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Iran: 'Middle Eastern nations should combine to fight militancy'
Gulf Arab states fear Tehran will increase backing for armed opposition groups.
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.
Iran's Supreme Leader tweets cartoon showing Obama holding gun to his head
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, posted a controversial and seemingly provocative graphic on his Twitter account (@khamenei_ir) apparently directed against the US and President Barack Obama.
Russia still poses 'existential' threat to US, wants to split NATO â Special Ops chief
Russia still poses a threat to the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at present, the chief of the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) warned.
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.
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.
Ebola: How Christian students in Sierra Leone helped save their country
Evangelical students made an impact in the world's most deadly Ebola outbreak.
Chancellor George Osborne takes EU reform campaign to Paris
Osborne will seek support for a deal the government can put before voters.
Obama tackles Kenya on gay rights and corruption, pledges security cooperation
Kenya has suffered a spate of attacks by al Shabaab militants.
Landmark ruling: Dutch court orders gov't to protect citizens from climate change
Supporters of the landmark ruling, which holds the Dutch government directly accountable for greenhouse gas emissions within its own territory, believe that court decision highlights the role of governments around the world against global warming.
Jimmy Carter rejects abortion, says he deeply believes in many Christian values
Former United States President Jimmy Carter will not stand up for abortion because it is in "conflict" against his Christian faith.
The Mediterranean's migrant crisis and why Christians should not give in to fear
For millennia, the choppy waters separating northern Africa from southern Europe have been a crossing point for trade and travel. But not so far from the sun loungers and resorts packed with European holiday makers, these waters hide a much darker reality, as the graveyard of countless migrants who tried in vain to flee deprivation and barbarity just beyond Europe's shores.
Decorated sheriff accuses President Obama of apathy in enforcing immigration laws
A Republican Arizona sheriff blamed the Obama administration for the problem of undocumented immigrants in the United States, citing the fatal shooting of a woman in San Francisco.
Texas Supreme Court orders city to repeal or put to a vote its anti-discrimination act
The Texas Supreme Court has ordered the Houston City Council to repeal or put on a ballot in November its Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of 15 characteristics including sex, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity in areas including employment, housing and private accommodations.
23 dead in 5 mass US killings: 2 teenage brothers' slay of own kin caps deadly week
The killing of five family members in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma became the fifth incident of mass killings in 10 days in the United States, becoming "one of the deadliest stretches of homicides that include at least four victims in several years," according to USA Today.
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.