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Pakistan: 'We will attack Ismailis, Shi'ites and Christians' says Taliban gunman after shooting 43 people dead
Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a bus in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi on Wednesday, killing at least 43 people, police said, in the latest attack directed against religious minorities this year.
Afghanistan: Seven dead after gunmen open fire on Muslim clerics
Gunmen opened fire on a gathering of Afghan Muslim clerics in the southern province of Helmand, killing seven people, police said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh: Demonstrators protest murders of atheist bloggers
Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in Bangladesh after a third blogger critical of Islam was hacked to death in public.
Franklin Graham: 'Storm of persecution' faces American Christians if same-sex marriage is legalised
The US Supreme Court's pending decision on whether to legalise same-sex marriage across America ss "the most historic and far-reaching judgment of the 21st century, he says.
Why Pope Francis is welcoming a maverick Marxist theologian
Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, 86, will address the General Assembly of the Roman Catholic humanitarian charity Caritas in Rome this week.
How is rape used as a weapon of war?
Islamic State has institutionalised sexual violence and is using it systematically to advance its "key strategic objectives," the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, said last week.
Losing faith in America: Study shows decline in religion, rise in atheism
Christianity in America is declining and the country is becoming more secular, according to a new report from the respected Pew Research Center.
Death toll rises in second Nepal earthquake: 'The ground looked like it was rippling'
A strong earthquake shook Nepal on Tuesday, sending people in the capital Kathmandu rushing out on to the streets.
Nepal army rescues 117 stranded in trekking villages after devastating earthquake
115 Nepalis and two Americans were evacuated on Monday from three villages where hundreds died.
Boston bomber tells Catholic nun about his remorse: 'No one deserves to suffer' like my victims
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told a Roman Catholic nun and death-penalty opponent of his remorse.
World needs stronger Christian voice - Jeb Bush
The Christian Voice is not being heard enough in the world and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is accusing the Obama administration of using its federal power to limit religious freedom in the country.
Meriam Ibrahim says unauthorised book about her life is 'a new persecution'
Meriam Ibrahim, who refused to deny her faith in a Sudanese prison, objects to books being written about her without her consent.
Church of Ireland 'might as well close' if it can't stop decline, says Archbishop
A survey shows that only a fraction of its members actually attend services.
Sex traffickers prey on vulnerable Nepali girls in aftermath of earthquake
Thousands of women and children affected by Nepal's devastating earthquake are now at risk from sex traffickers, aid workers have warned.
Boko Haram survivors now face severe food shortages
Since Nigeria's army began clearing large areas of the country's northeast from Boko Haram, some of the 1.5 million internally displaced people have started returning home.
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says his tax plan is based on biblical tithing
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said on Sunday his proposed flat-tax plan of about 10 per cent was inspired by the biblical practice of tithing.