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Iraq: More than 90,000 people flee violence in Anbar province
More than 90,000 people have fled their homes in Anbar province where Islamic State militants have been gaining ground over the past week.
Pope Francis appeals for international action after migrant tragedy
Up to 700 people are feared to have died on Saturday when a boat carrying migrants capsized in the Mediterranean.
Up to 700 feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Libya
As many as 700 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight, a United Nations official said on Sunday.
Iraqi forces retake major oil refinery from Islamic State
Iraqi forces retook most of the country's largest refinery from Islamic State on Saturday, officials said, reversing gains by the militants who seized parts of the sprawling complex in northern Iraq this week.
Wife of imprisoned pastor Saeed Abedini says captors want him to denounce Christ
Naghmeh Abedini, wife of imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini, described the increased persecution her husband has faced in recent days in a statement released through the ACLJ.
German cardinal calls Church leaders who support divorced and remarried Catholics 'heretics'
A German cardinal criticised Church leaders who allow divorced and remarried Catholics to take Communion in an interview published Tuesday.
Pakistan: Gunmen open fire at Catholic school in Lahore
Two masked gunmen opened fire outside a Catholic school in Lahore on Friday morning, injuring one student and two security guards.
Afghanistan: suicide bomb kills 33, injures more than 100
A suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad killed 33 people and injured more than 100 outside a bank where government workers collect salaries.
Islamic State blast kills three outside US consulate in Iraq's Kurdish capital
A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State killed three people outside the US consulate in Erbil on Friday .
Ugandan pastor's daughter allegedly raped after he refused to close church
The 17-year-old daughter of a church pastor in Uganda was allegedly gang-raped by a group of Muslims after her father refused to close his church.
Memorial service for Germanwings crash victims at Cologne Cathedral
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German President Joachim Gauck were among the 1,500-strong congregation.
Christian migrants thrown overboard in 'religious row'
Italian police say they have arrested 15 Muslim migrants suspected to have thrown 12 Christians from a boat crossing the Mediterranean on Thursday.
Turkey may turn ancient Hagia Sophia church into a mosque after Pope's Armenian genocide comment
Francis' characterisation of the Armenian massacres as 'genocide' will "accelerate" moves for the ancient Christian cathedral of Hagia Sophia to be turned into a mosque again.
New Yemen vice-president says he hopes to avert a Saudi invasion
Saudi Arabia may be considering using ground troops after air strikes failed to halt advances by Shi'ite fighters.
Islamic State fighters blast their way into Iraq's largest oil refinery
Militants clashed with security forces inside the Baiji refinery yesterday.
Pastor may be charged for ordering anti gay marriage cake from bakery
Pastor in hot water for ordering anti gay marriage cake from bakery; posting secretly recorded phone conversation online