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California's assisted death bill stalls as LA archbishop warns lawmakers
California's assisted death bill has been pulled out from a key committee after it failed to gain support.
Terror attacks around the world underline influence of Islamic State
The ultra-radical group, which has claimed direct responsibility for the Kuwait attack, clearly now poses a threat far beyond its heartland in Syria and Iraq.
At least 145 dead as Islamic State raids Kobani in deadly return
The incident is one of the worst massacres carried out by the hardline group in Syria.
Chariots of Fire sequel will honour Christian Olympian Eric Liddell
The Last Race depicts the life of Liddell after the 1924 Paris Olympics and his work as a missionary in China.
Why are Americans so suspicious of Muslims â and should they be?
A LifeWay survey has found that many Americans see Islam as a threat to religious freedom.
Unborn babies can feel pain: Ohio Senate passes 20-week abortion ban
Asserting that babies can feel pain even while they're still inside the womb of their mothers, the Ohio Senate recently passed a landmark bill that bans abortions after 20 weeks gestation.
Black church in North Carolina set on fire; pastor forgives arsonist
Investigators ruled that an overnight fire at a black church in in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday was arson and have asked the public for more information.
Charleston church resumes Bible study a week after shooting rampage
A week after Dylann Roof killed nine people inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, people gathered to resume Bible study in the same room where the massacre occurred.
Supreme Court backs Obamacare as critics slam 'attack on rule of law'
The US Supreme Court has upheld the tax subsidies in the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare but critics claim that it was an attack on the "rule of law"
US image, Obama's ratings rise in Pew global public perception survey
The United States has gained favorable opinions of several groups of people in about 40 nations around the world with 69 percent of them expressing confidence in President Barack Obama, an American think tank said in a new study.
Gay marriage is legal in the US. Try not to worry.
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry and that individual states can't ban it.
Kuwait mosque attack: Islamic State suicide bomber kills more than 10 people
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a packed Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Kuwait city during Friday prayers, killing more than ten people, the governor of Kuwait City said.
President Hollande says decapitation attack was of 'a terrorist nature'
French President Francois Hollande said on Friday that an attack that morning in southeast France was of "a terrorist nature" and that a suspect had been arrested and identified.
Suspect in French attack watched for possible radicalisation
The suspect arrested for a French Islamist attack did not have a criminal record but had been under watch as being possibly radicalised, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Friday.
President Obama briefed on severed head attack in France
US President Barack Obama has been briefed on the attack at a US gas company in France, a senior administration official said on Friday, providing no further details.
Severed head found in suspected French Islamist attack
A severed head covered in Arabic writing was found at a US gas company in southeast France on Friday, police sources and French media said, after two assailants rammed a car into the premises, exploding gas containers.