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Iraq: Islamic State driven out of key border town
The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia has seized most of the town of Tel Abyad from Islamic State militants.
Texas floods news 2015: Gulf of Mexico storm threatens to inundate Texas anew
A tropical disturbance forming in the Gulf of Mexico is threatening to dump more torrential rain, which may cause flash flood to rain-battered southern states like Texas and Oklahoma until Wednesday.
Hillary Clinton 2016 latest news: Clinton gets more personal with voters in new campaign strategy
Baby pictures. Witty tweets. More selfies. These are just some of the simple tactics that the camp of Hillary Clinton has been doing in the the last nine weeks before officially launching her 2016 presidential campaign in New York City on June 13.
Pope Francis urges all to be 'stewards of creation' regardless of creed, race and religion
Days before the release of his landmark encyclical letter, Pope Francis urged every citizen of the world to act as "stewards of creation" regardless of creed, race, and religion.
Pope Francis calls for change in people's lifestyles as his encyclical letter is leaked
A change in lifestyles and energy consumption is needed to avert the "unprecedented destruction of the ecosystem" that can cause "grave consequence" to every inhabitant of the Earth.
ISIS orders accused Egyptian spy to dig his own grave before executing him
An Egyptian man who was accused of working for the Israeli intelligence has been forced by Islamic State militants to dig his own grave before being executed.
Bishops hold exorcism to 'drive away the Enemy' from Mexico
A Mexican cardinal has presided at a 'great exorcism', guided by a well-known Spanish exorcist, seeking to 'drive away the Enemy' from Mexico.
Indian bishop accuses Hindus and Muslims of 'love jihad' against Christian women
Mar Mathew Anikkuzhikkattil says that Christian women are being lured away from the faith by offers of marriage.
Think Muslim, think terrorist: Poll reveals British attitudes toward Islam
More British people associate the word "Muslim" with terror and terrorism than with any other quality, according to an Islamic Relief survey.
Islamic State teenager said to be UK's youngest suicide bomber
A 17-year-old who left northern England to join Islamic State was reported to have become Britain's youngest suicide bomber when he blew himself up in a car in northern Iraq.
Sudan president Omar al-Bashir barred from leaving South Africa
A South African judge barred Sudan's indicted president from leaving the country on Sunday, in a deepening rift between Africa and the West over what Pretoria called anti-poor country bias in the International Criminal Court.
Senior Islamist militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar 'killed' in US air strike in Libya
A veteran Islamist militant, blamed for masterminding an Algerian gas field attack and running smuggling routes across North Africa, has been killed in a US air strike inside Libya, Libya's recognised government said on Sunday.
In post-gender Europe, lines between men and women are being blurred
Europe is shaping up to be a post-gender world, but in some progressive countries, the movement is pushing the gender boundaries into blurring the lines between men and women.
US tries 'lily pad' strategy against ISIS, sends more military advisers to Iraq
The US government has finally figured a way to defeat the terrorist campaign of the Islamic State in the Middle East-- and that is to reuse the "lily pad" strategy that did not work against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Robber returns wallet, cell phone after victim says prayer out loud
The power of prayer has prompted a man to return the wallet and cell phone to a hotel worker he robbed at gunpoint in Euclid, Ohio.
Mexico's Supreme Court deems same-sex marriage ban 'unconstitutional'
Mexico's highest court has ruled that it is unconstitutional for states to prohibit same-sex couples from being married.