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Monica Cantilero
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Pope Francis sees Christian 'genocide' as persecution affects 200 million Christians
The increasing persecution against Christians around the world has reached a point leading Pope Francis and other groups to start calling the problem a "genocide."
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Christians in Niger struggle to rebuild 70 churches destroyed by Islamic militants
Christian leaders in Muslim-dominated Niger cried for help as their churches recover at a snail's pace from a series of attacks carried out early this year by Islamists.
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ISIS took $1 billion in cash from banks when it seized Mosul, US official bares
The jihadist group Islamic State raked between $500 million and $1 billion in cash when it took control over Iraq's second largest city in 2014, a top official under US President Barack Obama said.
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President Obama ignores African warnings, champions cause of gays in visit to Kenya
US President Barack Obama promoted LGBT rights in Kenya as he returned to his father's homeland Friday for the first time as commander-in-chief of a major world power, despite warnings by African leaders to leave home his views on homosexuality.
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Over 1,000 children killed amid continued use of barrel bombs by Syrian air force
Over a thousand children have been killed in the air assaults executed by the Syrian government in the continuing civil war while a United Nations envoy called out for the ban on the use of such indiscriminate weapons.
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Nuke deal critics tell John Kerry: 'You've been fleeced and bamboozled by Iran'
UN Secretary of State John Kerry have been accused of being "fleeced" and "bamboozled" by Iran as he tried to fend off critics of the landmark nuclear agreement hammered out by the world's major powers with Iran.
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Christians in Middle East facing worst persecution as population drops sharply
The population of Christians has suffered a sharp decline to less than half a million in Iraq as the faithful in the Middle East have been targeted extremists for more than a decade, with the Islamic State intensifying its persecution of minorities in its campaign of terror in the region.
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2 top al-Qaeda leaders killed in Syria and Afghanistan US airstrikes, Pentagon says
The chief of a terrorist group who was dedicated to launching assaults against the United States and other countries in the West has been killed earlier this month by a targeted strike.
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US could have prevented rise of ISIS if troops stayed longer in Iraq—Army chief
The United States could have prevented the Islamic State from spreading terror in Iraq, said the US general who is widely considered as the main architect of military operations in the Middle Eastern country.
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Belatedly, Obama demands freedom for Americans unjustly detained in Iran
More than a week after he admonished a reporter who asked why he is "content" that the freedom of US prisoners in Iran was not secured in the nuclear pact with Iran, US President Barack Obama called on for the release of such detainees on Tuesday.
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Iranian and US diplomats clash as UN Security Council endorses nuclear deal
The UN Security Council has unanimously endorsed the Iran nuclear deal on Monday, but what could have been a moment of celebration instead became a heated argument between American and Iranian ambassadors.
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Ex-presidential bet Wesley Clark: Detain 'disloyal Americans' in internment camps
Former Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark has called for the return of World War II-style internment camps for "disloyal Americans" who support the jihadist organisation Islamic State in order to fight against Muslim extremism, which is a "out of character" based on his earlier stances against the Bush administration's excessive response to the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Illegal immigrants now number 2.5 million under Obama rule; 400,000 arriving yearly
The number of illegal immigrants crossing into the United States have reached the 2.5-million mark, according to the Centre for Migration Studies the Pew Research Centre.
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GOP rivals Scott Walker and Jeb Bush both want Iran deal nixed but differ on timing
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has argued that the next US president should be ready to take aggressive military action on their very first day in office, including against Iran, amid criticism from another presidential candidate, Jeb Bush (R) that promising to do so is "unrealistic."
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Killing of another American by illegal immigrants blamed on US authorities
Anti-illegal immigration activists have pinned the blame on authorities for failing to deport two men who shot to death a Massachusetts woman.
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