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Pope Francis condemns ISIS beheadings: 'They were killed simply for the fact that they were Christians'
Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, a day after the group there released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians, drawing Cairo directly into the conflict across its border.
BJP defeat in polls in people's statement against Modi -- Archbishop
Prime Minister Modi's BJP suffers loss to AAP amid attacks on Christian facilities
Bishop Angaelos on ISIS killings: 'The only way forward is to forgive'
The General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK has said we must pray for and forgive Islamic State militants in the wake of a video purporting to show the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians by the terrorist group.
India: Is Modi trying to win back the Christian vote?
India's prime minister Narendra Modi has asked the police to intervene in a series of attacks against Christian institutions after a burglary at a convent school in the capital.
Tennessee lawmaker wants Bible to be state's official book
Tennessee is third state to file bill to declare Bible as official book
Child soldiers still being recruited in South Sudan
Despite commitments to stop recruiting children under 18, government forces in South Sudan continue to actively recruit and use child soldiers, Human Rights Watch said today.
Religious leaders call for resignation of Philippine president
Religious leaders call for President's ouster after death of 44 police officers in Maguindanao clash
Hundreds of Jewish graves vandalised in France
Hundreds of Jewish graves have been subjected to antisemitic vandalism at a cemetery in eastern France, near the border with Germany.
Australia: Senior rabbi resigns after calling father of abused boys a 'lunatic'
Australia's most senior Orthodox rabbi resigned this morning from two top posts in the community after a royal commission into child sex abuse heard that he called the father of three abused boys a "lunatic".
Canon Andrew White: Christians shouldn't combat ISIS because they are 'hopeless at fighting'
Vicar of Baghdad Canon Andrew White has urged Westerners not to join Christian militia in Iraq because Christians are "hopeless at fighting".
Justin Welby on ISIS killings: 'The light of Christ will not be overcome'
The Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned the "terrible cruelty" of the murder of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya, as well as the killings in Denmark and Nigeria over the weekend.
Nigeria: ten dead in suicide bomb attack
A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a crowded bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday, killing 10 people and wounding 30, police said, in a region that is frequently attacked by Islamist militants.
Yemen: UN council demands an end to Shi'ite-Sunni violence
The United Nations Security Council on Sunday demanded Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen withdraw from government institutions, called for an end to foreign interference and threatened "further steps" if the violence does not stop.
Copenghagen shootings: gunman had record of violence
Police shot dead a 22-year-old Danish-born gunman on Sunday after he killed two people at a Copenhagen synagogue and an event promoting free speech in actions possibly inspired by an attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, authorities said.
Egypt 'bombs Islamic State targets in Libya' after Christian beheadings
Egypt's military said in a statement on state television it had carried out an air strike against Islamic State targets in Libya at dawn on Monday, a day after the group released a video appearing to show the beheading of 21 Egyptians there.
Westerners join Iraqi Christian militia to fight Islamic State
Saint Michael, the archangel of battle, is tattooed across the back of a U.S. army veteran who recently returned to Iraq and joined a Christian militia fighting Islamic State in what he sees as a biblical war between good and evil.