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Police officers pull West Virginians over and surprise them by handing out $100 bills

Police officers pull West Virginians over, hand out $100 bills

Baghdad church leader: Air strikes are not enough to drive out ISIS from Iraq

The Patriarch of Baghdad says ground troops are necessary to push back the Islamic State in Iraq.

Pope mourns with Christians in the Middle East in Christmas letter

Pope Francis has written to Christians in the Middle East, saying they have been 'brutally driven out' of their native lands.

Islamic State says it downs warplane in Syria

Islamic State fighters said on Wednesday they had shot down a warplane in the north-eastern Syrian province of Raqqa and taken the pilot captive.

Dying dad raises money to save cancer-stricken stepdaughter

Kidnapped Yazidi teen commits suicide to avoid rape, IS torture

Turkish President encourages three-child minimum, says 'God will take care of the rest'

Turkish president encourages three-child minimum, says 'God will take care of the rest'

Advertiser defends 'Nobody is born gay' billboard

Senator moves to protect Christmas celebrations in public schools

Indiana senator to introduce 'Merry Christmas bill'

Indonesian Islamists issue stern warning to Muslims not to participate in Christmas celebrations

While Indonesia's Christian community is preparing to celebrate the birth of Jesus, Islamic fundamentalists are forbidding Muslims not to wear Christmas symbols or even exchange Christmas greetings with friends or colleagues.

Nigerian child bride admits to rat poison killing of husband and three others

Nigerian child bride admits to rat poison killing of husband, three others

Medical practitioner faces murder charges after infecting over 100 Cambodian villagers with HIV

'Doctor' faces murder charges after infecting over 100 Cambodian villagers with HIV

10 years after the Boxing Day tsunami, hundreds of victims remain unnamed and personal possessions uncollected

With the bodies of almost 400 victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami still unidentified a decade on, Thai police were holding out little hope of gleaning any new information from opening a cargo container packed with unclaimed personal items.

Syria's ancient cultural treasures are being destroyed by ongoing war

Satellite imagery indicate that 290 cultural heritage sites in Syria, whose history stretches back to the dawn of civilisation, have been damaged by its ongoing civil war, the United Nations' training and research arm (UNITAR) said on Tuesday.

Over 1,000 Islamist militants killed in US strikes in Syria: monitor

Three months of US-led strikes in Syria have so far killed at least 1,171 people, mostly Islamic State militants, a British-based Syrian monitoring group said on Tuesday.

Middle East is the deadliest area for journalists with dozens killed this year

At least 60 journalists were killed globally this year in work-related violence, with the Middle East the deadliest region, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a year-end report on Tuesday.