamic State intensifying its persecution of minorities in its campaign of terror in the region.