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Global call for release of Eritrean Orthodox church head, under house arrest for 8 years
Global call for release of Eritrean Orthodox church head, under house arrest for 8 years

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has called for the release of the Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch.

Greece rejects austerity in victory for Syriza
Greece rejects austerity in victory for Syriza

Crushing bailout terms have been rejected as the left-wing party triumphs.

Give up a day\'s income for Syrian refugees - World Vision challenge
Give up a day's income for Syrian refugees - World Vision challenge

Americans are being challenged to donate a day's worth of their income to help Syrian refugees

Doomsday Clock now reads three minutes to \'midnight\'
Doomsday Clock now reads three minutes to 'midnight'

Due to unchecked climate change and global nuclear weapons modernizations, we are now just three minutes away from the end of the world.

Suspected Boko Haram militants attack major Nigerian city
Suspected Boko Haram militants attack major Nigerian city

Suspected Boko Haram militants began attacking Nigeria's major northeastern city of Maiduguri just after midnight on Sunday.

British tributes to Saudi King spark criticism over human rights record
British tributes to Saudi King spark criticism over human rights record

Several British politicians criticised the deference shown to the leader of a country accused of having a poor human rights record.

Boko Haram release 190 captives in northern Nigeria
Boko Haram release 190 captives in northern Nigeria

The militants released about 190 captives, who returned home to Yobe state this weekend, while others were still being held, local and state officials said.

India\'s Hindu nationalists claim to have converted 27 Christians
India's Hindu nationalists claim to have converted 27 Christians

Amid the growing issue on religious conversion in India, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announced that 27 Christians have re-converted to Hindu.

Japan condemns apparent IS execution, demands hostage release
Japan condemns apparent IS execution, demands hostage release

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday called for the immediate release of the second Japanese journalist held by Islamic State.

Calls for prayer as people of the Holy Land continue to suffer
Calls for prayer as people of the Holy Land continue to suffer

The worst winter in the Middle East threatens refugees who lack basic supplies to combat the freezing temperature

Catholic priest banned from preaching for speaking at anti-Islam protest
Catholic priest banned from preaching for speaking at anti-Islam protest

German Catholic priest Father Paul Spaetling has been forbidden from preaching or speak on behalf of the Church after participating in a rally organised by a group associated with the Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA).

ISIS is raping and selling girls and women as sexual slaves, according to freed Yazidis
ISIS is raping and selling girls and women as sexual slaves, according to freed Yazidis

Elderly Yazidis who were freed by ISIS report that girls and women continue to suffer from horrifying abuses at the hands of the militant group.

Mike Huckabee: Supreme Court\'s gay marriage ruling won\'t be final say
Mike Huckabee: Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling won't be final say

Former Arkansas governor and Southern Baptist minister Mike Huckabee rejected the "notion of judicial supremacy" this week, claiming that the gay marriage battle is not nearing a close.

Husband bulldozes home while wife is running errands
Husband bulldozes home while wife is running errands

A New York man tore down his house while his wife was out running errands on Monday.

Father confronts daughter\'s bullies in emotional video
Father confronts daughter's bullies in emotional video

A Minnesota father called out his daughter's bullies in an emotional and explicit video posted on YouTube this week.

Doomsday clock moves forward two minutes
Doomsday clock moves forward two minutes

According to the Doomsday Clock, the world became a little worse in 2014.