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Afghanistan: Religious leaders nervous as civil rights protests gain momentum

Powerful religious leaders in Afghanistan are growing uneasy about the challenge to their authority posed by rare civil rights protests in Kabul.

Victorious Cameron to name new cabinet, brief party on EU

Buoyed by a surprisingly clear-cut election victory, Prime Minister David Cameron will name his new cabinet on Monday.

Widow of hacked to death atheist blogger Avijit Roy: 'It was a global act of terrorism'

Rafida Ahmed has criticised the Bangladeshi government for not responding more aggressively to her husband's killing.

People smuggling is on the rise in Bangladesh and Myanmar

Malaysia detained 1,018 Bangladeshi and Rohingya refugees after they arrived in three boats on Monday, police said, a day after Indonesian authorities rescued 600 stranded off the coast of Aceh.

Tens of thousands flee fighting in South Sudan, aid groups withdraw

Tens of thousands of people have fled fierce fighting in South Sudan's northern Unity State and humanitarian organisations have withdrawn staff from the area.

Aleppo - a city with no future? Bishop tells of life under constant bombing

Christians in Aleppo are under bombardment every day in a city that seems to have no future, according to the Chaldean bishop of the Syrian city.

Liberia is free of Ebola, World Health Organisation declares

Liberia has been declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation, 42 days after the last person was confirmed to have died of the virus

Five Egyptian Christian children arrested for making 'blasphemous' prayer video

Five Egyptian Christian children have been arrested by the police recently for making a prayer video, which angry Muslim mobs deemed blasphemous because they were seen making fun of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) with their Coptic teacher, who was earlier arrested.

Justin Welby: Europe must tackle the misery forcing migrants to cross the Med

The Archbishop of Canterbury has said European countries must take responsibility for the problem that drives thousands of migrants to risk their lives on the Mediterranean.

Religious Freedom in China: 'alarming increase in systematic, ongoing abuses'

The Commission on International Religious Freedom found an "alarming increase in systematic, egregious, and ongoing abuses" in China in 2014.

Andrew Chan was executed singing 10,000 Reasons, widow tells funeral congregation

The funeral of the executed Bali Nine smuggler was held at Hillsong Church in Sydney amid emotional scenes.

Freed Boko Haram hostages praise God for survival

The freed hostages of Boko Haram who were recently rescued by the Nigerian army have recounted the terrifying ordeals they suffered at the hands of the Islamic extremists, and they are thanking God for their survival.