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Murdered Archbishop Oscar Romero is beatified in San Salvador
Thirty-five years after he was assassinated, the Catholic martyr takes the penultimate step to sainthood.
Same-sex marriage: Ireland has voted yes in 'social revolution'
The country is the first to legalise same-sex marriage by a popular vote.
Shell boss warns that unchecked fossil fuel burning will cause global warming
The world's fossil fuel reserves cannot be burned unless some way is found to capture their carbon emissions, said Ben van Beurden.
Mexican government kills 42 in drug cartel shooting
One federal policeman died and another was injured in the three-hour battle.
Saudi Arabia: Islamic State suicide bomber kills 21 in packed mosque
The attack is the first in the kingdom to be claimed by Islamic State militants.
Overwhelming 'yes' vote likely in Ireland gay marriage referendum
Polls indicate a two to one majority in favour.
Syrian monk and church volunteer kidnapped from monastery
A Syriac Catholic monk and a church volunteer were abducted by masked militants from a monastery in Homs province yesterday, a human rights monitor reports.
Analysis: How Islamic State became a 'state'
Almost a year after Islamic State's shock capture of Mosul, the militants' black flags have been raised over Ramadi and Islamic State has the foundations of a state.
Assyrian villages taken by Islamic State have been liberated
The Assyrian Christian villages raided and inhabited by Islamic State militants in February have now been retaken by Kurdish forces, local clergy have confirmed.
Pakistan charges 106 over deaths of Christian couple burnt in brick kiln
Pakistan has charged 106 people with murder over the death of a Christian couple who were beaten and burned to death in November last year after being accused of blasphemy.
Ireland gay marriage referendum: Polls open in historic vote
Ireland votes on Friday on whether to allow gay marriage in a referendum that could make the once deeply Catholic country the first in the world to adopt the policy by popular vote.
North Korea: Why the number of defectors has halved since 2011
It's much more dangerous, and twice as expensive, to defect from North Korea since Kim Jong Un took power in Pyongyang three and a half years ago, refugees and experts say
Syria: Islamic State claims full control of Palmyra
Islamic State fighters tightened their grip on the historic Syrian city of Palmyra on Thursday and overran Iraqi government defenses east of Ramadi, the provincial capital that they seized five days earlier.
American Christians beings bullied into silence - Franklin Graham
American Christians beings bullied into silence -- Franklin Graham
Al Shabaab attacks village in Kenya's Garissa
Al Shabaab militants attacked a village in the northeastern Kenyan county of Garissa, the ministry of interior said on Friday.
Sole cartoonist who survived Charlie Hebdo attack leaves publication, says it's 'torture' because the others are gone
Renald Luzier, the sole surviving cartoonist of the French publication Charlie Hebdo has decided to leave the newspaper, saying it is "torture" being the only cartoonist left and that he needs time to "rebuild himself."