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Thousands of migrants are still stranded at sea - UN estimates
More than 2,500 migrants could still be stranded on boats in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, according to estimates by the United Nations.
African-American family receives racist letter ordering them to leave Long Island, N.Y.
An African-American family was told the leave the Lindenhurst community in Long Island, New York, because it's "84 percent white population."
Boy's circumcision finally permitted by Florida mom after arrest and court-ordered detention
A 31-year-old mother from South Florida spent nine days in jail and was only released on Saturday after she posted bail and finally agreed to have her son circumcised.
Ben Carson wins Southern Republican straw poll ahead of 2016 presidential election
Doctor-turned-politician Ben Carson easily won the Southern Republican Leadership Conference straw poll held in Oklahoma on Saturday in the first major survey on the popularity of at least 17 declared or prospective candidates for the Republican Party's nomination for the November 2016 election.
Transgender California inmate hoping for sex reassignment surgery recommended for parole
A transgender inmate, who was convicted of second-degree murder in 1986, has been recommended for parole by a California board on Thursday, the same day an appeals court put on hold a decision that ordered the state to provide sex reassignment surgery to her.
Gay marriage in Alabama reaffirmed by judge, but decision stayed pending Supreme Court ruling
A federal judge on Thursday reaffirmed her decision last January that same-sex couples can marry in Alabama but put it on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court makes its decision next month.
U.S. Boys Scouts chief says ban on gays not sustainable amid mounting defiance
In an unprecedented move, Robert Gates, the president of the Boy Scouts of America, said the organization's ban on openly gay adults is no longer sustainable even as he called for major reforms to prevent "the end of us as a national movement."
ISIS news today 2015: 2 California men seeking to fight for ISIS charged
Two terrorist suspects arrested by the F.B.I. in Southern California were charged Friday with conspiring to support the Islamic State after agents overheard them saying on their tapped phones that it would be "a blessing to fight for the cause of Allah."
Prayers around the world for worship pastor and wife who lost both their children in tragic car accident
A truck ploughed into stationary cars returning home from a family wedding.
Amnesty International: Hamas committed war crimes against Gaza civilians
Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday that Islamist Hamas committed war crimes against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip during last year's war with Israel.
Iraqi Shi'ite militia take charge of campaign to drive Islamic State out of Anbar
Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitaries announced on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic State from the western province of Anbar.
India: How is religious freedom faring after a year of Modi's rule?
The climate for religious minorities has become "more and more uncertain in the last year", an expert told Christian Today, despite promises of protection from the Indian government.
Hundreds of suspected trafficking victims pulled out of shallow graves in Malaysian jungle
Malaysian police reveal grim secrets of jungle trafficking camps.
Boko Haram could be using kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls as suicide bombers
Young girls are increasingly being used as suicide bombers by Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgents.
Bangladesh bans Islamist group linked to atheist blogger killings
Bangladesh has banned an Islamist militant group thought to be behind the brutal murders of three atheist bloggers, a government official has confirmed.
Pope Francis: I haven't watched TV for 25 years
Francis last turned on a television in 1990, he told a newspaper in Argentina.