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Australia: Senior rabbi resigns after calling father of abused boys a 'lunatic'
Australia's most senior Orthodox rabbi resigned this morning from two top posts in the community after a royal commission into child sex abuse heard that he called the father of three abused boys a "lunatic".
Canon Andrew White: Christians shouldn't combat ISIS because they are 'hopeless at fighting'
Vicar of Baghdad Canon Andrew White has urged Westerners not to join Christian militia in Iraq because Christians are "hopeless at fighting".
Justin Welby on ISIS killings: 'The light of Christ will not be overcome'
The Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned the "terrible cruelty" of the murder of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya, as well as the killings in Denmark and Nigeria over the weekend.
Nigeria: ten dead in suicide bomb attack
A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a crowded bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday, killing 10 people and wounding 30, police said, in a region that is frequently attacked by Islamist militants.
Yemen: UN council demands an end to Shi'ite-Sunni violence
The United Nations Security Council on Sunday demanded Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen withdraw from government institutions, called for an end to foreign interference and threatened "further steps" if the violence does not stop.
Copenghagen shootings: gunman had record of violence
Police shot dead a 22-year-old Danish-born gunman on Sunday after he killed two people at a Copenhagen synagogue and an event promoting free speech in actions possibly inspired by an attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, authorities said.
Egypt 'bombs Islamic State targets in Libya' after Christian beheadings
Egypt's military said in a statement on state television it had carried out an air strike against Islamic State targets in Libya at dawn on Monday, a day after the group released a video appearing to show the beheading of 21 Egyptians there.
Westerners join Iraqi Christian militia to fight Islamic State
Saint Michael, the archangel of battle, is tattooed across the back of a U.S. army veteran who recently returned to Iraq and joined a Christian militia fighting Islamic State in what he sees as a biblical war between good and evil.
Egyptian Church confirms 21 killed in Libya after Islamic State issues video
Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show the beheading of a group of Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya
Aid in Syria was her 'calling', say friends of Kayla Mueller
Friends and colleagues of Kayla Mueller, the aid worker who died while a captive of militants of the Islamic State group in Syria, remembered her on Saturday as someone who was trying to give back in gratitude for a life of freedom.
Yemen: 26 dead in Muslim clashes
Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in several cities on Saturday against the rule of the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement as clashes between Houthis and Sunnis in a southern mountainous region left 26 dead.
Kurds regain Syrian villages from Islamic State
Kurdish forces backed by US-led air strikes have regained control of at least 163 villages around the Syrian town of Kobani after driving back Islamic State militants in the past three weeks, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday.
Copenhagen attacks suspect killed, say police
Danish policeshot and killed a man in Copenhagen on Sunday they believe was responsible for two deadly attacks at an event promoting freedom of speech and on a synagogue.
Copenhagen: One dead after shootout at blasphemy debate
One civilian was killed and three police were wounded on Saturday in a shooting at a public meeting in Copenhagen attended by the controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks.
Boko Haram attacks neighbouring Chad for the first time
The terrorist organisation Boko Haram launched an attack against neighbouring Chad for the first time this week.
Kidney donor falls in love, gets engaged to organ recipient
A woman in Kentucky donated one of her kidneys to save a stranger's life, and ended up engaged to the man.