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Syria: Islamic State moves kidnapped Christians, bulldozes monastery
Militants used bulldozers to raze the monastery in the town of Qaryatain.
Tennessee courts reverse 'ludicrous' ban on words 'mother,' 'father' in parenting forms
Tennessee courts recently reversed a controversial decision requiring gender-neutral terms on court documents.
Donald Trump shows he can win White House as he closes in on Hillary Clinton
He may have been attracting controversies over the past weeks, but Republican presidential hopeful and businessman Donald Trump is catching up with Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton in the race to the White House, the most recent CNN/ORC pre-election polling showed.
Crimea: Church split stokes anger
Pro-Russian Baptist congregations have separated from their Ukrainian denomination.
Palestinian hunger striker released after suffering brain damage
Israel's Supreme Court has suspended the detention of a Palestinian hunger striker after he suffered brain damage due to vitamin deficiency.
'No Muslims, only Christians,' Slovakia tells migrants
Slovakia will refuse Islamic migrants and only accept Christians as the EU relocate 32,000 asylum seekers.
Donald Trump to Pope Francis: 'ISIS wants to get you'
Donald Trump would tell Pope Francis "ISIS wants to get you," if the pontiff criticised capitalism during his visit to the U.S. next month.
Synagogue in Mary Magdalene's town where Jesus preached unearthed in Israel
Recently, archaeologists unearthed a first-century synagogue under a purchased land in northern Israel, believed to be part of Mary Magdalene's home town.
Germany backs Greek bailout as Tsipras considers early polls
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said the country should get "a new start".
Turkey: Eight soldiers killed, Istanbul palace attacked as unrest mounts
Two members of a "terrorist group" were caught after attacking the Dolmabahce palace.
Iran seeks to join US-led coalition against ISIS amid nuclear deal controversy
With its nuclear deal with the US and other other countries under scrutiny, Iran plans to join the world alliance including the West and Arab states against the Islamic State .
FDA OKs 'female viagra' to treat sexual dysfunction in women despite health risks
Despite dangerous risks including causing unconsciousness to its users, a drug said to treat sexual dysnfunction in premenopausal women has been approved by the United States' Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
California probes 2nd case of plague; both victims of biblical disease visited Yosemite
California health authorities are investigating a second case of human plague in the state but said that the risk to human health of the disease is low.
'Jesus would be with migrants in Calais, so that's where the Church should be'
The need among refugees in Calais far outweighs the humanitarian aid available, according to British Christian youth worker who visited the camp yesterday.
20 Chaldean Christians who fled ISIS now face prolonged detention in California
20 Iraqi Christians have been held in a Californian detention centre for over 5 months.
Iran admits it threatened to harm top UN official if he leaks secret nuke side deals
The charge by some members of the US Congress that the US-backed Iran deal is flawed has been bolstered by the revelation that the Islamic Republic made a threat to a top official of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from disclosing secret deals to the US.