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Mississippi officials consider options to avoid issuance of gay marriage licenses
Mississippi has started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as one state official floated the idea of getting out of the business altogether.
Body of Nigerian Youth For Christ chair discovered, ex colleague confesses murder
The body of the chairman of Youth for Christ in Nigeria, an eminent academic and elder statesman of the African nation, has been found murdered.
Abortion clinics stay open in Texas after High Court suspends legal restrictions
The US Supreme Court on Monday temporarily suspended an appeals court ruling that threatened to close down 10 of the 19 abortion clinics in Texas.
Online petition urges US Congress to pass constitutional amendment on marriage
Following the US Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage in the US, an online petition has been launched to urge Congress to declare that marriage as only between a man and a woman.
India: Pastor and church members beaten after 50 Hindu nationalists storm prayer meeting
A pastor and several church members were injured in an attack on a Christian prayer meeting in Kerala, southwest India by suspected Hindu nationalists earlier this month.
Chibok schoolgirls brainwashed to 'cut the throats of Christians'
The Chibok schoolgirls taken by Boko Haram last year have been "brainwashed" and are carrying out orders to kill on behalf of their captors, witnesses have claimed.
US Supreme Court upholds lethal injection drug, says pain inherent in any execution
The US Supreme Court has upheld Oklahoma's use of a drug in its lethal injection to execute death-row inmates.
Cuba: Arrests, fines and travel bans... 'Troubling' rise in targeting Christians
Churches in Cuba are increasingly being targeted by the government and forced to pay huge sums of money, Christian Solidarity Worldwide has warned.
Tunisia sees losses of $515 million for tourism this year after attack
Tunisia expects to lose at least $515 million this year following last Friday's attack on a beach hotel that killed 39 people, mostly British holidaymakers.
French beheading suspect denies jihad motivation
The man being held in France under suspicion of beheading his boss and trying to blow up a chemicals plant has told investigators there was no religious motivation behind the attack.
Islamic State one year on: A 'potent' force, says Pentagon
A year after Islamic State declared a caliphate on territory seized in Iraq and Syria, the al Qaeda splinter group faces military pressure from a US-led coalition but remains a potent force holding key cities.
Parents of St. Therese of Lisieux set to be declared as first couple saints
Blessed Louis Martin and his spouse, Blessed Zelie, are set to become saints coinciding with the upcoming Synod of the Family, after Pope Francis gave his thumbs-up for their canonization.
Iran still undecided on uranium plan ahead of June 30 nuke deal deadline
Iran's negotiators who are duty-bound to dispose the country's stockpile of enriched uranium are focusing on a US-supported plan to have the material exported for sale by another country.
Christians in Mideast undergoing systematic persecution, says author
Christians have been suffering "systemic persecution" even before the Islamic State made their entrance, said an author of a book on Christian persecutions in the Middle East.
Gay conversion therapy by Jewish group a fraud, New Jersey jury rules
A state jury in New Jersey ruled that a conversion therapy offered by a Jewish organization claiming to change clients from gay to straight was fraudulent.
US Senator Ted Cruz supports freeze on same-sex marriage licenses
Saying that Christians should not be forced to violate their faith, Republican presidential aspirant Ted Cruz has expressed support for the decision of some counties in Texas to withhold marriage licenses for same-sex couples.