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Cleric and French aid worker kidnapped in the Central African Republic are released
After spending four days in captivity at the hands of anti-Balaka vigilantes, a cleric and a French aid worker were released by their captors on January 23.
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'
Due to unchecked climate change and global nuclear weapons modernizations, we are now just three minutes away from the end of the world.
Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal: The US needs a 'spiritual revival'
The prospective Republican presidential candidate shared his testimony with thousands of evangelical Christians at a prayer rally on Saturday.
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
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
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.
Senior UKIP member defects to Conservative Party
UKIP MEP Amjad Bashir has announced he has left UKIP to join David Cameron's Conservative Party.
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 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
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
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).
China's oldest priest dies at 105
Father Ye Yaomin of Guangzhou, China's oldest priest, was 105 when he passed away Tuesday.
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
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
A New York man tore down his house while his wife was out running errands on Monday.