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Archbishop of Mosul: 'We have sacrificed everything for our faith'
Christians in Iraq have lost everything because of their faith, the Archbishop of Mosul said yesterday, but "God cannot forget us".
Federal appeals court upholds key provisions of Texas anti-abortion law
A US appeals court in New Orleans has upheld provisions of Texas' strict anti-abortion law that could result in only seven clinics providing services to women in the state.
Israel denies involvement in cyberattack on Iran talks
Security companies say spyware in hotels that hosted talks on Iran's nuclear programme may have been Israeli.
Pope Francis urges Putin make peace in Ukraine in tense Vatican meeting
The two met for about 50 minutes and agreed on the need to recreate a climate of dialogue in Ukraine.
Oscar Pistorius to be released from jail in August, victim's parents outraged
Due to his physical disability, Pistorius has been held since October 21 in the hospital ward of Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria.
Court orders Arkansas to recognize gay marriages as judge slams 'shameless disrespect for fairness'
A court in Arkansas ordered state officials on Tuesday to recognize more than 500 same-sex marriages performed in May last year.
Pentagon bans discrimination against gays and lesbians; Says gays in uniform now free to serve their country openly
Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced on Tuesday that the Pentagon has updated its Military Equal Opportunity policy to ban discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Nigel Benn: How the Dark Destroyer found faith
Former drug addict and one of the most successful British boxers ever, Nigel Benn, is now a volunteer with Hillsong Church and says his "new drug is serving people".
Baghdad: 70 per cent of Christian homes illegally seized
Title deed documents have been falsified and the majority of Christian-owned homes illegally seized, according to a member of Baghdad's municipal council.
Gospel for Asia fights accusations of financial impropriety, cult-like behaviour
GFA is fighting accusations of a lack of financial transparency and that it practises an authoritarian form of church discipline.
Female genital mutilation still a problem in Nigeria despite new law banning it
Activists in Nigeria push for a systemic cultural shift to end the practice of female genital mutilation despite the enactment of a law already banning the harmful procedure being signed last month.
ISIS not only destroying cultures; it's also profiting from sale of antiquities
The Islamic State has discovered another way of destroying cultures and making money from them at the same time-- by selling off antiquities from Iraq and Syria to the black market.
Islamic State to turn historic Mosul church into a mosque for its fighters
Islamic State is to convert one of the largest churches in Mosul, the Syrian Orthodox Church of St Ephraim, into a mosque for its radical fighters.
As ISIS gains ground, Obama admits US still has no strategy to defeat it
US President Barack Obama has revealed at the G7 summit of world leaders on Monday that the country still has no "complete strategy" to fight against the Islamic State which has scored victories in Syria and Iraq.
NSA may be transcribing your phone calls, Snowden documents reveal
The National Security Agency (NSA) may not just be listening to your phone calls. It may also be keeping transcripts of your private phone conversations.
In some US hospitals, patients get charged over 10 times the cost of healthcare
The cost of healthcare in 50 hospitals in the United States is more than 10 times higher for uninsured patients compared to the actual cost for patient care, a recent study published on a medical journal revealed.